The 2025–26 NBA regular season is scheduled to start on Tuesday, October 21, 2025.

Key date: Opening night 2025

  • The league’s official key-dates calendar lists October 21, 2025, as the start of the 2025–26 NBA regular season.
  • Opening night features a nationally televised doubleheader, with the Houston Rockets at the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Golden State Warriors at the Los Angeles Lakers.

How this fits the 2025–26 season

  • The regular season runs from October 21, 2025, through April 12, 2026, before the play-in and playoffs begin.
  • This timing is consistent with recent NBA calendars, which typically start the regular season in late October and finish in mid-April.

Quick Scoop

  • Start date: October 21, 2025 (NBA regular season tip-off).
  • Marquee games: Rockets vs. Thunder and Warriors vs. Lakers on opening night, airing on NBC and Peacock.
  • Context: Marks another season in the NBA’s modern schedule pattern, with an October start and spring finish.

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