HOUSTON – The Houston Rockets have released their schedule for the 2025-26 NBA season, and it reflects the basketball world’s excitement to watch the new-look team.
The Rockets will have 28 nationally televised games. Their packed slate includes a visit to play the reigning-champion Oklahoma City Thunder on Opening Night and a game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day.
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The lineup includes seven games on NBC (including the opener vs. OKC), seven games on Amazon Prime, six games on ESPN, four games on ABC (including Christmas Day), and four games on Peacock.
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The slate is a far cry from the national exposure the Rockets have had in recent memory. Last season, the Rockets had 11 nationally televised games. In each of the three seasons before that, they had just four.
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The Rockets finished last season with a record of 52-30 and earned the second seed in the Western Conference playoffs. Dating back to 2004-05, Houston has recorded 10 seasons with 50-plus wins, which is tied for the second-most by any team during that span.
Individual tickets for select games are available now on the Rockets website.
The Rockets have 28 nationally televised games (ABC: 4; Amazon Prime: 7; ESPN: 6; NBC: 7; Peacock: 4) with 15 exclusive broadcasts, including an NBA Opening Night matchup at the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday, Oct. 21 on NBC and a Christmas night game at the Los Angeles Lakers on ABC. The last time the Rockets played on the NBA’s Opening Night was for the 2016-17 season and their last appearance on Christmas was in 2019.
Fifteen-time All-Star Kevin Durant is slated to make his home debut as a Rocket vs. Detroit on Friday, Oct. 24. Six of Houston’s first nine games are on the road, prior to a three-game homestand from Nov. 12-16. Early home game highlights include Nov. 3 vs. Cooper Flagg and Dallas, Nov. 21 vs. Nikola Jokić and Denver, and Dec. 5 vs. Phoenix featuring the return of former Rockets Dillon Brooks and Jalen Green.
Emirates NBA Cup returns this season, with the Rockets placed in West Group C. Houston won its group in 2024 and advanced to the Semifinals. This season’s Group Play schedule consists of games at San Antonio on Nov. 7, vs. Portland on Nov. 14, vs. Denver on Nov. 21 and at Golden State on Nov. 26. The Knockout Rounds of NBA Emirates Cup begin on Dec. 9 with the Semifinals and Championship game once again taking place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Not including the outcome of Emirates NBA Cup, the Rockets are scheduled to play 16 of 22 games on the road from Nov. 19 through Jan. 11. Of Houston’s final 46 games, 28 are at Toyota Center, including six of eight to close out the regular season.
The Rockets have 14 sets of back-to-back games this season, down from a league-high tying 16 in 2024-25. Eight of those sets are without travel, including seven with both games at Toyota Center.
Houston’s longest homestands are two five-game stretches from Jan. 13-20 and from March 13-21. The Rockets have three road trips of at least four games this season with four from Nov. 24-Dec. 1, five from Dec. 18-25, and four from March 23-29.
