The second season of the NBA on NBC’s third iteration will get underway with a star-spangled tripleheader on Oct. 20.
The NBA on NBC is undeniably on a break but it surely’ll return with a vengeance on Oct. 20.
Thursday’s launch of the 2026-27 NBA schedule noticed over 100 video games added to the peacock-branded airwaves and streaming realms. The slate suggestions off with a star-studded tripleheader on Oct. 20, headlined by the New York Knicks tipping off their championship protection towards the new-look Philadelphia 76ers.
NBC will carry the opening video games of the season, which can have interaction within the uncommon route of tipping issues off on a weekday afternoon: earlier than the Knicks obtain their championship rings, the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons will do battle within the Motor Metropolis at 3 p.m. ET. The opening evening triple function ends with a Western Convention Finals rematch between the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder and San Antonio Spurs.
From there, NBC will probably be primarily stationed on Monday and Tuesday nights, with the previous devoted to video games that can solely seem on streaming Peacock. The latter brings again „Coast 2 Coast Tuesdays,“ which can function a coastal doubleheader that can typically have interaction in regional availability. Either side of the „Coast 2 Coast Tuesday“ doubleheaders will probably be obtainable to stream on Peacock. Video games on Peacock will also be seen on NBC Sports activities Community the place obtainable.
Sunday Night time Basketball Returns on NBC
As soon as NBC wraps its „Sunday Night time Soccer“ protection, the hardwood addition will return with marquee matchups to shut out winter weekends. „Sunday Night time Basketball“ returns on Jan. 24 when the aforementioned Thunder visits the Golden State Warriors.
NBC may even function quartets on two post-Christmas holidays: Martin Luther King Jr. Day options 4, with the highest draw probably being the Knicks internet hosting the Minnesota Timberwolves. 4 weeks later, one other four-game slate seems on Presidents‘ Day, which can function the aforementioned 76ers taking over the Dallas Mavericks. In each instances, the primary three video games of the quartet will seem on NBC whereas the fourth will probably be streamed solely on Peacock (which may even stream the primary three video games).
Along with the common season showcases, NBC additionally retains rights to a lot of the NBA All-Star actions on Feb. 19-21. Peacock will stream the Rising Stars recreation to tip issues off whereas NBC will get All-Star Saturday and the principle occasion thereafter. NBC may even carry first- and second-round playoff protection come spring.
That is the second season of NBC’s third iteration of NBA protection, with final 12 months’s return to the hardwood incomes constructive critiques. The community, whose protection of turn-of-the-century basketball turned well-known to the present era of NBA stars, introduced that final 12 months’s NBC/Peacock package deal averaged a Complete Viewers Supply of two.8 million viewers in its return, an enchancment of 109% towards comparable protection the earlier 12 months.
“Our 2026-27 schedule not solely options elite matchups on the largest levels attainable, however new programming improvements designed to construct off final 12 months’s resounding successes,” NBC Sports activities government vp of programming and rights administration Justin Byczek mentioned in an announcement. “With the inaugural Presidents’ Day quadrupleheader, an enhanced assortment of vacation video games, and 7 Sunday Night time Basketball doubleheaders, we’ve designed our schedule to provide much more NBA matchups the utmost publicity that solely NBC Sports activities can present.”
NBC retains all of its star-spangled expertise from final 12 months, with Mike Tirico serving as lead play-by-play man for the largest video games alongside Jamal Crawford and Reggie Miller.
View the complete NBC/Peacock schedule beneath …
(All Instances ET)(Matchups topic to alter)(Peacock unique video games in italics)
October
Tuesday, October 20
Boston at Detroit, 3 p.m.
Philadelphia at New York, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma Metropolis at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.
Monday, October 26
Golden State at Denver, 10 p.m.
Tuesday, October 27
Detroit at New York, 8 p.m.
Portland at LA Lakers, 11 p.m.
