The Oklahoma City Thunder will play against Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets on October 21 at the Paycom Center, marking the opening night of the NBA season.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are NBA Champions for the first time in franchise history. As is tradition, the NBA will open its season with a Tuesday doubleheader,

Timberwolves at Nuggets (10:30 p.m. ET): One is a highlight waiting to happen. The other is an offensive tactician. To close out Christmas Day, they’ll meet, as Anthony Edwards’ Wolves visit Nikola Jokić’s Nuggets.

Breaking Down the OKC Thunder's 2025-26 Schedule originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Oklahoma City Thunder enter the 2025-26 NBA season looking to build off their dominance from last season and claim back-to-back championships.

Two of the biggest days of the year in the NBA regular season are opening night and Christmas Day, and Friday we learned the matchups we will see on both nights, courtesy of ESPN's Shams Charania.  The NBA will send the new-look Rockets,

While the weekly Sunday night games won't start until after Super Bowl LX, NBC will debut it during the NFL's bye week before the championship game. The Thunder will be part of the broadcast's double-header when they travel to face the Denver Nuggets on Sunday, Feb. 1.

Fresh off of the franchise’s first championship, Oklahoma City will have the first crack at building an NBA dynasty under the new CBA. There are so many moving