As LeBron James enters his record-setting twenty third NBA season and famous person Luka Doncic returns for his first full season in L.A., the Lakers are tied with the NBA champion Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder, the Golden State Warriors and the New York Knicks for probably the most nationally televised video games within the league.
The NBA introduced the common season schedule Thursday, and the Lakers’ slate highlights the league’s rising variety of broadcast companions. The Lakers open the season at house towards the Golden State Warriors on Oct. 21 on NBC, have ABC/ESPN’s 5 p.m. prime-time slot towards the Houston Rockets on Christmas Day and can welcome a well-recognized face again to Crypto.com Enviornment on Nov. 28 on Prime.
Anthony Davis’ return to L.A. with the Dallas Mavericks at 7 p.m. on Nov. 28 will wrap up NBA Cup group play. The previous Lakers star ahead was injured throughout what was going to be his return to L.A. final season after he was despatched to the Mavericks in a surprising commerce.
Now in its third yr, the NBA Cup will start on Oct. 31 with the Lakers enjoying at Memphis in West Group B that additionally consists of the New Orleans Pelicans, the Clippers and the Mavericks. The Lakers have their second group recreation at New Orleans on Nov. 14 earlier than enjoying the Clippers on Nov. 25 in Inglewood, the place the sport is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. PST on NBC, the most recent beginning time for any in-season match recreation.
The NBA launched solely 80 of 82 regular-season video games for every crew as the ultimate two video games in December will likely be introduced based mostly on NBA Cup standings. The knockout rounds for the match start Dec. 9.
The Lakers’ annual Grammy journey could have a hometown interlude because the two-week-long street journey features a recreation on the Clippers on Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. However the assembly in Inglewood doesn’t essentially ease the journey load as it’s the second of the eight-game journey, sandwiched between video games at Denver (Jan. 20) and Dallas (Jan. 24).
After getting back from the journey, the Lakers have an eight-game house stand, highlighted by a Feb. 22 recreation towards the Boston Celtics, when the franchise will unveil a Pat Riley statue outdoors Crypto.com Enviornment, the crew introduced Thursday. The coach of the Showtime Lakers, who guided the crew to 4 NBA championships, would be the 14th statue within the enviornment’s Star Plaza.
The Lakers start coaching camp Sept. 29 earlier than enjoying six preseason video games, starting in Palm Springs on Oct. 3 towards the Suns. The slate additionally features a recreation towards the Mavericks in Las Vegas on Oct. 15.
2025-26 Lakers schedule
OCTOBER
21: Golden State, 7; 24: Minnesota, 7; 26: at Sacramento, 6; 27: Portland, 7:30; 29: at Minnesota, 6:30; 31: at Memphis, 6:30.
NOVEMBER
2: Miami. 6:30; 3: at Portland, 7; 5: San Antonio, 7; 8: at Atlanta, 5; 10: at Charlotte, 4; 12: at Oklahoma Metropolis, 6:30; 14: New at Orleans, 5; 15: at Milwaukee, 5; 18: Utah, 7:30; 23: at Utah, 5; 25: at Clippers, 8; 28: Dallas, 7; 30: New Orleans, 6:30.
DECEMBER
1: Phoenix, 7; 4: at Toronto, 4:30; 5: at Boston, 4; 7: at Philadelphia, 4:30; 18: at Utah, 6; 20: at Clippers, 7:30; 23: at Phoenix, 6; 25: Houston, 5; 28: Sacramento, 6:30; 30: Detroit, 7:30.
JANUARY
2: Memphis, 7:30, 4: Memphis, 6:30; 6: at New Orleans, 5; 7: at San Antonio, 4:30; 9: Milwaukee, 7:30; 12: at Sacramento, 7; 13: Atlanta, 7:30; 15: Charlotte, 7:30; 17: at Portland, 7; 18: Toronto, 6:30; 20: at Denver, 7; 22: at Clippers, 7; 24: at Dallas, 5:30; 26: at Chicago, 5; 28: at Cleveland, 4; 30: at Washington, 4.
FEBRUARY
1: at New York, 4; 3: at Brooklyn, 4:30; 5: Philadelphia, 7; 7: Golden State, 5:30; 9: Oklahoma Metropolis, 7; 10: San Antonio, 7:30; 12: Dallas, 7; 20: Clippers, 7; 22: Boston, 3:30; 24: Orlando, 7:30; 26: at Phoenix, 6; 28: at Golden State, 5:30.
MARCH
1: Sacramento, 6:30; 3: New Orleans, 7:30; 5: at Denver, 7; 6: Indiana, 7:30; 8: New York, 12:30; 10: Minnesota, 8; 12: Chicago, 7:30; 14: Denver, 5:30; 16: at Houston, 6; 18: at Houston, 6:30; 19: at Miami, 5; 21: at Orlando, 4; 23: at Detroit, 4; 25: at Indiana, 4; 27: Brooklyn, 7:30; 30: Washington, 7; 31: Cleveland, 7:30.
APRIL
2: at Oklahoma Metropolis, 4:30; 5: at Dallas, 4:30; 7: Oklahoma Metropolis, 7:30; 9: at Golden State, 7; 10: Phoenix, 7:30; 12: Utah, 5:30.
All occasions Pacific.
