The 2025-26 NBA season tips off with a doubleheader on Tuesday, Oct. 21, when the NBA returns to NBC and debuts on Peacock. The Oklahoma City Thunder hosts the Houston Rockets (7:30 p.m. ET) and the Golden State Warriors visit the Los Angeles Lakers (10 p.m. ET).

The recent NBA betting scandal includes wagers made on a Chicago Bulls game from 2023, according to court documents.

Some of the biggest questions emerging from the federal indictment of Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier relates to the NBA.

In an indictment released Thursday, prosecutors outlined the circumstances under which seven NBA games allegedly were part of an illegal gambling scheme.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander beat Nikola Jokić on the road and then took his MVP award. Opening night is the first real opportunity for players and teams to show the world what they spent the summer working toward.

The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, NBA Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups, has been charged with helping to cheat high-stakes poker players out of millions of dollars through rigged card games allegedly operated by underworld crime figures.

The Magic said in a statement the team has “no indication that any current players were involved and we have not been contacted by the authorities.”

Seven games were specifically cited by prosecutors as having paid off big for gamblers allegedly using non-public information from inside the NBA.