As announced on Friday, Aug. 10, the 2018-19 NBA regular season will commence on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018 and runs through to Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2019.
Among the league’s national broadcast partners, the NBA’s own network NBA-TV leads with carriage of 107 games.
ESPN is scheduled for 84 games, mostly with coverage on Wednesday and Friday nights. Fellow Disney-owned network ABC will carry 17 games, including marquee matchups on the NBA’s most-watched regular-season day: Christmas Day, as well as the fourth season of “NBA Saturday Primetime” starting in January.
Turner Sports enters its 35th consecutive year of NBA coverage featuring an expanded 66-game schedule during the 2018-19 NBA regular season including a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day tripleheader highlighted by the defending Golden State Warriors visiting LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. TNT will televise 21 Thursday night and 10 Monday night NBA doubleheaders during the regular season.
The 2018-19 NBA regular season marks the 23rd consecutive season TNT has tipped off with two games on opening night. On Tuesday, Oct. 16, TNT will first feature two of the top Eastern Conference teams from last season: Boston Celtics at Philadelphia 76ers. Then, in the nightcap, defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors host Western Conference rival Oklahoma City Thunder with Russell Westbrook and Paul George.
LeBron James’ move from Cleveland to Los Angeles propelled the Lakers as this season’s top team in the amount of nationally-televised regular season games with 44 (14 on TNT, 13 on ESPN, 12 on NBA-TV and 5 on ABC). The Golden State Warriors are runner-up with 41 (12 on TNT, 12 on NBA-TV, 11 on ESPN, and 6 on ABC).
The following are the scheduled game start times (all times Eastern; start times subject to change), locations, and respective networks:
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Golden State Warriors (TNT, 10:30 PM)
New Orleans Pelicans at Houston Rockets (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Dallas Mavericks at Phoenix Suns (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Chicago Bulls at Philadelphia 76ers (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Portland Trail Blazers (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Boston Celtics at Toronto Raptors (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Golden State Warriors at Utah Jazz (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Toronto Raptors at Washington Wizards (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Clippers (NBA TV, 9:00 PM)
Orlando Magic at Boston Celtics (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Lakers (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Detroit Pistons (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Dallas Mavericks at Atlanta Hawks (ESPN, 7:00 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Milwaukee Bucks (ESPN, 9:30 PM)
Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Lakers (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Golden State Warriors at New York Knicks (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Washington Wizards at Sacramento Kings (NBA TV, 10:00 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA TV, 8:00 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Toronto Raptors (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Indiana Pacers at New York Knicks (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
San Antonio Spurs at Phoenix Suns (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Milwaukee Bucks at Boston Celtics (TNT, 8:00 PM)
New Orleans Pelicans at Portland Trail Blazers (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Washington Wizards (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Golden State Warriors (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Boston Celtics at Indiana Pacers (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
New Orleans Pelicans at Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA TV, 8:00 PM)
Memphis Grizzlies at Golden State Warriors (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
Washington Wizards at Dallas Mavericks (NBA TV, 8:30 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Indiana Pacers (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Houston Rockets at Oklahoma City Thunder (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Milwaukee Bucks at Golden State Warriors (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Charlotte Hornets at Philadelphia 76ers (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Boston Celtics at Utah Jazz (ESPN, 9:30 PM)
Houston Rockets at San Antonio Spurs (NBA TV, 8:30 PM)
New Orleans Pelicans at Toronto Raptors (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Clippers (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
Charlotte Hornets at Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Atlanta Hawks at Golden State Warriors (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
New Orleans Pelicans at Minnesota Timberwolves (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Portland Trail Blazers at Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Golden State Warriors at Houston Rockets (TNT, 8:00 PM)
San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Clippers (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Toronto Raptors at Boston Celtics (ESPN, 7:00 PM)
