Nuggets Schedule December 2026: Christmas at Warriors, 11 Games

The Denver Nuggets play at the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25, at 8:30 p.m. Mountain Time (MT), which is 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), on ABC and ESPN, according to the National Basketball Association (NBA) schedule. The Nuggets have 11 games in December 2026, four at home and seven on the road, and open the month at Philadelphia on Wednesday, Dec. 2.

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. The table converts every ET time to MT (ET minus 2 hours). A printable of the same rows is further down.

Nuggets games in December 2026 with MT and ET times

Weekdays are our own calculation. The national TV column is blank for six of the 11 games, shown here as “None listed.”

Date	Game	Home or away	MT	ET	National TV
Wed., Dec. 2	Nuggets at Philadelphia 76ers	Away	5 p.m.	7 p.m.	None listed
Sat., Dec. 12	Nuggets at Utah Jazz	Away	7:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	None listed
Tue., Dec. 15	Nuggets at Portland Trail Blazers	Away	9 p.m.	11 p.m.	NBC and Peacock
Thu., Dec. 17	Atlanta Hawks at Nuggets	Home	7 p.m.	9 p.m.	None listed
Sat., Dec. 19	Lakers at Nuggets	Home	7 p.m.	9 p.m.	None listed
Mon., Dec. 21	Nuggets at LA Clippers	Away	8:30 p.m.	10:30 p.m.	None listed
Wed., Dec. 23	Nuggets at Lakers	Away	8 p.m.	10 p.m.	Prime Video
Fri., Dec. 25	Nuggets at Golden State Warriors	Away	8:30 p.m.	10:30 p.m.	ABC and ESPN
Sun., Dec. 27	Indiana Pacers at Nuggets	Home	6 p.m.	8 p.m.	None listed
Mon., Dec. 28	Minnesota Timberwolves at Nuggets	Home	8:30 p.m.	10:30 p.m.	NBC and Peacock
Thu., Dec. 31	Nuggets at Minnesota Timberwolves	Away	2 p.m.	4 p.m.	Prime Video

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

Nuggets Christmas Day game 2026 at Golden State

The Nuggets’ own NBA.com schedule article lists the game as “Christmas Day, December 25th, 8:30 p.m. MT @ Golden State Warriors; ABC.” The league’s PDF puts it last on a five-game Christmas slate, all on ABC and ESPN, with times in ET:

Tip-off (ET)	Game
Noon	Spurs at Knicks
2:30 p.m.	Heat at Celtics
5 p.m.	76ers at Lakers
8 p.m.	Thunder at Timberwolves
10:30 p.m.	Nuggets at Warriors

The Warriors’ side of the game is in our Golden State Warriors December schedule, and the full holiday lineup is in the Christmas Day 2026 games guide. The date itself is on our guide to when Christmas falls.

No Nuggets games from Dec. 3 to Dec. 11

The NBA’s August schedule lists no Nuggets game from Thursday, Dec. 3, through Friday, Dec. 11, and its PDF has no regular-season games for any team from Dec. 4 to Dec. 11. After the Dec. 2 game at Philadelphia, the next listed Nuggets game is Saturday, Dec. 12, at Utah.

That window holds 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 the Nuggets play in the knockouts depends on their group results, which this schedule does not show. Our NBA Cup 2026 schedule has every round, and the Nuggets November schedule covers the group games.

Four home games at Ball Arena, seven on the road

The four home games are Dec. 17 against Atlanta, Dec. 19 against the Lakers, Dec. 27 against Indiana and Dec. 28 against Minnesota. The other seven are away: Philadelphia, Utah and Portland come first, then the Clippers on Dec. 21, the Lakers on Dec. 23, Golden State on Dec. 25 and Minnesota on Dec. 31.

The only back-to-back is Dec. 27 and 28, both at home. The rows show three road games in five days from Dec. 21 to Dec. 25. Two opponents appear twice: the Lakers (home Dec. 19, away Dec. 23) and Minnesota (home Dec. 28, away Dec. 31).

The earliest tip-off of the month is the New Year’s Eve game at Minnesota, Thursday, Dec. 31, at 2 p.m. MT (4 p.m. ET), and the latest in MT is the Dec. 15 game at Portland, 9 p.m. MT (11 p.m. ET).

Printable Nuggets schedule for December 2026

The one-page sheet lists all 11 December games with home or away, MT and ET times, national TV 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 and tickets are not part of the schedule and are not covered here.