So begins the back half of the NBA regular season. Before that familiar sequence of trade deadline into All-Star break, we get a return of the Saturday showcase format. ABC opens its triple-header window this weekend, with “Inside the NBA” and all its strange revelry for studio intermissions.

The NBA's slate for Martin Luther King Jr. Day is enormous, including a quadruple-header on NBC. Here's how to watch and stream every game.

The NBA today announced the schedule for the NBA Finals 2026 presented by YouTube TV. The best-of-seven series tips off Wednesday, June 3. Game 7 is scheduled for Friday, June 19, if necessary.

The NBA announced the schedule for this year's NBA Finals in June, with ABC broadcasting each of the contests.

The Los Angeles Lakers (25-16) have won just twice in their last seven games as they embark on an eight-game road trip on Tuesday night with a visit to the Denver Nuggets (29-14), who continue to battle through the absence of two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokić as they come off a loss on Sunday.

Deni Avdija and the Portland Trail Blazers will host Bam Adebayo and the Miami Heat on Thursday at 10 ET on NBA TV.

This year features another five games being played on Christmas Day, including several NBA title contenders, which basketball fans can watch nationally. The Cleveland Cavaliers (17-14) will take on the New York Knicks (20-9) at Madison Square Garden on Thursday at noon ET on ABC and ESPN and the ESPN app.

The San Antonio Spurs (30-13) take a three-game winning streak into their first visit of the season to the Houston Rockets (25-15) on Tuesday night at the Toyota Center, where the Rockets are 3-1 as they wrap up a five-game homestand.

The Jan. 12, 2026, SBJ Media newsletter looks at NBA viewership under its new media deals, what Brooks Koepka's PGA Tour may do for TV numbers and this week's Audience Analysis and What I'm Watching features from SBJ's Austin Karp.

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