ESPN today announced an update to its 2025-26 NBA regular-season schedule. On Friday, January 16, the Philadelphia 76ers and Tyrese Maxey will host the Cleveland Cavaliers and Donovan Mitchell, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN presented by State Farm. This matchup replaces the previously scheduled Chicago Bulls vs. Brooklyn Nets game.

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ESPN continues its coverage of the 2025-26 NBA regular season on Wednesday, January 7, with a blockbuster doubleheader presented by State Farm. At 7 p.m. ET, the Boston Celtics and Jaylen Brown look for their fifth straight win as they host the Denver Nuggets and Jamal Murray. Dave Pasch will provide play-by-play alongside analyst Doris Burke, with Angel Gray reporting.

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ESPN delivered its largest average NBA Christmas audience since 2018 across its platforms, according to Nielsen Big Data + Panel. The five-game slate on Thursday, December 25, averaged 5.5M viewers, up four percent from 2024. The Christmas games reached 47.2M fans, up 45 percent from 2024. It is the largest audience reach for ESPN’s Christmas NBA games since 2010, excluding the season-opening Christmas day in 2011.

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ESPN today announced an update to its 2025-26 NBA regular-season schedule. On Wednesday, January 7, the Boston Celtics and Jaylen Brown will host the Denver Nuggets, led by three-time NBA MVP and the league’s rebounding and assist leader Nikola Jokić, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN Presented by State Farm.

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ESPN continues its annual NBA on Christmas Day tradition on Thursday, December 25, with 14 consecutive hours of live NBA coverage, featuring a blockbuster 5-game slate presented by State Farm available across ABC, ESPN and the new ESPN App, streaming via ESPN DTC or pay TV authentication.

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ESPN generated its most-watched NBA Thanksgiving Eve audience in six years, since 2019, on Wednesday, November 26. The inaugural tripleheader averaged 2,099,000 viewers, up 54 percent from last year’s Thanksgiving Eve doubleheader, according to Nielsen Big Data + Panel.

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ESPN continues its annual tradition with its Thanksgiving Eve Special presented by Playstation 5 on Wednesday, November 26, featuring the first-ever Thanksgiving Eve tripleheader, presented by State Farm. At 5 p.m. ET, the Detroit Pistons and Cade Cunningham look to extend their winning streak to a franchise-record 14 games when they visit the Boston Celtics and Jaylen Brown. Mark Jones will provide play-by-play alongside analyst Stephanie White, with Alyssa Lang reporting. The matchup will be exclusive in the Boston market.

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ESPN continues its coverage of the 2025-26 NBA regular season on Wednesday, November 19, with a blockbuster doubleheader presented by State Farm. At 7 p.m. ET, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Donovan Mitchell host the Houston Rockets and Kevin Durant, who are looking to extend their winning streak to five games. Mark Jones will provide play-by-play alongside analyst Doris Burke, with Katie George reporting.

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Disney, ESPN and the NBA are teaming up once again to present Dunk the Halls – the second annual real-time, animated NBA game using Sony’s Beyond Sports technology – on Thursday, December 25 at noon ET, when the New York Knicks host the Cleveland Cavaliers. The innovative alternate presentation will be available on ESPN2, Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney XD and the new ESPN App via ESPN DTC or pay TV authentication, with the traditional telecast available on ABC, ESPN, Disney+ and the ESPN App. Dunk the Halls visual assets can be found here.

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ESPN today officially announced its new-look NBA Countdown team that will lead pregame and halftime coverage for select NBA on ESPN game nights throughout the season. The new team will debut this Wednesday, November 19, at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN and the ESPN App.

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