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This year, TNT’s schedule begins on Opening Night, Tuesday, October 24, with a doubleheader featuring Lakers-Nuggets and Suns-Warriors, marking the 40th year of TNT's NBA coverage.
TNT will continue to air doubleheaders throughout the season on Tuesday and Thursday.
Meanwhile, ABC has a lock on the weekend, with their Saturday schedule beginning on January 27 with a tripleheader, featuring Heat-Knicks at 3 p.m., 76ers-Nuggets at 5:30 p.m., and Lakers-Warriors at 8:30 p.m. The schedule continues with one game each Saturday night through March 16.
ABC's Sunday Showcase begins its seven-game schedule on February 11 with the Boston Celtics vs Miami Heat. Three doubleheaders follow every other week on February 25, March 3, and March 17.
ESPN will air doubleheaders throughout the season on Wednesdays and Fridays. ESPN will also air the NBA Play-In Tournament, the Eastern Conference Finals, and the NBA Finals.
Just up ahead, check out the entire primetime and weekend schedules to watch wall-to-wall NBA basketball throughout the season:
Date |
Time (ET) |
Game |
TV |
Tues., Oct. 24 |
7:30 p.m. |
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets |
TNT |
Tues., Oct. 24 |
10 p.m. |
Phoenix Suns vs. Golden State Warriors |
TNT |
Wed., Oct. 25 |
7 p.m. |
Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks |
ESPN |
Wed., Oct. 25 |
9:30 p.m. |
Dallas Mavericks vs. San Antonio Spurs |
ESPN |
Thurs., Oct. 26 |
7:30 p.m. |
Philadelphia 76ers vs. Milwaukee Bucks |
TNT |
Thurs., Oct. 26 |
10 p.m. |
Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers |
TNT |
Fri., Oct. 27 |
7:30 p.m. |
Miami Heat vs. Boston Celtics |
ESPN |
Fri., Oct. 27 |
10 p.m. |
Golden State Warriors vs. Sacramento Kings |
ESPN |
Tues., Oct. 31 |
7:30 p.m. |
New York Knicks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers |
TNT |
Tues., Oct. 31 |
10 p.m. |
San Antonio Spurs vs. Phoenix Suns |
TNT |
Wed., Nov. 1 |
7:30 p.m. |
New Orleans Pelicans vs. Oklahoma City Thunder |
ESPN |
Wed., Nov. 1 |
10 p.m. |
LA Clippers vs. Los Angeles Lakers |
ESPN |
Fri., Nov. 3 |
7:30 p.m. |
New York Knicks vs. Milwaukee Bucks |
ESPN |
Fri., Nov. 3 |
10 p.m. |
Dallas Mavericks vs. Denver Nuggets |
ESPN |
Wed., Nov. 8 |
7:30 p.m. |
San Antonio Spurs vs. New York Knicks |
ESPN |
Wed., Nov. 8 |
10 p.m. |
Golden State Warriors vs. Denver Nuggets |
ESPN |
Fri., Nov. 10 |
7:30 p.m. |
Brooklyn Nets vs. Boston Celtics |
ESPN |
Fri., Nov. 10 |
10 p.m. |
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Phoenix Nuggets |
ESPN |
Tues., Nov. 14 |
7:30 p.m. |
San Antonio Spurs vs. Oklahoma City Thunder |
TNT |
Tues., Nov. 14 |
10 p.m. |
LA Clippers vs. Denver Nuggets |
TNT |
Wed., Nov. 15 |
7:30 p.m. |
Boston Celtics vs. Philadelphia 76ers |
ESPN |
Wed., Nov. 15 |
10 p.m. |
Sacramento Kings vs. Los Angeles Lakers |
