When the NBA champion receives their ring, a familiar face will be in attendance. The Oklahoma City Thunder will host the Houston Rockets for the 2025-26 Opening Night on Oct. 21, per ESPN's Shams Charania. It will also mark the first game of the NBC broadcast era.

Two of the biggest days of the year in the NBA regular season are opening night and Christmas Day, and Friday we learned the matchups we will see on both nights, courtesy of ESPN's Shams Charania.  The NBA will send the new-look Rockets,

There will be two games played that night, both airing on NBC and Peacock. Over the past two seasons, the NBA season has begun on the fourth Tuesday in October. Due to the 2025 calendar, the new season will start a week earlier, on the third Tuesday in October.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are NBA Champions for the first time in franchise history. As is tradition, the NBA will open its season with a Tuesday doubleheader,

The Rockets are 0-7 in their last seven regular-season openers, but their previous victory actually came on an opponent’s championship ring night.

Kendrick Perkins Says Kevin Durant Should Skip Thunder Ring Ceremony On Opening Night originally appeared on Fadeaway World. Kendrick Perkins doesn’t think Kevin Durant should stick around to watch the Oklahoma City Thunder’s big night.

The opening night of the 2025-26 NBA season will star LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and reigning Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in a Western Conference doubleheader.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 21, 2010 – As excitement builds for the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Opening Night game to launch the 2010-11 season of Thunder Basketball, good seats are still available for ...

The Thunder traded Jones in a salary dump deal. The 23-year-old had a forgettable rookie season that turned out to be his only year in OKC. He won an NBA championship out of it and now hopes to get rotation minutes in a rebuild situation.