The 2025-26 NBA season officially tips off tonight with a matchup between the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder.<\/p>\n
Fans can catch the opening night action on NBC at 7:30 p.m. ET, with streaming available through Fubo<\/a>, DirecTV<\/a> and Peacock<\/a>. Both Fubo and DirecTV offer free trials and first-month discounts for new customers.<\/p>\n Streaming OptionsStreaming OptionsPrice\/MonthFree TrialDealFubo<\/a>$84.99Yes$30 off the first monthDirecTV<\/a>$89.99Yes$40 off the first monthPeacock<\/a>$10.99N\/AN\/A<\/p>\n The Thunder enter the season as the reigning NBA champions led by last season\u2019s league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. They finished at the top of the Western Conference leaderboard with a 68-14 regular-season record, which earned them the No. 1 seed in the playoffs. They then advanced to the Finals where they defeated the Indiana Pacers in seven games to earn their first championship since relocating to Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n The Rockets finished second overall in the Western Conference last season with a 52-30 record, earning the No. 2 seed in the playoffs. However, they were upset by the No. 7 Golden State Warriors in the first round in seven games. <\/p>\n NBA<\/p>\n Houston Rockets (0-0) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (0-0)<\/p>\n When: Tuesday, Oct. 21<\/p>\n Where: Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, Okla.<\/p>\n Time: 7:30 p.m. ET<\/p>\n Channel: NBC<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025-26 NBA season officially tips off tonight with a matchup between the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-241920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}