The Dallas Mavericks’ 2025-26 regular season schedule is already starting to take shape.
On Friday afternoon, NBA correspondent Marc Stein reported that the Mavs will host the San Antonio Spurs for the two team’s season opening game at American Airlines Center on Oct. 22.
If the Mavericks’ provisional schedule holds, Dallas will play San Antonio at home on Opening Night on Oct. 22 in a showdown pitting No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg against No. 2 pick Dylan Harper, league sources tell @TheSteinLine and @DLLS_Sports.
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) August 8, 2025
This year’s opening contest between the two Texas teams marks the third straight season that the two will begin their regular season campaigns facing one another.
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2025’s iteration will be particularly intriguing given the fact that the No. 1 overall pick, Cooper Flagg, and No. 2 overall pick, Dylan Harper, in this year’s NBA draft, will have a chance to face off against one another.
Flagg and Harper faced each other in this year’s NBA summer league, and both showed flashes of what made them such coveted prospects coming out of college. Flagg scored 31 points and Harper had 16 points, in what was ultimately a Spurs win, 76-69.
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