November
Monday, November 2
Oklahoma Metropolis at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Monday, November 9
Washington at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, November 10
Boston at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma Metropolis at Portland, 11 p.m.
Monday, November 16
Orlando at Boston, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, November 17
Detroit at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Utah at LA Clippers, 11 p.m.
Monday, November 23
Brooklyn at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 24
Boston at Washington, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Denver, 10 p.m.
Monday, November 30
Houston at LA Lakers, 7:30 p.m.
December
Tuesday, December 1
New York at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Utah at Golden State, 11 p.m.
Monday, December 7 (NBA Cup Comfort Recreation)
TBD
Monday, December 14
Philadelphia at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, December 15
San Antonio at Cleveland, 8 p.m.
Denver at Portland, 11 p.m.
Monday, December 21
New York at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, December 22
Detroit at Oklahoma Metropolis, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
Monday, December 28
Cleveland at Boston, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Denver, 10:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 29
Miami at Dallas, 8 p.m.
Houston at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
January
Monday, January 4
Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, January 5
Minnesota at Houston, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Denver, 10 p.m.
Monday, January 11
Denver at New York, 7:30 p.m.
LA Lakers at LA Clippers, 10 p.m.
Tuesday, January 12
Washington at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.
Sacramento at Golden State, 11 p.m.
Monday, January 18 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
Detroit at Cleveland, 12 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta, 2:30 p.m.
Minnesota at New York, 5 p.m.
Houston at Memphis, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 19
Charlotte at Dallas, 8 p.m.
Utah at Denver, 10 p.m.
Sunday, January 24
Oklahoma Metropolis at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, January 25
Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m.
Sacramento at Denver, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 26
Houston at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma Metropolis at LA Lakers, 11 p.m.
Sunday, January 31
Houston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
February
Monday, February 1
Miami at Indiana, 7:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Golden State, 10 p.m.
Tuesday, February 2
LA Lakers at Boston, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Portland, 11 p.m.
Sunday, February 7
Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
New York at Oklahoma Metropolis, 9:30 p.m.
Monday, February 8
Miami at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
LA Lakers at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 9
San Antonio at Dallas, 8 p.m.
Houston at Utah, 10 p.m.
Monday, February 15 (Presidents‘ Day)
Minnesota at Charlotte, 12 p.m.
Philadelphia at Dallas, 2:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Miami, 5 p.m.
Indiana at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 16
Toronto at Atlanta, 8 p.m.
Houston at LA Clippers, 11 p.m.
Sunday, February 28
Boston at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Miami at Houston, 9:30 p.m.
March
Monday, March 1
Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Washington at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 2
Minnesota at Oklahoma Metropolis, 8 p.m.
LA Clippers at Portland, 11 p.m.
Sunday, March 7
New York at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at Golden State, 10 p.m.
Monday, March 8
Charlotte at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Oklahoma Metropolis, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 9
Cleveland at Detroit, 8 p.m.
Portland at Golden State, 11 p.m.
Sunday, March 14
Miami at Denver, 7:30 p.m.
Golden State at LA Lakers, 10 p.m.
Monday, March 15
Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 16
Detroit at Indiana, 8 p.m.
Denver at LA Clippers, 11 p.m.
Sunday, March 21
San Antonio at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at LA Lakers, 10 p.m.
Monday, March 22
Indiana at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 23
LA Lakers at Miami, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma Metropolis at Phoenix, 11 p.m.
Sunday, March 28
Oklahoma Metropolis at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Denver, 10 p.m.
Monday, March 29
Miami at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 30
New York at Orlando, 8 p.m.
Houston at Portland, 11 p.m.
April
Sunday, April 4
Boston at New York, 7:30 p.m.
San Antonio at LA Lakers, 10 p.m.
Monday, April 5
Tuesday, April 6
New York at Atlanta, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Golden State, 11 p.m.
Geoff Magliocchetti is on X @GeoffJMags
