When does the NBA regular season start? What NBA teams are playing on opening night? NBA TV schedule, teams, start time, and how to watch.

Welcome to a nine-game night in the National Basketball Association, featuring Myles Turner’s return to Indiana (7 ET) and a Texas-sized showdown between the Mavericks and Rockets (8 ET).

Fri. 31 - at Bulls, 8 p.m. (SXM 213-Chic) November Sun. 2 - Bulls, 7 p.m. (SXM 214-NYK); Mon. 3 - Wizards, Wed. 5 - Timberwolves (ESPN); Sun. 9 - Nets, 6 p.m.; Tues. 11 - Grizzlies;

The NBA season-opening game tips off with the Oklahoma City Thunder hosting the Houston Rockets Tuesday. NBA season schedule, start time and where to watch.

Tune the channel to NBC Sports Philadelphia or the YES Network (both locally) at 6:00 p.m. ET to catch the exciting matchup between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Brooklyn Nets. Live stream the 76ers vs. Nets game for free on NBC Sports Philadelphia, YES Network with Fubo: Start your subscription now!

The NBA’s return to NBC is part of an 11-year, $76 billion rights package spread across ESPN/ABC, NBC/Peacock and Amazon’s Prime Video. NBC will air primetime games on Tuesdays throughout the season, and Sundays after its NFL commitments end, and Peacock will have streaming-exclusive games on Monday nights.

Former No. 1 overall draft pick and Washington Wizards star John Wall will join his former team's TV broadcasts as a studio analyst beginning Nov. 8.

This article originally published at Sports on TV/radio listings: Oct. 31. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft finds himself needing to do an awful lot for the Mavericks. Woodward hired Mulkey away from Baylor in 2021. He was fired Thursday night days after LSU fired football coach Brian Kelly.