Overview
- The NBA issued a “sneak peek” on Tuesday that centers the Oct. 20 opener on LeBron James’s first game for the Philadelphia 76ers at Madison Square Garden against the defending champion New York Knicks.
- Opening Day will be a rare televised tripleheader on NBC/Peacock with Boston at Detroit at 3:00 p.m. ET, Philadelphia at New York at 7:00 p.m. ET, and Oklahoma City at San Antonio at 9:30 p.m. ET.
- The league confirmed a five-game Christmas Day slate on ABC/ESPN that features San Antonio at New York, Miami at Boston, Philadelphia at Los Angeles, Oklahoma City at Minnesota, and Denver at Golden State.
- The partial release follows scheduling delays tied to LeBron’s free-agent decision, and the NBA said it will announce the NBA Cup schedule on Wednesday and publish the full regular-season schedule on Thursday.
- The preview also highlighted the league’s global footprint with regular-season games in Mexico City, Paris and Manchester and introduced a 3 p.m. weekday matinee on opening day as a test of earlier national windows.