{"id":130150,"date":"2025-08-08T22:21:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T22:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/130150\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T22:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T22:21:29","slug":"thunder-to-open-2025-26-nba-season-vs-rockets-and-host-spurs-on-christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/130150\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder to open 2025-26 NBA season vs. Rockets and host Spurs on Christmas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder will kick off the 2025-26 NBA season on Opening Night, October 21, with a home game against the Houston Rockets. The highly anticipated game will be broadcast nationally on NBC, marking a prime showcase for the Thunder as they defend their title, according to sources reported by ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"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\" class=\"gnm-iframely\" style=\"display:block;margin:auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thunder to Feature in 2025 NBA Christmas Day Schedule<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder will also be featured on NBA Christmas Day, December 25, in a home game against the San Antonio Spurs. This nationally televised game on ABC and ESPN highlights the team\u2019s continued prominence in the league spotlight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"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\" class=\"gnm-iframely\" style=\"display:block;margin:auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Full 2025 NBA Christmas Day Schedule<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the Thunder vs. Spurs game, other notable Christmas Day matchups include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li data-list=\"bullet\">Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks<\/li>\n<li data-list=\"bullet\">Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers<\/li>\n<li data-list=\"bullet\">Dallas Mavericks at Golden State Warriors<\/li>\n<li data-list=\"bullet\">Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Thunder\u2019s National Spotlight Continues<\/p>\n<p>These high-profile games emphasize the Thunder\u2019s status as one of the league\u2019s most exciting teams to watch in the 2025-26 season, providing fans with multiple opportunities to see their championship team on national television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder will kick off the 2025-26 NBA season on Opening Night, October&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":130151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[8811,3128,3139,5723,3140,3136,3131,1260,1268,3138,7193,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-130150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-abc","9":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","10":"tag-dallas-mavericks","11":"tag-espn","12":"tag-golden-state-warriors","13":"tag-houston-rockets","14":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","17":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","18":"tag-shams-charania","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114995480912762867","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}