Oklahoma City Thunder lead NBA in national TV games for 2025-26 regular season.
This shouldn't be a surprise, but the Oklahoma City Thunder are in high demand. After the league dropped its 2025-26 regular season schedule, the NBA champions will be featured on the big stage pretty frequently.
The Thunder will have 34 games on national television. That's tied with the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors and New York Knicks for most appearances in the 2025-26 regular season. Not bad company to share with, as the other three are large market NBA mega-brands.
It'll be a new broadcast era for the NBA. The league's national TV games will be aired on ESPN, ABC, NBC, Peacock and Amazon Prime. It's been quite the ascension for the Thunder. They had one of the greatest seasons ever. They capped off a historic 68-14 regular-season record by bringing home the Larry O'Brien trophy last year.
After collecting the MVP and NBA Finals MVP trophies, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is now a household name. He's one of the league's best players. Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren help round out arguably the best star trio. After all three signed contract extensions this offseason, expect the Thunder to remain in the national spotlight for a while.
That type of success comes with notoriety. The NBA maxed out the number of national TV games in which the Thunder in. Even if they're a small market. After being left out of both days, OKC will be part of the Opening Night and Christmas slate.
The Thunder will kick off the new NBA on NBC era on Oct. 21's Opening Night. As is tradition, they will unveil their championship banner and hand out their rings before they square off against the Houston Rockets and Kevin Durant.
National TV games for next season:
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Thunder: 34
Warriors: 34
Lakers: 34
Knicks: 34
Timberwolves: 28
Rockets: 28
Nuggets: 26
Celtics: 25
Cavs: 24
Mavericks: 23 pic.twitter.com/bIUjOMrRl9
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