The NBA is here! Live updates from the Thunder-Rockets season opener

The 2025-26 NBA play is officially here! The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets extremity disconnected astatine 7:30 p.m. ET (NBC, Peacock), arsenic the defending champs look to commencement their play disconnected beardown against Kevin Durant and his caller crew.

The Golden State Warriors volition past look disconnected against their Western Conference foes, the Los Angeles Lakers astatine 10 p.m. ET (NBC, Peacock). Luka Doncic volition debut for his archetypal afloat play with the Lakers, however, it volition beryllium without LeBron James who is acceptable to miss 3-4 weeks with sciatica.

As we extremity disconnected the NBA's 80th season, present are the apical highlights from tonight's opening nighttime games arsenic good arsenic postgame takeaways from our ESPN insiders.

Highlights from Rockets astatine Thunder