On August 14 the NBA released the full schedule for the 2025-26 basketball season. It is an exciting time for fans of all teams, who can collectively hope that this year is The Year for their favorite franchises without the context of standings or injuries to sully their hopes. This year's schedule release also makes for a nifty bit of NBA history.
The 2025-26 season will be the very first in which NBA games are broadcast on Amazon Prime. The schedule release means we know which games will be exclusively shown on Prime this season. As is the case with NFL games on Prime, the local markets will still show the games; Celtics fans who live in the greater Boston area will not be left in the dark when the C's play on Prime. But for the national audience, Prime is the only way to watch the games you'll see listed below.
For those who are curious: the Amazon Prime games will be called by a combination of Ian Eagle, Kevin Harlan, Michael Grady, and Eric Collins. Game analysts will include Stan Van Gundy, Brent Barry, and Dell Curry. The sideline reporters will be Cassidy Hubbarth, Kristina Pink, and Allie Clifton.
It's not every day that a new network gets to craft its own vision of what broadcasting NBA basketball should look like, so this will definitely be an interesting inaugural season for Prime and the NBA.
Without further ado, here is every game scheduled to be broadcast exclusively on Amazon Prime, sorted by month.
Amazon Prime's debut season will begin on Friday, October 24 with a pair of playoff rematches. First the Celtics are slated to battle the Knicks. Then the Timberwolves travel to Los Angeles to take on the Lakers.
Amazon also has rights to numerous NBA Cup games.
DATE AWAY TEAM HOME TEAM TIME
October 24 Boston Celtics New York Knicks 7:30 p.m. ET
October 24 Minnesota Timberwolves Los Angeles Lakers 10:30 p.m. ET
October 31 Boston Celtics Philadelphia 76ers 7 p.m. ET
October 31 Los Angeles Lakers Memphis Grizzlies 9:30 p.m. ET
Prime's slate of November games largely features the NBA Cup. It also has the rights to broadcast the Black Friday games.
DATE AWAY TEAM HOME TEAM TIME
November 7 Houston Rockets San Antonio Spurs 7:30 p.m. ET
November 7 Golden State Warriors Denver Nuggets 10 p.m. ET
November 14 Miami Heat New York Knicks 7 p.m. ET
November 14 Golden State Warriors San Antonio Spurs 9:30 p.m. ET
November 21 Indiana Pacers Cleveland Cavaliers 7 p.m. ET
November 21 Denver Nuggets Houston Rockets 9:30 p.m. ET
November 28 Milwaukee Bucks New York Knicks 7:30 p.m. ET
November 28 Dallas Mavericks Los Angeles Lakers 10 p.m. ET
Prime doesn't have any Christmas Day games this year, but Amazon will broadcast the day after Christmas.
DATE AWAY TEAM HOME TEAM TIME
December 5 Los Angeles Lakers Boston Celtics 7 p.m. ET
December 5 Dallas Mavericks Oklahoma City Thunder 9:30 p.m. ET
December 16 NBA Cup Finals NBA Cup Finals TBD
December 19 Philadelphia 76ers New York Knicks 7 p.m. ET
December 19 Oklahoma City Thunder Minnesota Timberwolves 9:30 p.m. ET
December 26 Boston Celtics Indiana Pacers 7:30 p.m. ET
December 26 Los Angeles Clippers Portland Trail Blazers 10 p.m. ET
There will be numerous games broadcast on Prime in January, including a special international series between the Grizzlies and Magic in Berlin and London that will tip off in the early afternoon stateside.
DATE AWAY TEAM HOME TEAM TIME
January 2 Atlanta Hawks New York Knicks 7:30 p.m. ET
January 2 Oklahoma City Thunder Golden State warriors 10 p.m. ET
January 10 Minnesota Timberwolves Cleveland Cavaliers 1 p.m. ET
January 15 Memphis Grizzlies Orlando Magic (in Berlin) 2 p.m. ET
January 15 Oklahoma City Thunder Houston Rockets 7:30 p.m. ET
January 15 New York Knicks Golden State Warriors 10 p.m. ET
January 18 Orlando Magic Memphis Grizzlies (in London) 12 p.m. ET
January 22 Golden State Warriors Dallas Mavericks 7:30 p.m. ET
January 22 Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Clippers 10 p.m. ET
January 23 Houston Rockets Detroit Pistons 7 p.m. ET
January 23 Indiana Pacers Oklahoma City Thunder 9:30 p.m. ET
January 29 Milwuakee Bucks Washington Wizards 7 p.m. ET
January 29 Oklahoma City Thunder Minnesota Timberwolves 9:30 p.m. ET
January 31 San Antonio Spurs Charlotte Hornets 3 p.m. ET
February is also a loaded slate for Amazon despite the presence of the All-Star break, slated to take place at the Clippers' new Intuit Dome this season.
DATE AWAY TEAM HOME TEAM TIME
February 5 Chicago Bulls Toronto Raptors 7:30 p.m. ET
February 5 Philadelphia 76ers Los Angeles Lakers 10 p.m. ET
February 6 New York Knicks Detroit Pistons 7:30 p.m. ET
February 6 Los Angeles Clippers Sacramento Kings 10 p.m. ET
February 7 Dallas Mavericks San Antonio Spurs 6 p.m. ET
February 12 Milwaukee Bucks Oklahoma City Thunder 7:30 p.m. ET
February 12 Dallas Mavericks Los Angeles Lakers 10 p.m. ET
February 19 Detroit Pistons New York Knicks 7:30 p.m. ET
February 19 Boston Celtics Golden State Warriors 10 p.m. ET
February 26 Houston Rockets Orlando Magic 7:30 p.m. ET
February 26 Minnesota Timberwolves Los Angeles Clippers 10 p.m. ET
February 28 Houston Rockets Miami Heat 3 p.m. ET
As is the case with the overall NBA schedule the pace of games slows a bit for Prime with the season drawing to a close.
DATE AWAY TEAM HOME TEAM TIME
March 5 Golden State Warriors Houston Rockets 7:30 p.m. ET
March 5 Los Angeles Lakers Denver Nuggets 10 p.m. ET
March 7 Orlando Magic Minnesota Timberwolves 3 p.m. ET
March 12 Philadelphia 76ers Detroit Pistons 7 p.m. ET
March 12 Boston Celtics Oklahoma City Thunder 9:30 p.m. ET
March 13 New York Knicks Indiana Pacers 7:30 p.m. ET
March 13 Minnesota Timberwolves Golden State Warriors 10 p.m. ET
March 14 Milwaukee Bucks Atlanta Hawks 3 p.m. ET
March 28 San Antonio Spurs Milwaukee Bucks 3 p.m. ET
Finally, a handful of games in April will be shown on Prime before Amazon broadcasts the Play-In tournament at season's end, with the Nos. 7–10 teams in each conference battling it out for the final spots in the postseason.
DATE AWAY TEAM HOME TEAM TIME
April 2 Los Angeles Lakers Oklahoma City Thunder 7:30 p.m. ET
April 2 Cleveland Cavaliers Golden State Warriors 10 p.m. ET
April 4 San Antonio Spurs Denver Nuggets 3 p.m. ET
April 9 Boston Celtics New York Knicks 7:30 p.m. ET
April 9 Los Angeles Lakers Golden State Warriors 10 p.m. ET
April 10 Cleveland Cavaliers Atlanta Hawks 7:30 p.m. ET
April 10 Oklahoma City Thunder Denver Nuggets 10 p.m. ET
And that makes all the NBA games that will be shown on Amazon this season. Enjoy!
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