The NBA is out with its 2026-27 schedule and the Brooklyn Nets will open at Barclays Center on October 21 vs the Charlotte Hornets. Game Time: 7:30 p.m. ET. The two teams opened last season as well with the game in Charlotte.
There will be two nationally scheduled games, same as last year.
The Nets will face their crosstown rivals, the defending NBA champions, four times:
—**February 1 at Barclays Center**
—**April 1 at Barclays Center.**
Three of the four will be 7:30 p.m. starts with the December 27 game a 6:00 p.m. Sunday start.
The opening 10 games will feature some of the league’s top teams. In addition to the Knicks at MSG, the Nets will face the Cavaliers with James Harden and Donovan Mitchell on October 24 in Cleveland; the Pacers with a healthy Tyrese Haliburton on October 27 at home; the Celtics with Jayson Tatum and Paul George on October 30 in Boston and the Mavericks with Cooper Flagg and Kyrie Irving on November 8 in Dallas.
The 76ers with LeBron James, Jaylen, Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey will make their Brooklyn debut on November 16.