ESPN |
Fri., Nov. 17 |
7:30 p.m. |
Sacramento Kings vs. San Antonio Spurs |
ESPN |
Fri., Nov. 17 |
10 p.m. |
Phoenix Suns vs. Utah Jazz |
ESPN |
Tues., Nov. 21 |
7:30 p.m. |
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Philadelphia 76ers |
TNT |
Tues., Nov. 21 |
10 p.m. |
Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers |
TNT |
Wed., Nov. 22 |
7:30 p.m. |
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Boston Celtics |
ESPN |
Wed., Nov. 22 |
10 p.m. |
Golden State Warriors vs. Phoenix Suns |
ESPN |
Fri., Nov. 24 |
7:30 p.m. |
Miami Heat vs. New York Knicks |
ESPN |
Fri., Nov. 24 |
10 p.m. |
San Antonio Spurs vs. Golden State Warriors |
ESPN |
Tues., Nov. 28 |
7:30 p.m. |
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Miami Heat |
TNT |
Tues., Nov. 28 |
10 p.m. |
Golden State Warriors vs. Sacramento Kings |
TNT |
Fri., Dec. 1 |
7:30 p.m. |
Memphis Grizzlies vs. Dallas Mavericks |
ESPN |
Fri., Dec. 1 |
10 p.m. |
Denver Nuggets vs. Phoenix Suns |
ESPN |
Wed., Dec. 6 |
7:30 p.m. |
TBD |
ESPN |
Wed., Dec. 6 |
10 p.m. |
TBD |
ESPN |
Tues., Dec. 12 |
7:30 p.m. |
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks |
TNT |
Tues., Dec. 12 |
10 p.m. |
Golden State Warriors vs. Phoenix Suns |
TNT |
Fri., Dec. 15 |
7:30 p.m. |
Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs |
ESPN |
Fri., Dec. 15 |
10 p.m. |
New York Knicks vs. Phoenix Suns |
ESPN |
Tues., Dec. 19 |
7:30 p.m. |
Memphis Grizzlies vs. New Orleans Pelicans |
TNT |
Tues., Dec. 19 |
10 p.m. |
Boston Celtics vs. Golden State Warriors |
TNT |
Fri., Dec. 22 |
10 p.m. |
Washington Wizards vs. Golden State Warriors |
ESPN |
Mon., Dec. 25 |
12 p.m. |
Milwaukee Bucks vs. New York Knicks |
ESPN |
Mon., Dec. 25 |
2:30 p.m. |
Golden State Warriors vs. Denver Nuggets |
ESPN |
Mon., Dec. 25 |
5 p.m. |
Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers |
ESPN |
Mon., Dec. 25 |
8 p.m. |
Philadelphia 76ers vs. Miami Heat |
ESPN |
Mon., Dec. 25 |
10:30 p.m. |
Dallas Mavericks vs. Phoenix Suns |
ESPN |
Wed., Jan. 3 |
7:30 p.m. |
Chicago Bulls vs. New York Knicks |
ESPN |
Wed., Jan. 3 |
10 p.m. |
Miami Heat vs. Los Angeles Lakers |
ESPN |
Thurs., Jan. 4 |
7:30 p.m. |
Milwaukee Bucks vs. San Antonio Spurs |
TNT |
Thurs., Jan. 4 |
10 p.m. |
Denver Nuggets vs. Golden State Warriors |
TNT |
Fri., Jan. 5 |
7:30 p.m. |
New York Knicks vs. Philadelphia 76ers |
ESPN |
Fri., Jan. 5 |
10 p.m. |
Memphis Grizzlies vs. Los Angeles Lakers |
ESPN |
Wed., Jan. 10 |
7:30 p.m. |
Philadelphia 76ers vs. Atlanta Hawks |
ESPN |
Wed., Jan. 10 |
10 p.m. |
New Orleans Pelicans vs. Golden State Warriors |
ESPN |
Thurs., Jan. 11 |
7:30 p.m. |
Boston Celtics vs. Milwaukee Bucks |
TNT |
Thurs., Jan. 11 |
10 p.m. |
Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers |
TNT |
Fri., Jan. 12 |
7:30 p.m. |
Houston Rockets vs. Detroit Pistons |
