NBA 2026
NBA analysis & stories
Arithmetic from the table, plus stories checked against official announcements and major outlets.
Wed, Nov 4
NBA standings 2026-27: Grizzlies lose 135-134 to the Pelicans so no unbeaten team is left, Kings and Nets win for the first time, and the 76ers and Rockets lead their conferences at 7-1
As of the November 3 update in Korea, 107 of the 1,230 regular-season games are done. Memphis, the last unbeaten team, lost 135-134 at home to New Orleans to go 6-1, and Sacramento and Brooklyn both won for the first time, so every one of the 30 teams has now won at least once and lost at least once. Philadelphia at 7-1 has passed Detroit for first in the East, and Houston at 7-1 is first in the West. No team has a clinch number or a tragic number yet, for either a top-six place or the play-in.
Sat, Oct 31
NBA standings 2026-27 week two: Rockets lose for the first time so the Grizzlies are the last unbeaten team, Nets and Kings still winless, and three 3-3 teams share 6th to 8th in the East
As of the October 31 update in Korea, 81 of the 1,230 regular-season games are done. Houston lost 116-111 at Dallas and Portland also lost for the first time, so Memphis at 5-0 is the only unbeaten team left. Brooklyn and Sacramento have lost all five of their games. Detroit and Philadelphia lead the East at 5-1; Memphis, Houston and Oklahoma City lead the West. No team has a clinch number or a tragic number yet, for either a top-six place or the play-in.
Fri, Oct 30
NBA standings after opening week 2026-27: Rockets 5-0, Grizzlies 4-0 and Trail Blazers 3-0 unbeaten, three teams winless, and why no team has a playoff or play-in clinch number yet
As of the October 29 update (KST), 68 of the 1,230 regular-season games are done. Houston (5-0), Memphis (4-0) and Portland (3-0) are the unbeaten teams, all in the West; Brooklyn, New Orleans and Sacramento have lost all four of their games. Detroit and Philadelphia lead the East at 4-1. Every team has played three to five of its 82 games, and no team has a clinch number or a tragic number for a top-six berth or for a play-in place in the top ten.
Fri, Sep 25
LeBron's first regular-season game for the Sixers is Knicks ring night on October 20, and he is 27 wins from passing Kareem
Opening night of the 2026-27 NBA season sends Philadelphia to Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, October 20, at 7 p.m. ET. The Knicks receive their first championship rings since 1973, and LeBron James plays his first regular-season game for the 76ers. What is left for him to chase in his 24th season is plain subtraction: 27 wins to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 29 steals to pass Gary Payton and a little over 530 assists to pass Chris Paul.
Fri, Sep 25
Where is the 2026 NBA Cup final? Hinkle Fieldhouse, the Hoosiers gym, after three years in Las Vegas
The 2026 NBA Cup final is on Friday, December 11, at Butler University's Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, a gym completed in 1928 that now seats 9,100 and where the climactic scenes of the 1986 film Hoosiers were shot. The event leaves Las Vegas, which staged all three previous final fours, and for the first time the semifinals are played at the higher seeds' home arenas. The final does not count in the regular-season standings.
Fri, Sep 25
Hyunjung Lee's Portland Trail Blazers contract: an Exhibit 10 deal with the team that drafted Korea's only NBA player
Fresh from Asian Games gold, Hyunjung Lee flies to the United States on September 26 for Portland's training camp, which opens on the 29th. His deal is a one-year, non-guaranteed Exhibit 10 contract. Portland is also the club that drafted Ha Seung-jin in 2004, and Ha is still the only South Korean national to have played in a regular-season NBA game.