The new NBA season is here and with it comes a new-look broadcast schedule. The 2025-26 season is the first under the NBA's new media-rights deal that marks an end of the NBA on TNT and the return of games on NBC.

Here is everything you need to know about watching NBA action this season, including the best streaming options for games.

Here's how to watch 2025-26 NBA games online without cable, including ways to livestream basketball for free this season.

For the first time since 2002, NBA basketball will air on NBC. If you were a ’90s kid, John Tesh’s iconic “Roundball Rock” was the soundtrack of your basketball-watching experience, the perfect melodic intro that remains synonymous with hoops.

The NBA season tips off on Tuesday, October 21st, with four of the top teams in action, before the rest of the league debuts in the days that follow.

The shows after “NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC” will begin right after the game, and “Inside the NBA” will be the pregame show before “NBA Sunday Showcase” on ABC, according to the release.

From amazing talent (the Nuggets) to chaos machines (the Pelicans), these are the squads you’ll actually enjoy watching.

The Indiana Pacers, even in defeat, made an enormous impact on the league that will be felt this season. Those trends and more we're expecting from the 2025-26 season.

The 2025 NBA season tips off with an incredible doubleheader with the Houston Rockets vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder followed by the Golden State Warriors vs. the Los Angeles Lakers. Opening night airs on Tuesday, Oct. 21 on NBC, which can be streamed online with Peacock.

Celtics basketball is back with the start of the 2025-26 regular season arriving at TD Garden as Boston faces the 76ers.