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. The rankings and Trade Winner read the same schedule.