Mavericks Schedule December 2026: 9 Games, 2 on NBC and Peacock

The Dallas Mavericks open December 2026 at home against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. Central Time (CT), which is 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), according to the National Basketball Association (NBA) schedule. The month has nine games, five at American Airlines Center and four on the road.

The NBA’s 2026-27 regular season schedule PDF, dated Aug. 13, 2026 and marked “subject to change,” prints each game in ET and in the home team’s local time. For the Mavericks’ road games, the table below converts the ET time to CT (ET minus 1 hour). A printable of the same rows is further down.

Mavericks games in December 2026 with CT and ET times

Weekdays are our own calculation. Two games carry a national TV listing: NBC and Peacock (PCK) in the NBA’s PDF.

Date	Game	Home or away	CT	ET	National TV
Wed., Dec. 2	Magic at Mavericks	Home	7 p.m.	8 p.m.	None listed
Mon., Dec. 14	Bucks at Mavericks	Home	7 p.m.	8 p.m.	None listed
Wed., Dec. 16	Mavericks at Brooklyn Nets	Away	6:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	None listed
Thu., Dec. 17	Mavericks at Philadelphia 76ers	Away	6 p.m.	7 p.m.	None listed
Sat., Dec. 19	Bulls at Mavericks	Home	7 p.m.	8 p.m.	None listed
Tue., Dec. 22	Mavericks at Golden State Warriors	Away	9:30 p.m.	10:30 p.m.	NBC and Peacock
Wed., Dec. 23	Mavericks at Sacramento Kings	Away	9 p.m.	10 p.m.	None listed
Sat., Dec. 26	Suns at Mavericks	Home	7 p.m.	8 p.m.	None listed
Tue., Dec. 29	Heat at Mavericks	Home	7 p.m.	8 p.m.	NBC and Peacock

The NBA’s schedule lists national TV only. The team lists local broadcasts at nba.com/mavericks/schedule.

Mavericks national TV games: Dec. 22 and Dec. 29

The two nationally listed games are both on Tuesdays. At Golden State on Dec. 22, tip-off is 9:30 p.m. CT (10:30 p.m. ET), the latest start of the nine. The Dec. 29 home game against Miami is at 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET). The other seven games have no national network in the NBA’s PDF.

No Mavericks games from Dec. 3 to Dec. 13

After the Dec. 2 opener, the NBA’s August schedule lists no Mavericks game until Monday, Dec. 14, at home against Milwaukee. That 11-day gap overlaps the Emirates NBA Cup knockout rounds. NBA.com’s key dates page, updated Nov. 7, 2026, sets the quarterfinals on Dec. 4 and 5, the semifinals on Dec. 8 and/or Dec. 9, and the championship on Dec. 11 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Whether Dallas plays in the knockouts depends on its group results, which this schedule does not show. Our NBA Cup 2026 schedule has every round, and the Mavericks November schedule covers the group games. The Dec. 14 opponent has its own page: the Bucks December schedule lists the same game as a road trip to Dallas.

Two back-to-backs and a late West Coast pair

The Mavericks play on consecutive nights twice in December. Dec. 16 and 17 are both on the road, at Brooklyn (6:30 p.m. CT) and at Philadelphia (6 p.m. CT, the earliest start of the month). Dec. 22 and 23 are also both away, at Golden State at 9:30 p.m. CT and at Sacramento at 9 p.m. CT.

Home games are Dec. 2, 14, 19, 26 and 29. For the Warriors’ side of the Dec. 22 game, see the Golden State Warriors December schedule.

Mavericks on Christmas 2026

The Mavericks have no game on Dec. 25. The NBA’s schedule has them at Sacramento on Wednesday, Dec. 23, and home against Phoenix on Saturday, Dec. 26, at 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET). The Christmas Day games in the PDF are Spurs-Knicks, Heat-Celtics, 76ers-Lakers, Thunder-Timberwolves and Nuggets-Warriors.

Printable Mavericks schedule for December 2026

The one-page sheet lists all nine December games with home or away, CT and ET times, the two NBC and Peacock games and a result box for each game. Keep it next to the December 2026 printable calendar or add the games to a printable weekly calendar.

Because the NBA’s schedule is “subject to change,” recheck game times on NBA.com before you head out. Results, injuries and tickets are not part of the schedule and are not covered here.