NBA Chief Communications Officer Mike Bass issued the following statement:
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- The top two picks in the 2026 NBA Draft will meet for the first time in the regular season when Washington’s AJ Dybantsa and Utah’s Darryn Peterson face off on Feb. 27. NBA Schedule Release presented by @Ticketmaster
- The second annual NBA Pioneers Classic will celebrate Chuck Cooper, Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton and Earl Lloyd, who broke barriers as the NBA’s first Black players in 1950. The Knicks and Pistons will meet Feb. 3 at 7 PM ET on ESPN. NBA Schedule Release presented by @Ticketmaster
- The 2026 NBA Playoffs presented by Google featured five Game 7s, tying the record for the most in a single postseason. Here are the 2026-27 NBA regular-season dates for each of those five matchups. ⬇️ NBA Schedule Release presented by @Ticketmaster
- The Knicks and Spurs will meet twice in the 2026-27 NBA regular season in rematches of the 2026 NBA Finals: Christmas Day and March 7. Their Dec. 25 matchup marks the first time in nine years that Christmas Day features a rematch of the previous season’s Finals (CLE at GSW in
