NBA Scores Today: Live Results, Box Scores & Tonight’s Games
Quick Answer
There are no NBA games today. The 2026-27 season starts with preseason on Saturday, October 3, 2026 (Miami Heat at Toronto Raptors), and the regular season opens on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 with a tripleheader on NBC and Peacock: Celtics at Pistons (3:00 PM ET), 76ers at Knicks (7:00 PM ET) and Thunder at Spurs (9:30 PM ET).
Once the season starts, the live scoreboard below loads every game for today, tonight and yesterday automatically, with finals, live scores and start times in your local timezone.
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Today’s NBA scores
Pick a day and the board fills itself in. During the season it refreshes on its own while games are live, so you can leave this page open on a second screen and follow every finish as it lands. Preseason scores appear here from October 3, and they are worth reading the right way: starters play limited minutes and results do not count in the standings, so treat them as a form guide, not a verdict on a team.
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Scores load live from the league data feed. If the board ever stays empty during the season, the same scores are on the official scoreboard at NBA.com.
Opening night is a tripleheader on October 20
The new season does not ease in. All three opening night games are on NBC and Peacock, and each one carries a story. Boston starts in Detroit against a Pistons team that finished near the top of the East last season. New York then raises its first championship banner since 1973 before hosting Philadelphia, where LeBron James and Jaylen Brown make their 76ers debuts. The night closes in San Antonio, where the Spurs host Oklahoma City in a rematch of last season’s Western Conference Finals.
| Game | Tip-off (ET) | Watch in the US |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons | 3:00 PM | NBC / Peacock |
| Philadelphia 76ers at New York Knicks | 7:00 PM | NBC / Peacock |
| Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs | 9:30 PM | NBC / Peacock |
From the next night onward the board above becomes the fastest way to keep up, because a normal week brings nine or more games a night and nobody watches all of them live.
The dates that shape the 2026-27 season
Scores only matter in context, and the calendar gives them that context. These are the stops that change how the standings look and when the scoreboard gets busiest.
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| October 3, 2026 | Preseason begins; Dallas and Houston also meet in Macao after opening camp a week early |
| October 20, 2026 | Regular season opening night (tripleheader above) |
| October 30 to November 27, 2026 | NBA Cup group play |
| December 11, 2026 | NBA Cup final at Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
| December 25, 2026 | Christmas Day: five games, starting with Spurs at Knicks, a Finals rematch |
| April 11, 2027 | Regular season ends, all 30 teams in action |
How to read a box score without getting lost
The final score tells you who won. The box score tells you how, and it is easier to read than it looks. Start with the three counting stats next to each player’s name: points, rebounds and assists. A player who fills all three, like 24 points with 11 rebounds and 8 assists, shaped the whole game, even if someone else scored more.
Two columns do the quiet work. Field goal percentage shows whether a big scoring night was efficient or just loud, and the plus-minus column shows what happened to the score while that player was on the floor. A starter at +18 in a six point win was on the court for every run that mattered. Finish with minutes: if a star played only 24 minutes in a blowout, his modest line is a coaching decision, not a bad night. And if a final total looks unusually high, check the overtime column first, because the extra period is listed on its own and explains most surprise scores.
Why two apps sometimes show different scores
It happens most near the end of close games. Live feeds update at slightly different speeds, so one app can sit a possession behind another for a few seconds. Time zones cause the second mix-up: a 9:30 PM ET start is already the next calendar day in the UK, Europe and Pakistan, so the same result shows under a different date depending on where you search from. The third cause appears after the buzzer, when the league reviews the official scorer’s book and a basket is reclassified or a point added, which changes the final score quietly.
The fix is simple. Check the status line first, because a game marked live is still moving, and only trust the score once it reads Final. Refresh the page if a number looks stuck, and if two sources still disagree, the league’s own book is the one that counts.
Where to watch NBA games in the US this season
National games are split across NBC and Peacock, ESPN and ABC, and Prime Video, with opening night and Christmas Day both built as television events. Everything else runs through NBA League Pass and the regional broadcasts for each team. Streaming links and piracy sites are not listed here on purpose: they break, they carry risk, and the official options above cover every game on the schedule.
Questions fans ask
When does the 2026-27 NBA season start?
Preseason starts on Saturday, October 3, 2026. The regular season opens on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, with Celtics at Pistons, 76ers at Knicks and Thunder at Spurs, all on NBC and Peacock.
Are there any NBA games today?
Use the Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow tabs on the scoreboard above. If a date shows no games, the league is between playing days, which happens often in preseason and around the All-Star break.
What time are tonight’s games in my timezone?
The scoreboard converts every start time to your device’s local timezone automatically. Schedule tables on this page use Eastern Time, the league’s reference timezone.
Where can I see the full box score for a game?
Open the game on the official scoreboard at NBA.com or in the NBA app and choose Box Score. You will get every player’s points, rebounds, assists, shooting splits and plus-minus, plus the quarter by quarter team scoring.
Why did a final score change after the game ended?
The league checks the official scorer’s book after games. If a basket was credited to the wrong player or a free throw was missed in the count, the score is corrected and every feed updates to match.
Conclusion
Bookmark this page and the season runs through it: live scores every night, yesterday’s finals when you wake up, and the dates that matter already marked. Preseason tips off on October 3 and the real thing starts October 20. Until then, Streammatch will keep the NBA calendar in one place, and this scoreboard takes over from opening night.