The Celtics’ schedule for the 2025-26 NBA season is beginning to trickle out.
Ahead of its official schedule reveal, the NBA on Wednesday announced the dates, times and opponents for a handful of Celtics matchups, including its four NBA Cup group play matchups.
The league also announced that Boston will participate in the first NBA game ever aired on Amazon Prime, which will stream the Oct. 24 matchup against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. The Celtics’ 2024-25 season ended at MSG with a blowout loss to the Knicks in Game 6 of their second-round playoff series.
The Celtics will face the Philadelphia 76ers, Orlando Magic, Brooklyn Nets and Detroit Pistons in East Group B of the 2025 NBA Cup. Two of those games will be nationally broadcast: a Halloween matchup with the Sixers on Amazon Prime and a rare Wednesday afternoon home game against Detroit the day before Thanksgiving on ESPN. The other two will air locally on NBC Sports Boston.
Here are the Celtics’ six confirmed regular-season dates, with NBA Cup tilts marked with an asterisk (all start times ET):
Friday, Oct. 24 at New York Knicks (7:30 p.m.; Amazon Prime)
*Friday, Oct. 31 at Philadelphia 76ers (7 p.m.; Amazon Prime)
*Friday, Nov. 7 at Orlando Magic (7 p.m.; NBCSB)
*Friday, Nov. 21 vs. Brooklyn Nets (7:30 p.m.; NBCSB)
*Wednesday, Nov. 26 vs. Detroit Pistons (5 p.m.; ESPN)
Monday, Jan. 19 at Detroit Pistons (8 p.m.; NBC/Peacock)
Boston will not play on Christmas Day for the first time since 2015 – a sign of how the team is expected to struggle this season after losing superstar Jayson Tatum to a torn Achilles and overhauling its roster this offseason.
The NBA will reveal its full regular-season schedule on Thursday.
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