The Weekly Slate
The 2026-27 NBA fantasy schedule, week by week: games per team, the light nights and who to stream.
The NBA fantasy schedule for Week 1: Oct 19 to 25
Week 1 of the 2026-27 NBA fantasy season runs from Monday, October 19 to Sunday, October 25. 30 teams play 43 games: 1 team plays four games, 24 teams play three games and 5 teams play two games. The busiest night is Friday with 12 games and the lightest is Thursday with 2 games, and Monday has no games at all. 13 teams play on back-to-back nights: Hawks, Nets, Hornets, Bulls, Mavericks, Warriors, Rockets, Heat, Bucks, Pelicans, 76ers, Spurs and Wizards.
Games per team: four games, 76ers; three games, Hawks, Nets, Hornets, Bulls, Mavericks, Pistons, Warriors, Rockets, Pacers, Clippers, Lakers, Grizzlies, Heat, Bucks, Timberwolves, Pelicans, Knicks, Thunder, Magic, Kings, Spurs, Raptors, Jazz, Wizards; two games, Celtics, Cavaliers, Nuggets, Suns, Trail Blazers.
Every game of the week
Monday, Oct 19: no games
Tuesday, Oct 20 (3 games)
- Celtics at Pistons
- 76ers at Knicks
- Thunder at Spurs
Wednesday, Oct 21 (11 games)
- Hornets at Nets
- Mavericks at Rockets
- Kings at Clippers
- Warriors at Lakers
- Jazz at Grizzlies
- Timberwolves at Heat
- Pacers at Pelicans
- Hawks at Magic
- Suns at Trail Blazers
- Bulls at Raptors
- Bucks at Wizards
Thursday, Oct 22 (2 games)
- Nuggets at Thunder
- Cavaliers at 76ers
Friday, Oct 23 (12 games)
- Knicks at Celtics
- Hawks at Hornets
- Grizzlies at Warriors
- Mavericks at Pacers
- Clippers at Lakers
- Pistons at Heat
- Bulls at Bucks
- Timberwolves at Magic
- Trail Blazers at Kings
- Rockets at Spurs
- Pelicans at Jazz
- Raptors at Wizards
Saturday, Oct 24 (8 games)
- Rockets at Hawks
- Heat at Hornets
- Wizards at Bulls
- Nets at Cavaliers
- Spurs at Mavericks
- Pelicans at Nuggets
- Bucks at 76ers
- Warriors at Suns
Sunday, Oct 25 (7 games)
- Pacers at Nets
- Raptors at Timberwolves
- Magic at Knicks
- Clippers at Thunder
- Pistons at 76ers
- Grizzlies at Kings
- Lakers at Jazz
Next to it: Week 2, Oct 26 to Nov 1. The Weekly Slate opens on the week the season is in, and with a league synced it lays your roster over these nights and ranks the free agents worth streaming on each one. Who plays where on each of these nights is on the NBA depth charts, the NBA fantasy trade analyzer prices a deal for any player in them, and the fantasy basketball rankings set every player against the rest.