The opening night festivities will take place on the new edition of NBA on NBC on Oct. 21. Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets will meet the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder on ring night to start the season, per Charania. The Warriors and Lakers will end the opening night doubleheader.

Two of the biggest days of the year in the NBA regular season are opening night and Christmas Day, and Friday we learned the matchups we will see on both nights, courtesy of ESPN's Shams Charania.  The NBA will send the new-look Rockets,

LeBron James set to face Stephen Curry in season opener before meeting Kevin Durant in sixth career Christmas Day matchup.