The 2025-26 NBA season gets underway Tuesday night, and there are plenty of storylines right off the bat. While most of the league's 30 teams open up on Wednesday, four will take the floor tonight. Two matchups featuring Western Conference powerhouses are on tap for the NBA's opening act.

Oklahoma City brought back every major piece from last year’s championship team, plus added Nikola Topic with the 12th overall pick, Brooks Barnhizer with the 44th, and signed 2022 11th overall pick Ousmane Dieng. The Thunder are favored to win back-to-back titles by a wide margin, and it’s hard to argue against.

Kravitz’s anthem will debut in full ahead of the Sunday Night Basketball doubleheader premiere on Sunday, February 1, 2026, featuring the Lakers at the New York Knicks at 7:00 p.m. ET and the Thunder at the Denver Nuggets at 9:30 p.m. ET, both on NBC and Peacock.

NBA legend Michael Jordan showed yet again that his competitive juice will never dry up even if he hasn't played basketball in years.