Knicks & Nets 2025-26 Schedules are Revealed

The 2025-26 NBA Schedule has been trickling out slowly over the past several weeks, and now, finally, we get the full release.

The New York Knicks with new Head Coach Mike Brown leading the way, will open the season against the Cleveland Cavaliers on October 22. The game will broadcast nationally on ESPN. It will be a reunion of sorts for Brown, who served as Cavs head coach for two stints from 2005-2010, and again during the 2013-14 season.

The Knicks will also face the Cavs again on Christmas Day at 12 noon.

A couple days after the opener, the Knicks will welcome the Jayson Tatum-less Boston Celtics into the Garden on October 24, in the first battle between the two rivals since the Knicks knocked out the Celtics in seven games of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

The Knicks first match-up with the Indiana Pacers, in a rematch of last spring's Eastern Conference Finals will be December 18.

The Lakers come to the Garden on February 2.

The champion Oklahoma City Thunder are at MSG on March 4.

The Golden State Warriors come to MSG on March 15.

The first battle of the Knicks-Nets rivalry will be November 9 at the Graden. The first meeting at Barclays will be November 24.

As for the Nets, they will open their season October 22 on the road against the Charlotte Hornets. The home opener at Barclays Center will be October 24 against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Sixers come to town November 2.

The Warriors visit Barclays on December 29.

The Nets will host the Rockets on New Year's Day at 6 p.m.

The Lakers visit Barclays on February 3.

The defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder come to Barclays on March 18.

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