The Knicks and Pacers meet on Dec. 18, their first meeting since the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals.
Playoff rematches, player return games and superstar matchups highlight 15 must-see games from the first two-plus months of the 2025-26 NBA season, available exclusively on NBA League Pass.
NBA League Pass in October 2025
Oct. 24: Hawks at Magic (7 p.m. ET): We get an early look at two teams that made significant trades in the offseason — the Hawks acquiring Kristaps Porziņģis from Boston and Nickeil Alexander-Walker from Minnesota, the Magic getting Desmond Bane from Memphis — as they look to climb the ranks of the Eastern Conference.
Oct. 25: Hornets at Sixers (7:30 p.m. ET): A matchup between the No. 3 and No. 4 picks in the 2025 NBA Draft when VJ Edgecombe and the Sixers host Kon Knueppel and the NBA 2K26 Summer League champion Hornets in the second game of the season for both teams.
Oct. 27: Grizzlies at Warriors (10 p.m. ET): When these teams last met in the No. 7 vs. 8 game in the SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament, the Warriors defeated the Grizzlies to secure the No. 7 seed in the NBA playoffs behind a combined 75 points from Jimmy Butler III (38) and Stephen Curry (37). Who will take their first matchup of the new season?
Oct. 29: Magic at Pistons (7 p.m. ET): A battle of two young and emerging teams in the East — each led by a former No. 1 overall pick in Orlando’s Paolo Banchero and Detroit’s Cade Cunningham — both looking to ascend to contender status in the conference.
NBA League Pass in November 2025
Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks have several key games on NBA League Pass in November.
Nov. 3: Bucks at Pacers (7 p.m. ET): After a decade in Indianapolis, including last season’s run to the NBA Finals, Myles Turner signed with the rival Bucks in free agency this summer. This game marks his first return to Indiana as a visitor.
Nov. 5: Pelicans at Mavs (8:30 p.m. ET): No college has produced more No. 1 overall draft picks than Duke University (si). Two of those six — the Pelicans’ Zion Williamson (2019) and the Mavs’ Cooper Flagg (2025) — will meet for the first time in Dallas.
Nov. 7: Bulls at Bucks (8 p.m. ET): Last year, the Bucks turned their season around in the Emirates NBA Cup, overcoming a 2-8 start to the season with an undefeated run through Group Play and a Cup Championship. They begin their Cup defense by hosting the Bulls in East Group C play.
Nov. 12: Nuggets at Clippers (10:30 p.m. ET): After finishing the regular season with matching 50-32 records, these teams met in a thrilling first-round series that Denver won in seven games. The series not only featured three games decided by three points or less, the entire seven-game series was separated by just four points (758-754 in favor of LA).
Nov. 15: Nuggets at Timberwolves (8 p.m. ET): The last time these two teams met on April 1, Nikola Jokić posted the highest-scoring triple-double in NBA history (61 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists), but it was Minnesota that prevailed in a 2OT instant classic behind Anthony Edwards’ 24 points in the fourth quarter and overtimes. What will they have in store for an encore?
Nov. 18: Warriors at Magic (7 p.m. ET): The last time Steph Curry was in Orlando on Feb. 27; he lit up the Magic Kingdom for 56 points and 12 3-pointers in just 34 minutes as the Warriors overcame a 41-point performance from Banchero to earn the win.
Nov. 22: Pistons at Bucks (8 p.m. ET): The Bucks won last year’s season series 4-0, but two of those games needed overtime (including one that saw Giannis Antetokounmpo drop a season-high 59 points). In three games against the Pistons, Giannis averaged a triple-double (39.7 ppg on 62.7% shooting, 10.7 rpg, 10 apg). Can the Bucks extend their win streak over the Pistons to 14 straight?
NBA League Pass in December 2025
Dec. 1: Cavs at Pacers (7 p.m. ET): A rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference semifinals, which saw the No. 4 seed Pacers knock off the top-seeded Cavs in five games. That series included two of Indiana’s signature improbable comebacks from the team’s run to the 2025 NBA Finals.
Dec. 5: Suns at Rockets (8 p.m. ET): Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks return to Houston for the first time since this summer’s historic seven-team trade that sent them to Phoenix and brought Kevin Durant to Houston as the Rockets look to bounce back from last season’s first-round playoff exit.
Dec. 18: Knicks at Pacers (7 p.m. ET): This is the first meeting between these longtime rivals since their classic 2025 Eastern Conference Finals. While Indiana will feature two new starters in place of Turner (now in Milwaukee) and Tyrese Haliburton (injured), New York’s core returns with a new coach (Mike Brown).
Dec. 20: Lakers at Clippers (10:30 p.m. ET): Last season, the Clippers and Lakers finished with matching 50-32 records, marking the first time in history that both teams from Los Angeles won 50-plus games in the same season. The Lakers enter the season having won three straight battle of L.A. matchups.