Chicago Bulls at Milwaukee Bucks (ESPN, 9:30 PM)
Utah Jazz at Boston Celtics (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Golden State Warriors at San Antonio Spurs (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Phoenix Suns at Philadelphia 76ers (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Sacramento Kings (NBA TV, 10:00 PM)
Portland Trail Blazers at New York Knicks (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Cleveland Cavaliers (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Golden State Warriors (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Houston Rockets at Detroit Pistons (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Utah Jazz at Los Angeles Lakers (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
San Antonio Spurs at Milwaukee Bucks (NBA TV, 8:30 PM)
Houston Rockets at Washington Wizards (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Denver Nuggets (NBA TV, 9:00 PM)
New York Knicks at Philadelphia 76ers (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Orlando Magic at Portland Trail Blazers (NBA TV, 10:00 PM)
Golden State Warriors at Toronto Raptors (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Los Angeles Clippers at Sacramento Kings (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Houston Rockets at San Antonio Spurs (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Denver Nuggets at Portland Trail Blazers (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Boston Celtics at Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA TV, 8:00 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Detroit Pistons (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
San Antonio Spurs at Utah Jazz (NBA TV, 9:00 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Toronto Raptors (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
New York Knicks at Boston Celtics (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Houston Rockets at Utah Jazz (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Detroit Pistons (ESPN, 7:00 PM)
Golden State Warriors at Milwaukee Bucks (ESPN, 9:30 PM)
Washington Wizards at Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Milwaukee Bucks at Toronto Raptors (NBA TV, 6:00 PM)
New Orleans Pelicans at Boston Celtics (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Miami Heat at Los Angeles Lakers (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
Portland Trail Blazers at Houston Rockets (NBA TV, 8:00 PM)
Toronto Raptors at Los Angeles Clippers (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at New Orleans Pelicans (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Toronto Raptors at Golden State Warriors (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Dallas Mavericks at Phoenix Suns (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Indiana Pacers at Philadelphia 76ers (ESPN, 7:30 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Denver Nuggets (ESPN, 10:00 PM)
Utah Jazz at Orlando Magic (NBA TV, 5:00 PM)
Utah Jazz at Houston Rockets (NBA TV, 8:00 PM)
Memphis Grizzlies at Golden State Warriors (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Brooklyn Nets (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Phoenix Suns at Boston Celtics (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Sacramento Kings (NBA TV, 10:00 PM)
Houston Rockets at Miami Heat (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Clippers (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Milwaukee Bucks at Boston Celtics (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
New Orleans Pelicans at Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Toronto Raptors at Philadelphia 76ers (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Milwaukee Bucks at New York Knicks (ESPN, 12:00 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Houston Rockets (ABC, 3:00 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics (ABC, 5:30 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State Warriors (ABC, ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Portland Trail Blazers at Utah Jazz (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Toronto Raptors at Miami Heat (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Boston Celtics at Houston Rockets (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Utah Jazz (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Dallas Mavericks at New Orleans Pelicans (NBA TV, 8:00 PM)
Los Angeles Clippers at Los Angeles Lakers (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
Houston Rockets at New Orleans Pelicans (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Golden State Warriors at Portland Trail Blazers (NBA TV, 10:00 PM)
Boston Celtics at San Antonio Spurs (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Utah Jazz at Toronto Raptors (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Boston Celtics (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Toronto Raptors at San Antonio Spurs (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Washington Wizards at Miami Heat (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Toronto Raptors at Milwaukee Bucks (NBA TV, 8:30 PM)
Indiana Pacers at Toronto Raptors (NBA TV, 6:00 PM)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA TV, 8:00 PM)
New York Knicks at Golden State Warriors (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
