The 2025-26 NBA season has tipped off on Tuesday night. The Oklahoma City Thunder host the Houston Rockets, while the Los Angeles Lakers are playing the Golden State Warriors. With the regular season officially underway,

The NBA on NBC returned Tuesday night with an opening day tip-off between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets. The game's broadcast began with an intro fans had been waiting for as the NBC's classic John Tesh composed 'NBA on NBC' theme began playing and fans began reacting on X.

The NBA season tips off on Tuesday, October 21st, with four of the top teams in action, before the rest of the league debuts in the days that follow.

A large majority of NBC's new NBA crew is already well-known by sports and NBA fans, such as Reggie Miller and Grant Hill having worked for TNT, and play-by-play announcers Mike Tirico and Noah Eagle having covered the NFL for the network. Still, there were a few new faces.

NBA referee Zach Zarba explained why Kevin Durant wasn't assessed a technical foul near the end of overtime during the Houston Rockets' 125-124 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday.

Jordan spoke to NBC play-by-play voice Mike Tirico in the first installment of a series the network is calling "MJ: Insights to Excellence."

The Oklahoma City Thunder outlasted the Houston Rockets 125-124 in double overtime. Here are takeaways from the NBA on NBC opener.

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