Senior NBA Writer
The 2026-27 NBA season begins Tuesday with a tripleheader, then puts fresh star pairings and Western Conference contenders under the first regular-season spotlight.
Leonard scored 21 in his Toronto preseason debut, while Orlando answered its loss to Cleveland with a faster, more connected 132-116 win.
Chicago's shooting kept the Nuggets honest, while Dallas paired a 132-point win with Kyrie Irving's long-awaited return to the floor.
Six NBA watchpoints lead the week, with two EuroLeague games, a EuroCup road challenge, the Perth-Sydney matchup and an Istanbul derby extending the schedule.
The Hawks recovered from San Antonio's opening burst, while Luka Garza delivered the slate's biggest individual line in a five-game preseason card.
Ebuka Okorie's late layup seals Detroit's preseason opener, Jaylen Brown scores 22 in his Sixers debut, and the first four games bring very different early tests.
NBA preseason leads the week, with five distinct NBA angles, EuroLeague heavyweights and two compact WNBA home-and-away pairings adding real competition.
Three NBA preseason fixtures share the window with EuroLeague openers, an early NBL test, and a busy Sunday across Spain, Germany, and Italy.
New York and Atlanta bring a live WNBA test, Real Madrid enters a new EuroLeague chapter, and the NBL's opening fortnight continues across Australia.
Las Vegas and Seattle headline the WNBA's closing-week run, Bayern opens against Bamberg, and Melbourne United starts the NBL window at home to Adelaide.
CD Puerto Varas and Catolica meet again, Cebu carries a five-game road run, and Mexico's LNBP supplies three different tests from Sept. 7 through Sept. 13.
Spain at Greece, Serbia at Italy, and a new BBL season in Frankfurt shape a week with no NBA games but plenty of international stakes.
Six WNBA games to track from Aug. 24 through Aug. 30, including a fast Lynx-Valkyries rematch, Golden State's midweek trip to New York, and Connecticut at Indiana.
Golden State's perimeter form, Minnesota's ball security, and a Vaqueros-Aguada return meeting give the week its shape from Aug. 17 through Aug. 23.
Indiana and New York renew a high-level rivalry, Minnesota visits Las Vegas, and Puerto Rico's BSN supplies a late-week change of pace.
The WNBA owns the week with Atlanta, Las Vegas, Minnesota, New York, and Seattle all in the spotlight, while Criollos de Caguas visit Vaqueros de Bayamon in the BSN.
With the NBA off the calendar, the WNBA gets top billing and Puerto Rico’s BSN brings the edge.
Four WNBA matchups lead the week’s must-watch list, while the BSN slate in Puerto Rico adds a different kind of intensity.
The NBA is quiet in mid-July, but the WNBA schedule stays busy and the Baloncesto Superior Nacional keeps delivering late-game chaos.
No NBA on the calendar this week, but the WNBA delivers three clean style-contrast games on Monday night, from a Mystics pace check to a Lynx-Sun chess match.
Six games across the BSN and WNBA highlight the next few days, with New York hosting Las Vegas as the headliner.
From early-week WNBA pace tests to late-night BSN tip-offs, here's the best basketball to queue up across the next seven days.
Nine games across WNBA, Puerto Rico's BSN, Turkey's Super Ligi, and Italy's Lega Basket give this week its shape.
One late push, one clean defensive finish, and a reminder that in June you can’t give away possessions or free throws.
Marcus Okafor on a one-possession classic at the Garden, the steal column that nearly cost San Antonio everything, and the rotation choices Tom Thibodeau finally trusted.
A one-game Sunday slate still gave us a playoff-level finish at Madison Square Garden, with San Antonio closing the door late.
From a rare June NBA spot to WNBA marquee games and European postseason pressure, here are the matchups worth circling this week.
Your Monday-to-Sunday watchlist across the NBA, WNBA, Super Ligi, Lega Basket, and LNB France.
Oklahoma City turned a close game into a statement finish, riding a free-throw parade, the glass, and a steady diet of stops to close out San Antonio.
Two NBA games headline a wide-lens week that also brings Liberty spotlights, ACB seeding pressure, and a Turkey derby with real bite.
San Antonio's defense turned the Thunder's spacing into a turnover party, and the Spurs walked away with a statement win.
Knicks take control in Cleveland, and the numbers behind a road win that felt bigger than a single night.
The Knicks squeezed the air out of Cleveland’s offense, turned the Garden into a runway, and pushed the series into its next pressure point.
One NBA series still breathing, four EuroLeague heavyweights touching down in Berlin, and the European domestic playoffs hit their semifinal weekends. The 18-24 May window is light on quantity, heavy on stakes.
A one-game slate still gave us one loud message: Cleveland's shot profile and ball security traveled, Detroit couldn't keep up.
San Antonio turned a mid-game squeeze into a full-night rout, winning the possession battle, getting cleaner looks, and never letting Minnesota’s shot diet stabilize.
Conference semifinal weather across both NBA series, a Wembanyama-Edwards night in San Antonio, and a midweek EuroLeague swing into the Pavelló. The week the bench is asked to win games.
The Knicks detonated from deep in Philadelphia, and Minnesota survived a Spurs surge behind free throws and rebounding.
Detroit's 50% three-point night vs. Cleveland's 22% tells the story.
Two Game 1s are in the books, two more tip Tuesday night. Here is the read on Knicks-76ers, Timberwolves-Spurs, Cavaliers-Pistons and Thunder-Lakers, with the box-score detail that matters.
Eight games to watch May 5-10: Knicks-Sixers, Thunder-Lakers, two EuroLeague semis, and a Lega A round that decides the playoff field.