ESPN |
Fri., Jan. 12 |
10 p.m. |
Charlotte Hornets vs. San Antonio Spurs |
ESPN |
Mon., Jan. 15 |
3:30 p.m. |
San Antonio Spurs vs. Atlanta Hawks |
TNT |
Mon., Jan. 15 |
6 p.m. |
Golden State Warriors vs. Memphis Grizzlies |
TNT |
Tues., Jan. 16 |
7:30 p.m. |
Denver Nuggets vs. Philadelphia 76ers |
TNT |
Tues., Jan. 16 |
10 p.m. |
Oklahoma City Thunder vs. LA Clippers |
TNT |
Wed., Jan. 17 |
7:30 p.m. |
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers |
ESPN |
Wed., Jan. 17 |
10 p.m. |
Dallas Mavericks vs. Los Angeles Lakers |
ESPN |
Thurs., Jan. 18 |
7:30 p.m. |
Chicago Bulls vs. Toronto Raptors |
TNT |
Thurs., Jan. 18 |
10 p.m. |
Memphis Grizzlies vs. Minnesota Timberwolves |
TNT |
Fri., Jan. 19 |
7:30 p.m. |
Denver Nuggets vs. Boston Celtics |
ESPN |
Fri., Jan. 19 |
10 p.m. |
Dallas Mavericks vs. Golden State Warriors |
ESPN |
Tues., Jan. 23 |
7:30 p.m. |
New York Knicks vs. Brooklyn Nets |
TNT |
Tues., Jan. 23 |
10 p.m. |
Los Angeles Lakers vs. LA Clippers |
TNT |
Wed., Jan. 24 |
7:30 p.m. |
Oklahoma City Thunder vs. San Antonio Spurs |
ESPN |
Wed., Jan. 24 |
10 p.m. |
Phoenix Suns vs. Dallas Mavericks |
ESPN |
Thurs., Jan. 25 |
7:30 p.m. |
Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat |
TNT |
Thurs., Jan. 25 |
10 p.m. |
Sacramento Kings vs. Golden State Warriors |
TNT |
Sat., Jan. 27 |
3 p.m. |
Miami Heat vs. New York Knicks |
ABC |
Sat., Jan. 27 |
5:30 p.m. |
Philadelphia 76ers vs. Denver Nuggets |
ABC |
Sat., Jan. 27 |
8:30 p.m. |
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors |
ABC |
Tues., Jan. 30 |
7:30 p.m. |
Indiana Pacers vs. Boston Celtics |
TNT |
Tues., Jan. 30 |
10 p.m. |
Philadelphia 76ers vs. Golden State Warriors |
TNT |
Fri., Jan. 31 |
7:30 p.m. |
Phoenix Suns vs. Brooklyn Nets |
ESPN |
Fri., Jan. 31 |
10 p.m. |
Denver Nuggets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder |
ESPN |
Thurs., Feb. 1 |
7:30 p.m. |
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics |
TNT |
Thurs., Feb. 1 |
10 p.m. |
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Memphis Grizzlies |
TNT |
Sat., Feb. 3 |
8:30 p.m. |
Los Angeles Lakers vs. New York Knicks |
ABC |
Sun., Feb. 4 |
6 p.m. |
Memphis Grizzlies vs. Boston Celtics |
ESPN |
Tues., Feb. 6 |
7:30 p.m. |
Dallas Mavericks vs. Brooklyn Nets |
TNT |
Tues., Feb. 6 |
10 p.m. |
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Phoenix Suns |
TNT |
Wed., Feb. 7 |
7:30 p.m. |
Atlanta Hawks vs. Boston Celtics |
ESPN |
Wed., Feb. 7 |
10 p.m. |
New Orleans Pelicans vs. LA Clippers |
ESPN |
Thurs., Feb. 8 |
7:30 p.m. |
Dallas Mavericks vs. New York Knicks |
TNT |
Thurs., Feb. 8 |
10 p.m. |
Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Lakers |
TNT |
Sat., Feb. 10 |
8:30 p.m. |
Phoenix Suns vs. Golden State Warriors |
ABC |
Sun., Feb. 11 |
2 p.m. |
Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat |
