The 2025-26 NBA season tips off with a doubleheader on Tuesday, Oct. 21, when the NBA returns to NBC and debuts on Peacock. The Oklahoma City Thunder hosts the Houston Rockets (7:30 p.m. ET) and the Golden State Warriors visit the Los Angeles Lakers (10 p.m. ET).

1. After a 23-year hiatus, NBC gets back in the NBA business starting tonight with a doubleheader featuring the Thunder at the Rockets at 7:30 p.m. ET and the Warriors at the Lakers at 10 p.m. ET. NBC, which aired the NBA from 1990 to 2002, is entering Year 1 of an 11-year deal with the league.

The first game of the 25-26 NBA season promises to be one of the best matchups of the opening week. Kevin Durant will make his Houston Rockets debut against the franchise he left in 2017, which will be celebrating the first ring night in franchise history.

After the Thunder defeated the Pacers in the NBA Finals, MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander paid Tyrese Haliburton a visit.

Luka Doncic leads the Los Angeles Lakers against Steph Curry, Jimmy Butler, and the Golden State Warriors tonight.

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