Here is the full National Basketball Association schedule for Dec. 5 and how to watch all the games. Or see our sortable NBA schedule to filter by team or division. All times Eastern and accurate as of Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, at 4:21 a.m.

Derrick White leads Boston to a 146-101 win over Washington by dropping 30 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists in 29 minutes. Jordan Walsh (22 points) and Payton Pritchard (20 points) did their thing in the Celtics’ third straight dub.

With the NBA Cup quarter-finals and semi-finals on the schedule, there aren’t a ton of games on this week’s slate. Still, there are three games on tonight’s NBA slate that we can dive into. With that,

The Toronto Raptors are once again on the losing end of another game against the New York Knicks by a score of 117-101, ending the team's journey in the NBA Cup

Tonight (7:30 ET, Prime), a new run begins for the Thunder against the Suns at Paycom Center in the Cup Quarterfinals. Since that defeat nearly one year ago, Oklahoma City is 71-10 in the regular season, defending NBA champs and the hottest team in the league right now.

The Dallas Mavericks face the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025 (12/5/25) at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Okla.

Spurs' David Jones Garcia led the Austin Spurs (10-1) with a season-high 33 points, shooting 9-of-18 from the field and 8-of-9 from the free throw line versus the Mexico City Capitanes (6-7), helping Austin hand Mexico City their first home loss of the season, 110-107, on Monday night at Arena CDMX.

The Boston Celtics are on an absolute tear behind an offense that has remained elite in the absence of Jayson Tatum. They've won 10 of their last 12 games, and this isn't a soft-schedule sort of run. Boston is taking out some of the league's best teams one after another.

The Nets are moving up the NBA Power Rankings following a 3-1 week during which several key pieces played their best basketball of the season.