A few days after the 2026 NBA All-Star Break, basketball fans can finally look forward to games on TV, as the league went without play for a week for the annual weekend festivities.
While there were some marquee college basketball games during the All-Star Break, on Thursday, February 19th, the NBA has a full slate of ten games set to be played on the first night of basketball’s return to action.
Here’s all the information about the upcoming NBA games, including matchups, times, and where to watch the first set of games played after the 2026 All-Star Weekend.
NBA Schedule And Games Today On Thursday, February 19th
Houston Rockets at Charlotte Hornets, 7 pm EST, on FanDuel Sports Charlotte and Space City Home Network
Brooklyn Nets at Cleveland Cavaliers, 7 pm EST, on FanDuel Sports Ohio and YES Network
Indiana Pacers at Washington Wizards, 7 pm EST, on Monumental Sports Network and FanDuel Sports Indiana
Atlanta Hawks at Philadelphia 76ers, 7 pm EST, on NBC Sports Philadelphia and FanDuel Sports Southeast
Detroit Pistons at New York Knicks, 7:30 pm EST, on Amazon Prime Video, MSG Network
Toronto Raptors at Chicago Bulls, 8 pm EST, on Chicago Sports Network and Rogers Sportsnet Toronto
Phoenix Suns at San Antonio Spurs (game to be held at Moody Center on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin), 8:30 pm, on KTVK – Arizona’s Family 3TV, Arizona’s Family Sports, and KENS 5
Boston Celtics at Golden State Warriors, 10 pm EST, on Amazon Prime Video, NBC Sports Bay Area, and NBC Sports Boston
Orlando Magic at Sacramento Kings, 10 pm EST, on FanDuel Sports Florida and NBC Sports California
Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Clippers, 10:30 pm EST, on Altitude Sports and FanDuel Sports SoCal
All of the games that will be broadcast on local TV, like the FanDuel Sports Networks, can also be seen on NBA League Pass.
Though it is the first day of NBA games back in action since the All-Star Break, not every team is slated to play on Thursday, as a few teams will tip off the final third of the season on Friday, February 20th, as each team either continues a push to the playoffs or the opposite way into the lottery, in hopes of landing a top pick.
More Information On National TV Games, Pistons vs. Knicks, and Celtics vs. Warriors
While the two highlight games of the night are said to be on national television, as they will be shown on Amazon Prime Video, it could be easily argued that they won’t be as easy to find or access compared to if they were on NBC, ABC, ESPN, or another cable channel.
Yet still, with Prime Video in its first season in agreement with the NBA to show games on its network, on Thursday, February 19th, the streaming service will host two interesting matchups on the first day of games back from the All-Star Break.
Beginning with the Pistons vs. Knicks game, this is a battle between two of the top teams in the Eastern Conference. They’ve already played once this season, in a game just two weeks ago, in which Detroit enjoyed a dominant 118-80 win. This second contest of the season, which is a rematch from the 2025 Playoffs, is set to play a major role in who will finish the regular season atop the East standings.
Currently, the Knicks are set to have Miles McBride out, as he recovers from surgery, while OG Anunoby is listed as questionable with a toe injury. For the Pistons, they will have both Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart miss the contest, as both are facing multi-game suspensions from the NBA for their involvement in a fight in a recent game against the Hornets.
As for the Celtics vs. Warriors game, this contest perhaps doesn’t carry as much weight as the other battle between two of the Eastern Conference teams. However, Boston is still in the hunt for a top seed and has been playing extremely well this season, despite not having franchise star Jayson Tatum.
Rumors of a Tatum return from his torn Achilles suffered last May continue to be top-of-mind for the Celtics and their fanbase, but for now, he remains out, and he is the only player listed on the injury report.
As for Golden State, they find themselves at a very interesting point in the season. As they battle for a top-six seed in the West to stay out of the Play-In Tournament, Stephen Curry believes the team can go on a postseason run, despite now not having Jimmy Butler, who is out for the rest of the year with a torn ACL.
Curry, his brother Seth Curry, Will Richard, L.J. Cryer, and Butler are all listed on the injury report. Kristaps Porzingis, whom the Warriors traded for at the February 5th deadline, is expected to make his debut for the team on Thursday night, against his old team, the Celtics, with whom he won a title with in 2024.
The NBA is now back in action, as on Thursday, February 19th, the final stretch of the season will begin, with a full slate of games on the first day of action after the All-Star Break.
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