ABC |
Tues., Feb. 13 |
7:30 p.m. |
Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Orlando Magic |
TNT |
Tues., Feb. 13 |
10 p.m. |
Sacramento Kings vs. Phoenix Suns |
TNT |
Wed., Feb. 14 |
7:30 p.m. |
Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavaliers |
ESPN |
Wed., Feb. 14 |
10 p.m. |
LA Clippers vs. Golden State Warriors |
ESPN |
Thurs., Feb. 15 |
8:30 p.m. |
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Memphis Grizzlies |
TNT |
Thurs., Feb. 22 |
7:30 p.m. |
Phoenix Suns vs. Dallas Mavericks |
TNT |
Thurs., Feb. 22 |
10 p.m. |
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors |
TNT |
Fri., Feb. 23 |
7:30 p.m. |
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Philadelphia 76ers |
ESPN |
Fri., Feb. 23 |
10 p.m. |
Miami Heat vs. New Orleans Pelicans |
ESPN |
Sat., Feb. 24 |
8:30 p.m. |
Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks |
ABC |
Sun., Feb. 25 |
1 p.m. |
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Philadelphia 76ers |
ABC |
Sun., Feb. 25 |
3:30 p.m. |
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns |
ABC |
Sun., Feb. 25 |
7 p.m. |
Denver Nuggets vs. Golden State Warriors |
ESPN |
Sun., Feb. 25 |
9:30 p.m. |
Sacramento Kings vs. LA Clippers |
ESPN |
Tues., Feb. 27 |
7:30 p.m. |
Philadelphia 76ers vs. Boston Celtics |
TNT |
Tues., Feb. 27 |
10 p.m. |
Miami Heat vs. Portland Trail Blazers |
TNT |
Wed., Feb. 28 |
7:30 p.m. |
Memphis Grizzlies vs. Minnesota Timberwolves |
ESPN |
Wed., Feb. 28 |
10 p.m. |
Los Angeles Lakers vs. LA Clippers |
ESPN |
Thurs., Feb. 29 |
7:30 p.m. |
Golden State Warriors vs. New York Knicks |
TNT |
Thurs., Feb. 29 |
10 p.m. |
Miami Heat vs. Denver Nuggets |
TNT |
Fri., Mar. 1 |
7:30 p.m. |
Dallas Mavericks vs. Boston Celtics |
ESPN |
Fri., Mar. 1 |
10 p.m. |
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Chicago Bulls |
ESPN |
Sat., Mar. 2 |
8:30 p.m. |
Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Lakers |
ABC |
Sun., Mar. 3 |
1 p.m. |
Philadelphia 76ers vs. Dallas Mavericks |
ABC |
Sun., Mar. 3 |
3:30 p.m. |
Golden State Warriors vs. Boston Celtics |
ABC |
Sun., Mar. 3 |
7 p.m. |
New York Knicks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers |
ESPN |
Sun., Mar. 3 |
9:30 p.m. |
Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Phoenix Suns |
ESPN |
Tues., Mar. 5 |
7:30 p.m. |
Atlanta Hawks vs. New York Knicks |
TNT |
Tues., Mar. 5 |
10 p.m. |
Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets |
TNT |
Wed., Mar. 6 |
7:30 p.m. |
Memphis Grizzlies vs. Philadelphia 76ers |
ESPN |
Wed., Mar. 6 |
10 p.m. |
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Golden State Warriors |
ESPN |
Thurs., Mar. 7 |
7:30 p.m. |
Miami Heat vs. Dallas Mavericks |
TNT |
Thurs., Mar. 7 |
10 p.m. |
Boston Celtics vs. Denver Nuggets |
TNT |
Fri., Mar. 8 |
7:30 p.m. |
Atlanta Hawks vs. Memphis Grizzlies |
