On Thursday, the Washington Wizards announced their 2025-26 NBA season schedule
. Their regular season debut is on Wednesday, Oct. 22 on the road against the Milwaukee Bucks and the home opener is on Sunday, Oct. 26 against the Charlotte Hornets. In plain English, it looks like the Wizards will be underdogs in their regular season opener, but also have a more favorable match for their own home opener a few days later.The Wizards will avoid playing on major holidays on the NBA calendar like Christmas
Day and New Year’s Day. However, they are scheduled to play the Bucks on the road on Wednesday, Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. ET. So they will likely ring in 2026 in Milwaukee. They however, will be playing on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Jan. 19 at home vs. the Los Angeles Clippers. And though it’s not a federal holiday, the Wizards will play the Brooklyn Nets on the road on Easter Sunday, Apr. 5, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Given that the Wizards are still not projected to be a playoff team, it should be no surprise that no games will be on national television, including NBC (or WRC-TV in the D.C. area). However, their road game against the Detroit Pistons on Monday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m .ET will be streamed on Peacock and their home game against the Bucks on Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. ET will be streamed on Prime Video.
Check out the rest of the schedule here.
