The Sacramento Kings will play every other NBA team at least twice during the 2025-26 season.
Of course, the details of their recent schedule release go beyond that, but it’s important to keep that simple fact in mind.
Regarded as one of the lower-tier teams in the Western Conference adds to their difficulty. Sacramento will only play each Eastern Conference team twice, per usual.
With their 2025-26 schedule fully released, here’s what stood out.
National TV Appearances
Sacramento fans will be used to a lack of nationally broadcast games, but the additions of new streaming platforms (Amazon Prime and Peacock) helped them have nine scheduled for 2025-2026.
Those games are as follows:
November 11th vs. Denver Nuggets – 8 PM PST (NBC)
December 8th, @ Indiana Pacers – 4 PM PST (Peackcock)
December 30th @ LA Clippers– 8 PM PST (NBC)
January 6th vs. Dallas Mavericks – 8 PM PT (NBC)
January 12th vs. Los Angeles Lakers – 7 PM PT (Peacock)
February 6th vs. LA Clippers – 7 PM PST (Prime)
March 3rd vs. Phoenix Suns – 8 PM PST (NBC)
March 17th vs. San Antonio Spurs – 8 PM PST (NBC)
Four of their five NBC games being in Sacramento is a credit to the stellar atmosphere fans create at Golden 1 Center.
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A Tough Start
After facing off against Phoenix and Utah in their first showings, 13 of the Kings’ next 16 games come against playoff teams from last season.
The three outliers aren’t ideal circumstances either. They’ll face Chicago on the second night of a back-to-back, playing in Oklahoma City the night prior.
The Hawks will be in California’s capital, but the night Denver plays in Golden 1 Center. And they’re third is an up-and-coming Spurs team, featuring former King De’Aaron Fox.
Using last season’s success as a gauge for 25-26 isn’t always accurate, as some teams will take unexpected leads or falls.
But facing off against the Nuggets, Timberwolves, and defending champion Thunder three times each in the first 20 games is tough sledding.
Some could argue that you’d rather get those out of the way earlier, but it won’t make their task any simpler.
Jumbled Up January
January is one of the more interesting months for Sacramento. It features both their longest homestand and road trip consecutively.
After leaving only California once in the final two and a half weeks of December, the Kings have seven home games in 11 days midway through January.
It includes matchups against the Rockets, Lakers, Knicks, Wizards, Trail Blazers, and Raptors. The matchups against Los Angeles and Toronto are on the second night of a back-to-back.
Directly after that stretch, their longest road trip begins in Cleveland. It’ll take them to Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington. The Celtics’ matchup is on a back-to-back.
Six games in nine days on the road, but it’s not exactly elite opponents they have lined up for that run. It’s narrowly their longest trip, with three other instances of five games away from Golden 1 Center.
Facing off against a wide variety of talent, which extended stretches on the road and at home, could lead to their trade deadline decisions.
Two games after returning from the East coast, they host the Clippers on Friday, February 6th – same day as the trade deadline.
A Chance to Finish Strong
With that frontloaded schedule comes a potentially easier route in March and early April.
Sacramento has 15 games in March, including a stretch of nine of ten at home.
Ten of their opponents come against non-playoff teams.
Uncoincidentally, it coincides with one of their kinder East coach trips, where they’ll head to Charlotte, Orlando, Atlanta, and Brooklyn before ending in Toronto on April Fools’ Day.
Depending on their conference standing at that point, it could allow the Kings to gain momentum headed into the postseason.
Or, it could cause them to win just enough games to harm their 2026 Draft Lottery odds.
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Sacramento Kings basketball is (sort of) almost here.
The Kings unveiled their 2025-26 regular season schedule, meaning you can mark your calendars and start targeting the games you won’t want to miss this coming season.
Sacramento will open the season on the road this year, facing the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday, October 22nd, before returning to Golden 1 Center to face the Utah Jazz on Friday, October 24th.
After facing the Jazz in their home opener, the Kings will face LeBron James, Luka Doncic, and the Los Angeles Lakers in Sacramento on Sunday, October 26th.
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Sacramento Kings release 2025-26 regular season schedule
When is the next Sacramento Kings game?
Sacramento Kings preseason basketball is on the way, but we’ll have to wait a bit longer before we see the Beam Team back in action.
The Kings will open up their preseason slate on Wednesday, October 8th, at home against the Toronto Raptors. You can see the full preseason schedule below.
Sacramento Kings preseason schedule for the 2025-26 season:
September TBD – Start of NBA training camps for the 2025-26 season
Wednesday, October 8th vs. Toronto Raptors – 7 PM PT
Friday, October 10th @ Portland Trail Blazers – 7 PM PT
Wednesday, October 15th vs. Los Angeles Clippers – 7 PM PT
Friday, October 17th @ Los Angeles Lakers – 7 PM PT
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