Detroit — The Pistons released their full 2026-27 schedule Thursday. The Pistons will open the season on national television at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, when they host the Boston Celtics at Little Caesars Arena as part of a season-opening tripleheader to be broadcast on NBC. The Pistons will have at least 19 regular-season games on national TV, with eight on NBC or Peacock. Tigers broadcast Jason Benetti will be among the play-by-play men calling NBC's NBA games during 2026-27, after switching to the network when he took the "Sunday Night Baseball" job in 2026. Most Pistons games will be broadcast locally on over-the-air (free) TV, on Channel 20 in Detroit (WYMD). The Pistons will kick off the preseason Oct. 5 against the Phoenix Suns at LCA. Here's the complete schedule: Pistons 2026-27 preseason schedule
Oct. 5: vs. Phoenix, 7 Oct. 10: at Washington, 7 Oct. 14: at Minnesota, 8 Oct. 16: vs. Toronto, 7
Pistons 2026-27 regular-season schedule
Oct. 20: vs. Boston, 3 (NBC) Oct. 23: at Miami, 8 Oct. 25: at Philadelphia, 7:30 Oct. 27: at New York, 8 (NBC) Oct. 28: vs. Charlotte, 7 Oct. 30: at Brooklyn, 7:30 Nov. 2: at Charlotte, 7:30 Nov. 4: vs. Philadelphia (ESPN), 7 Nov. 8: vs. L.A. Lakers, 6 Nov. 9: vs. Washington, 7 (Peacock) Nov. 12: at Washington, 7 Nov. 14: at Miami, 8 Nov. 17: at San Antonio, 8 (NBC) Nov. 18: at New Orleans, 7 Nov. 20: vs. Toronto, 7:30 (Prime) Nov. 22: at Atlanta, 3:30 Nov. 24: at Orlando, 7 Nov. 27: vs. Milwaukee, 7:30 Nov. 29: vs. Orlando, 6 Nov. 30: vs. Denver, 7 Dec. 2: vs. Memphis, 7 Dec. 4, 5, 8, 9, 11: NBA Cup knockout rounds Dec. 6, 7, 10: Regular-season games Dec. 13: at Indiana, 5 Dec. 14: vs. Brooklyn, 7 Dec. 16: vs. Phoenix, 7 Dec. 18: vs. Cleveland, 7:30 Dec. 20: at Boston, 8 Dec. 22: at Oklahoma City, 8 (NBC) Dec. 23: at Atlanta, 7 Dec. 26: at Chicago, 8 Dec. 27: vs. Portland, 7 Dec. 30: vs. New Orleans, 7 Jan. 1: vs. Orlando, 7:30 Jan. 3: at Denver, 5 Jan. 5: at Sacramento, 10 Jan. 7: at Golden State, 10 Jan. 8: at L.A. Lakers, 10 Jan. 10: vs. Utah, 6 Jan. 12: at Toronto, 7:30 Jan. 14: vs. Dallas, 7 Jan. 16: at Houston, 8:30 Jan. 18: at Cleveland, noon (NBC) Jan. 22: vs. Indiana, 7:30 Jan. 24: vs. Minnesota, 6 Jan. 26: vs. Atlanta, 7 Jan. 27: at Cleveland, 7 (ESPN) Jan. 29: at Dallas, 8 Jan. 31: vs. Sacramento, 3 Feb. 2: vs. Chicago, 7 Feb. 3: vs. New York, 7 (ESPN) Feb. 5: at Philadelphia, 7 (Prime) Feb. 7: vs. Golden State, 3 Feb. 9: at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 Feb. 10: at Phoenix, 9 Feb. 13: at Portland, 3:30 Feb. 15: at Utah, 9 Feb. 17: vs. New York, 7 (ESPN) Feb. 21: NBA All-Star Game, in Phoenix Feb. 25: vs. Miami, 7 Feb. 27: vs. Oklahoma State, 5:30 (Prime) March 1: vs. Chicago, 7 March 2: at Milwaukee, 8 March 5: vs. Boston, 7 (ESPN) March 9: vs. Cleveland, 8 (NBC) March 11: vs. Milwaukee, 7 March 13: vs. Brooklyn, 3 March 14: at Toronto, 5 March 16: at Indiana, 8 (NBC) March 18: at Milwaukee, 8 March 20: vs. Charlotte, 8 March 22: at Minnesota, 9:30 (Peacock) March 24: at Charlotte, 7 March 25: vs. Houston, 7 March 27: vs. San Antonio, 3 (Prime) March 29: vs. L.A. Clippers, 7 March 31: Toronto, 7 April 2: at Chicago, 8 April 4: vs. Miami 3 April 6: at Memphis, 8 April 7: vs. Indiana, 7 April 9: at New York, 7 (Prime) April 11: at Washington, 6
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