The NBA season of 2025-26 starts on October 21, starting with the Houston Rockets traveling to Oklahoma City to face the thunder. ESPN’s Shams Charania was First to report.
Yes, people, that means that Kevin Durant’s rockets debut in Oklahoma City will be to look up the championship banner. A compliment for the NBA planners on that.
In the second match of the night, the Golden State Warriors will travel to Los Angeles and will be confronted with the Lakers.
Stephen Curry is going against LeBron James, has been a pillar of Christmas day matches over the past decade, but the NBA has changed it this time.
It will be durant and the rockets that are against James, Luka Doncic and the Lakers on Christmas Day.
Curry will be part of the promotion on December 25, while the Warriors will compete against Cooper Flagg, Anthony Davis and the Dallas Mavericks.
NBC makes a return to the NBA circuit and organizes the opening evening of this upcoming NBA season.
NBA season with treats on Christmas
Like tradition, New York will organize the opening game on Christmas Day while the Knicks will compete against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Both are the top two teams in the east. However, you can only feel that it might have been the Indiana Pacers instead of the cavs, if not for the Tyrese Haliburton injury.
The Pacers and Knicks have renewed their rivalry in recent years and this year’s Battle Finals Battle was particularly tempting. It is extremely rare that a team wins the east and reaches the NBA final but does not occur on any of these nights. Indiana may feel hurt, but it is the reality of how much has changed.
After all his success, Boston has clearly lost weight for the last few seasons and will not be involved.
Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs will also be shown on Christmas and assume the champion Thunder. Many considered Oklahoma City as a Christmas day that had been last season after earning the top seed of the West in 2023-24 too.
Completion of the night after Lakers-Rockets and Warriors-Mavs will be the Minnesota Timberwolves that will be directed to the Nuggets in Denver.
This has also become one of the better rivalry of the new era, with the Wolves and Nuggets who serve a number of great matches last season on the back of an exciting seven-game fight in the post-season of 2024.
All Christmas games are broadcast on ABC and ESPN.
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