{"id":546200,"date":"2026-01-19T06:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/546200\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T06:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:17:15","slug":"nba-games-martin-luther-king-jr-day-full-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/546200\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA games Martin Luther King Jr. Day full schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martin Luther King Day Jr. is here and the NBA will be nationally broadcasting four games today (Monday, Jan. 19) starting at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

The NBA has always put a special emphasis on MLK day for fans. This year there’s a slate of nine total games (four national broadcasts, five locally aired). Each national game will be aired on NBC and Peacock.<\/p>\n

\"Jan<\/p>\n

Jan 13, 2026; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) reacts in the second quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Fiserv Forum. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Here is the schedule for the four-pack of NBC\/Peacock national broacasts on Martin Luther King Jr. Day:<\/p>\n

2:30 p.m. – 2025 NBA Champion Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> are in Cleveland to play Donovan Mitchell and the Cavaliers<\/p>\n

8 p.m. – The nightcap is the Detroit Pistons<\/a>, who’re at the top of the Eastern Conference, hosting the Boston Celtics<\/p>\n

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Non-national games (Check your local listings)<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> at Washington Wizards<\/a>, 3 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Utah Jazz<\/a> at San Antonio Spurs<\/a>, 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

Indiana Pacers<\/a> at Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Phoenix Suns<\/a> at Brooklyn Nets<\/a>, 7:30 p.m.\u00a0(YES Network & NBA League Pass)<\/p>\n

Miami Heat<\/a> at Golden State Warriors, 10 p.m.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: NBA schedule Martin Luther King Jr. Day<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martin Luther King Day Jr. is here and the NBA will be nationally broadcasting four games today (Monday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,75,247,306,305,149,188,864,164,126,288,135,74998,39099,189,121,39655,74999,6,191,179,207,472,474,203,427,468],"class_list":["post-546200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-basketball","tag-boston-celtics","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-cavaliers","tag-cleveland","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-martin-luther-king-day","tag-martin-luther-king-jr","tag-miami-heat","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-national-broadcasts","tag-national-game","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-the-nba","tag-utah-jazz","tag-washington-wizards"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115920309693499957","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}