Milwaukee Bucks at Houston Rockets (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Detroit Pistons at Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Boston Celtics at Miami Heat (TNT, 7:00 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs (TNT, 9:30 PM)
Indiana Pacers at New York Knicks (ESPN, 7:30 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Utah Jazz (ESPN, 10:00 PM)
San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA TV, 8:30 PM)
Cleveland Cavaliers at Los Angeles Lakers (NBA TV, 9:30 PM)
Charlotte Hornets at San Antonio Spurs (NBA TV, 8:30 PM)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Philadelphia 76ers (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Chicago Bulls at Los Angeles Lakers (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
Toronto Raptors at Boston Celtics (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
New Orleans Pelicans at Golden State Warriors (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
New York Knicks at Washington Wizards (NBA TV, 3:00 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Indiana Pacers (TNT, 7:00 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Oklahoma City Thunder (TNT, 9:30 PM)
San Antonio Spurs at Minnesota Timberwolves (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
New Orleans Pelicans at Portland Trail Blazers (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Philadelphia 76ers (ABC, 3:30 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets (ABC, 8:30 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks (NBA TV, 12:30 PM)
Orlando Magic at Atlanta Hawks (NBA TV, 3:00 PM)
New Orleans Pelicans at Memphis Grizzlies (TNT, 5:30 PM)
Houston Rockets at Philadelphia 76ers (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Portland Trail Blazers at Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA TV, 8:00 PM)
San Antonio Spurs at Philadelphia 76ers (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Denver Nuggets at Utah Jazz (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Golden State Warriors at Washington Wizards (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Los Angeles Lakers (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Toronto Raptors at Houston Rockets (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Golden State Warriors at Boston Celtics (ABC, 8:30 PM)
Milwaukee Bucks at Oklahoma City Thunder (ESPN, 6:00 PM)
Golden State Warriors at Indiana Pacers (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Atlanta Hawks at Los Angeles Clippers (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
New Orleans Pelicans at Houston Rockets (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Los Angeles Lakers (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Indiana Pacers at Washington Wizards (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Utah Jazz at Portland Trail Blazers (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Milwaukee Bucks at Toronto Raptors (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Golden State Warriors (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Boston Celtics at New York Knicks (ESPN, 7:30 PM)
Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets (ESPN, 10:00 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State Warriors (ABC, 8:30 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Boston Celtics (ABC, 2:00 PM)
Milwaukee Bucks at Brooklyn Nets (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
San Antonio Spurs at Sacramento Kings (NBA TV, 10:00 PM)
Toronto Raptors at Philadelphia 76ers (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Miami Heat at Portland Trail Blazers (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Washington Wizards at Milwaukee Bucks (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
San Antonio Spurs at Golden State Warriors (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Boston Celtics (TNT, 8:00 PM)
San Antonio Spurs at Portland Trail Blazers (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Denver Nuggets at Philadelphia 76ers (ESPN, 7:00 PM)
Minnesota Timberwolves at New Orleans Pelicans (ESPN, 9:30 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Houston Rockets (ABC, 8:30 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Philadelphia 76ers (ABC, 3:30 PM)
Miami Heat at Golden State Warriors (NBA TV, 8:30 PM)
Washington Wizards at Detroit Pistons (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Boston Celtics at Philadelphia 76ers (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Utah Jazz at Golden State Warriors (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Brooklyn Nets at Cleveland Cavaliers (ESPN, 7:00 PM)
Houston Rockets at Minnesota Timberwolves (ESPN, 9:30 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at New Orleans Pelicans (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Celebrity Game (ESPN, 7:00 PM)
Rising Stars Challenge (TNT, 9:00 PM)
All-Star Saturday Night (TNT, 8:00 PM)
NBA All-Star Game (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Boston Celtics at Milwaukee Bucks (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers (TNT, 10:30 PM)
San Antonio Spurs at Toronto Raptors (ESPN, 7:00 PM)
Utah Jazz at Oklahoma City Thunder (ESPN, 9:30 PM)
Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors (ABC, 8:30 PM)
San Antonio Spurs at New York Knicks (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at New Orleans Pelicans (NBA TV, 8:00 PM)
Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Clippers (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
Boston Celtics at Toronto Raptors (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Denver Nuggets (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Detroit Pistons at San Antonio Spurs (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
New Orleans Pelicans at Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Indiana Pacers (TNT, 7:00 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Oklahoma City Thunder (TNT, 9:30 PM)
Washington Wizards at Boston Celtics (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Milwaukee Bucks at Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Golden State Warriors at Philadelphia 76ers (ABC, 8:30 PM)
Houston Rockets at Boston Celtics (ABC, 3:30 PM)
Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Dallas Mavericks at Brooklyn Nets (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Los Angeles Clippers at Los Angeles Lakers (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
Houston Rockets at Toronto Raptors (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Boston Celtics at Golden State Warriors (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Chicago Bulls (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Indiana Pacers at Milwaukee Bucks (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Houston Rockets (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Denver Nuggets at Golden State Warriors (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers (ABC, 8:30 PM)
Indiana Pacers at Philadelphia 76ers (ABC, 3:30 PM)
New Orleans Pelicans at Atlanta Hawks (NBA TV, 6:00 PM)
Phoenix Suns at Golden State Warriors (NBA TV, 8:30 PM)
Toronto Raptors at Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Clippers (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
Milwaukee Bucks at New Orleans Pelicans (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Detroit Pistons at Miami Heat (ESPN, 7:00 PM)
Golden State Warriors at Houston Rockets (ESPN, 9:30 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Toronto Raptors (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Dallas Mavericks at Denver Nuggets (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Detroit Pistons (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Chicago Bulls at Los Angeles Clippers (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
Golden State Warriors at Oklahoma City Thunder (ABC, 8:30 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Milwaukee Bucks (ABC, 3:30 PM)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Houston Rockets (ESPN, 9:00 PM)
Golden State Warriors at San Antonio Spurs (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Indiana Pacers at Portland Trail Blazers (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Milwaukee Bucks (NBA TV, 8:00 PM)
Indiana Pacers at Los Angeles Clippers (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
Boston Celtics at Philadelphia 76ers (ESPN, 7:00 PM)
Toronto Raptors at Oklahoma City Thunder (ESPN, 9:30 PM)
Denver Nuggets at Washington Wizards (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
San Antonio Spurs at Houston Rockets (NBA TV, 8:00 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Atlanta Hawks (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Detroit Pistons at Portland Trail Blazers (NBA TV, 10:00 PM)
San Antonio Spurs at Boston Celtics (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Orlando Magic (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Brooklyn Nets at Portland Trail Blazers (NBA TV, 10:00 PM)
Houston Rockets at Milwaukee Bucks (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Washington Wizards at Los Angeles Lakers (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Indiana Pacers at Oklahoma City Thunder (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Utah Jazz (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets (NBA TV, 8:00 PM)
Indiana Pacers at Boston Celtics (NBA TV, 7:00 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA TV, 8:00 PM)
Washington Wizards at Denver Nuggets (NBA TV, 8:00 PM)
Miami Heat at Boston Celtics (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Cleveland Cavaliers at Phoenix Suns (NBA TV, 10:00 PM)
Los Angeles Lakers at Oklahoma City Thunder (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Denver Nuggets at Golden State Warriors (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Boston Celtics at Miami Heat (NBA TV, 7:30 PM)
Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Clippers (NBA TV, 10:30 PM)
Milwaukee Bucks at Philadelphia 76ers (TNT, 8:00 PM)
Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers (TNT, 10:30 PM)
Boston Celtics at Indiana Pacers (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Portland Trail Blazers at Denver Nuggets (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
Brooklyn Nets at Milwaukee Bucks (NBA TV, 5:00 PM)
Philadelphia 76ers at Chicago Bulls (NBA TV, 8:00 PM)
Miami Heat at Toronto Raptors (NBA TV, 12:00 PM)
Oklahoma City Thunder at Minnesota Timberwolves (ABC, 3:30 PM)
Phoenix Suns at Houston Rockets (NBA TV, 6:00 PM)
Los Angeles Clippers at Golden State Warriors (NBA TV, 8:30 PM)
Boston Celtics at Washington Wizards (TNT, 7:00 PM)
Houston Rockets at Oklahoma City Thunder (TNT, 9:30 PM)
Orlando Magic at Charlotte Hornets (ESPN, 8:00 PM)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets (ESPN, 10:30 PM)
