This is how the NBA 2025/26 will start and this is how you can follow it in Spain

The 2025-26 NBA season will kick off on October 21 with two high-level matchups as always. The opening night will feature the current champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder, facing off against the team expected to challenge them for the Western throne, the new-look Houston Rockets led by Kevin Durant.

Not surprisingly, given the low level in the East after the Tatum and Haliburton disaster, the other game to open this NBA season will be a Western showdown, with possibly the last time that LeBron James and Stephen Curry face each other in the always exciting Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers matchup. Of course, the allure of Luka Doncic will be there. Both games will be broadcast on NBC in the United States. In Spain, the NBA action can be followed this new season through Amazon Prime. The situation with Movistar+ is still uncertain.

Additionally, the league has prepared an enticing program for the traditional Christmas Day with five games airing on ABC:

• Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks
• San Antonio Spurs vs. Oklahoma City Thunder
• Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Lakers
• Dallas Mavericks vs. Golden State Warriors
• Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Denver Nuggets

HOW TO WATCH THE NBA IN SPAIN IN THE 2025/26 SEASON

In Spain, subscribers of Amazon Prime will have exclusive access each season to 87 NBA regular season games, which will include seven matches from the Emirates NBA Cup elimination rounds, full coverage of the SoFi NBA Play-In tournament, a third of the first and second round playoff games, one Conference Finals series per season, and, for six of the eleven years of the agreement, the NBA Finals.

Prime Video will also feature a dedicated NBA studio program led by sports journalist Taylor Rooks. Renowned basketball figures and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees like Steve Nash, Dwyane Wade, Blake Griffin, Dirk Nowitzki, and Udonis Haslem will provide analysis and commentary throughout the season. The WNBA player Candace Parker will join as an analyst for broadcasts and studio coverage starting this fall and will head the women's league coverage on Prime Video from 2026. More details on the complete NBA programming on Prime Video for Spanish fans will be revealed soon.

The agreement also includes the addition of the NBA League Pass to Prime Video's additional subscriptions worldwide. This official NBA service, allowing live or on-demand viewing of games in the U.S. and internationally, will be available at an additional monthly cost, expanding the offering of regular season and playoff matches.

Starting in 2026, Prime Video will exclusively offer 30 WNBA regular-season games per year for Spain, including the Commissioner's Cup game presented by Coinbase. It will also stream exclusive coverage of the playoff rounds, featuring one first-round series per season, seven semifinals, and three WNBA Finals over the eleven-year contract period.

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