The 2026 NBA Playoffs are off and running, and the chase for the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy is already in motion as teams try to stop the Thunder from repeating. NBC Sports says today’s playoff schedule is available, giving viewers a fresh look at where to watch as the postseason opens up.
The coverage is built around NBC and Peacock throughout the regular season, with Peacock NBA Monday set to stream up to three Monday night games each week. Coast 2 Coast Tuesday will bring two-game doubleheaders on NBC and Peacock, including most Tuesdays with an 8 p.m. ET game on NBC stations in the Eastern and Central time zones and an 8 p.m. PT game on NBC stations in the Pacific and often Mountain time zones. Both Tuesday games stream live nationwide on Peacock, while Sunday Night Basketball also airs on NBC and Peacock.
That makes the schedule more than a list of start times. It is the map for how viewers will follow a postseason built around one central question: whether anyone can slow Oklahoma City after the Thunder’s title run left them as the team everyone is trying to catch. NBC Sports says viewers can click through to see the full schedule of the NBA on NBC and Peacock this season, and Peacock is available on a variety of devices.
The timing matters because the playoffs are here now, which means every broadcast window carries added weight for fans tracking the path to the championship. The schedule gives the league a steady national television footprint while also pushing viewers toward Peacock for Monday nights, Tuesday doubleheaders and Sunday Night Basketball.
The one wrinkle is that the broadcast plan is doing two jobs at once: it is serving playoff viewers today and promoting the season-long NBC and Peacock package for what comes next. For fans, that means the way to follow nba tonight and the rest of the postseason is already laid out, with the main question now shifted from how to watch to who, if anyone, can knock off the Thunder.
