Check local listings each week. Both games will stream live nationwide on Peacock. NBC Sports will launch Sunday Night Basketball across NBC and Peacock on Feb. 1, 2026. For a full schedule of the NBA on NBC and Peacock, click here.

With the NBA trade deadline approaching, front offices around the league are quietly doing what they do best this time of year: gauging risk, checking on availability and determining how aggressive contenders are willing to be.

Here is the full National Basketball Association schedule for Dec. 16 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 Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, at 4:19 a.m.

Former NBA All-Star Penny Hardaway is planning to spend his brief holiday break watching basketball. Just not the NBA.

The 19-1 Thunder are currently the favorites to win the 2025 NBA Cup (-125 at FanDuel ). The Bucks won the competition last year, and the Lakers won the initial version in 2023.

The Detroit Pistons (20-5) will look to continue a three-game win streak when they hit the road to take on the Boston Celtics (15-10) on Monday, December 15, 2025 at TD Garden. The game airs at 7 p.m.

The Detroit Pistons (20-5) travel to TD Garden for a matchup on Peacock with the Boston Celtics (15-10). This is third meeting of the season between the teams as they split the series one apiece. Both meetings have come by six or fewer points,