ESPN |
Fri., Mar. 8 |
10 p.m. |
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Los Angeles Lakers |
ESPN |
Sat., Mar. 9 |
8:30 p.m. |
Boston Celtics vs. Phoenix Suns |
ABC |
Sun., Mar. 10 |
7 p.m. |
Brooklyn Nets vs. Cleveland Cavaliers |
ESPN |
Sun., Mar. 10 |
9:30 p.m. |
Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Los Angeles Lakers |
ESPN |
Tues., Mar. 12 |
7:30 p.m. |
Philadelphia 76ers vs. New York Knicks |
TNT |
Tues., Mar. 12 |
10 p.m. |
Minnesota Timberwolves vs. LA Clippers |
TNT |
Wed., Mar. 13 |
7:30 p.m. |
Denver Nuggets vs. Miami Heat |
ESPN |
Wed., Mar. 13 |
10 p.m. |
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Sacramento Kings |
ESPN |
Thurs., Mar. 14 |
7:30 p.m. |
Phoenix Suns vs. Boston Celtics |
TNT |
Thurs., Mar. 14 |
10 p.m. |
Dallas Mavericks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder |
TNT |
Sat., Mar. 16 |
8:30 p.m. |
Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers |
ABC |
Sun., Mar. 17 |
1 p.m. |
Phoenix Suns vs. Milwaukee Bucks |
ABC |
Sun., Mar. 17 |
3:30 p.m. |
Denver Nuggets vs. Dallas Mavericks |
ABC |
Mon., Mar. 18 |
7:30 p.m. |
Miami Heat vs. Philadelphia 76ers |
ESPN |
Mon., Mar. 18 |
10 p.m. |
New York Knicks vs. Golden State Warriors |
ESPN |
Wed., Mar. 20 |
7:30 p.m. |
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Boston Celtics |
ESPN |
Wed., Mar. 20 |
10 p.m. |
Memphis Grizzlies vs. Golden State Warriors |
ESPN |
Tues., Mar. 26 |
7:30 p.m. |
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Milwaukee Bucks |
TNT |
Tues., Mar. 26 |
10 p.m. |
Dallas Mavericks vs. Sacramento Kings |
TNT |
Wed., Mar. 27 |
7:30 p.m. |
LA Clippers vs. Philadelphia 76ers |
ESPN |
Wed., Mar. 27 |
10 p.m. |
Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets |
ESPN |
Tues., Apr. 2 |
7:30 p.m. |
Golden State Warriors vs. Dallas Mavericks |
TNT |
Tues., Apr. 2 |
10 p.m. |
LA Clippers vs. Sacramento Kings |
TNT |
Mon., Apr. 3 |
7:30 p.m. |
Memphis Grizzlies vs. Milwaukee Bucks |
ESPN |
Mon., Apr. 3 |
10 p.m. |
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Phoenix Suns |
ESPN |
Thurs., Apr. 4 |
7:30 p.m. |
Philadelphia 76ers vs. Miami Heat |
TNT |
Thurs., Apr. 4 |
10 p.m. |
Denver Nuggets vs. LA Clippers |
TNT |
Tues., Apr. 9 |
7:30 p.m. |
Boston Celtics vs. Milwaukee Bucks |
TNT |
Tues., Apr. 9 |
10 p.m. |
Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers |
TNT |
Wed., Apr. 10 |
7:30 p.m. |
Dallas Mavericks vs. Miami |
ESPN |
Wed., Apr. 10 |
10 p.m. |
Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Denver Nuggets |
ESPN |
Thurs., Apr. 11 |
7:30 p.m. |
New York Knicks vs. Boston Celtics |
TNT |
Thurs., Apr. 11 |
10 p.m. |
New Orleans Pelicans vs. Sacramento Kings |
TNT |
Sun., Apr. 14 |
1 p.m. |
TBD |
ESPN |
Sun., Apr. 14 |
3:30 p.m. |
TBD |
ESPN |
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