NBC Sports Unveils 100-Game 2026-27 NBA Slate as 8 Teams Draw Maximum 11 Appearances
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Updated · NBC Sports · Aug 13
NBC Sports Unveils 100-Game 2026-27 NBA Slate as 8 Teams Draw Maximum 11 Appearances
3 articles · Updated · NBC Sports · Aug 13
Summary
100 regular-season games will air across NBC, Peacock and NBCSN, with Peacock NBA Monday starting Oct. 26, Coast 2 Coast Tuesday on Oct. 27 and Sunday Night Basketball on Jan. 24.
Eight teams — including the champion Knicks, Spurs, 76ers, Warriors, Lakers, Thunder, Rockets and Nuggets — received the maximum 11 appearances, while the Celtics, Mavericks and Timberwolves got 10.
Marquee windows include a March 7 Knicks-Spurs 2026 Finals rematch, a Feb. 2 Lakers-Celtics rivalry game and seven Sunday Night Basketball doubleheaders.
NBC also added event-style programming with a first-ever Oct. 20 tip-off tripleheader, seven late-December Holiday Hoops games, an MLK Day quadrupleheader and a new Presidents' Day quadrupleheader.
The expanded slate follows a strong return season in which NBC said NBA coverage averaged 2.8 million viewers, with Sunday Night Basketball at 3.4 million.