NBA Schedule This Week: Your Guide to the Best Week 3 Games on TV

Watching NBA games in Week 2 of the season has been very interesting.

We’ve seen some more crazy scoring, but from role players. We’ve seen a major player get suspended. We’ve seen a couple of really exciting game-winners. Honestly, there have been very few dull moments in a league that never fails to deliver the drama night in and night out.

If you’re an NBA devotee, here’s what you should be checking out during the third week of the 2025–2026 NBA season, and what I thought of some of last week’s action.

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National NBA game of the week

Honorable mention: 

• San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Lakers (Wednesday, Nov. 5, 10:00 p.m. ET, ESPN).

NBA League Pass game of the week

Honorable mention: 

• Detroit Pistons at Philadelphia 76ers (Sunday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m. ET).

What NBA games are on TV this week?

I feel pretty confident about my recommendations for Week 3 of the NBA season. But if these aren’t your vibe, feel free to check out something from the TV schedule below. I mapped out the entire Week 3 NBA schedule so you don’t have to spend precious time looking it up.

Data effective as of post date.

Swishes and airballs: My hot takes from NBA Week 2

I got into a lot of thoughts on a lot of broadcast stuff last week after scoping out some of the main parts of the NBA’s new media deal. So I thought this week I could share my takes on the best (and worst) storylines around the league. Let’s get started.

Swish: The Lakers’ other “stars.” Sure, Luka Doncic is averaging 41 points per game. What, like it’s hard? (To be clear, yes, it’s really hard.) But Austin Reaves is on another planet and scoring at will, Jake LaRavia (who?) has two games of 25+ points, Deandre Ayton is settling in, Rui Hachimura is shooting 45.5% from the 3-point line, and Marcus Smart is making defensive plays like this.

I don’t think the Lakers are serious contenders for an NBA championship because of a few games of electricity from their role players. But it’s sure fun to see guys who were question marks coming into the season perform like this.

Airball: Whatever is going on with Ja Morant. He disappeared during the second half of a recent loss to the Lakers, made some cryptic postgame comments, and was later suspended one game for contact detrimental to the team. This isn’t the first time Morant has been suspended or made questionable decisions during a game. He’s a very good player, and these kinds of things just keep happening. It’s a real bummer.

Swish: VJ Edgecombe. Coming into the season, it would’ve made sense to think Cooper Flagg of the Dallas Mavericks would be the consensus Rookie of the Year. But Edgecombe of the Philadelphia 76ers is making that a real conversation. He’s averaging nearly 40 minutes per game, scoring more than 20 points per game, and shooting around 40% from the 3-point line. Not only are those great stats, but it’s helped the Sixers become one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference in the early going.

Airball: Everything New Orleans Pelicans. I will admit: I thought the Pellies were in for a solid season with Zion Williamson healthy. But they’ve been terrible. It seems the unanimous consensus is the team is the biggest disappointment of the season so far. Zach Lowe on his most recent podcast said he wouldn’t be surprised if coach Willie Green is out of a job soon.

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