Every blockbuster Boomers match-up in 2026-27

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Every blockbuster Boomers match-up in 2026-27

Australians Josh Giddey, Dyson Daniels and Josh Green. Photos: Getty Images

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Full breakdown of every Aussie versus Aussie NBA clash in the 2026-27 season

Australian Boomers guards Josh Giddey and Dyson Daniels will face each other four times in the NBA this season, which is as often as any two Australians meet.

Ten other Australian match-ups also come around four times.

Most of them sit in the same corner of the map. Daniels and Jock Landale at the Atlanta Hawks, Giddey at the Chicago Bulls, Tyrese Proctor at the Cleveland Cavaliers and Johnny Furphy at the Indiana Pacers are all in the Central and Southeast, so they keep running into each other.

Matisse Thybulle gets four cracks at Josh Green and Rocco Zikarsky, because the Los Angeles Lakers play the Minnesota Timberwolves are in the Western Conference.

Melbourne-born Kyrie Irving is the odd one out. The Dallas Mavericks meet the Lakers and Minnesota three times each, and everyone else twice.

The best day of the season is Sunday, January 3, 2027.

Three Australian match-ups inside 90 minutes: Minnesota at Indiana at 11am, Dallas at Atlanta at 11:30am, then the Lakers at Chicago at midday.

It all starts on Saturday, October 24, when Irving's Dallas visit Furphy's Indiana at 10am AEDT. Furphy is still recovering from an ACL injury and Irving is expected back after recovering from the ACL injury.

Fifty of the 58 games tip between 10am and 2pm on Australia's east coast.

There are 58 games in all. The table below has every meeting.

Giddey against Daniels, four times, starting November 14.

Australian v Australian — every 2026-27 NBA fixture where two meet

58 fixtures · 31 with three or more Australians · all times Australian eastern · sortable


Dallas at IndianaIrving v Furphy	Sat 24 Oct 2026	10:00am AEDT	Fri 23 Oct, 7:00pm EDT
Minnesota at ClevelandGreen, Zikarsky v Proctor	Tue 27 Oct 2026	10:00am AEDT	Mon 26 Oct, 7:00pm EDT
Cleveland at AtlantaProctor v Daniels, Landale	Fri 30 Oct 2026	10:00am AEDT	Thu 29 Oct, 7:00pm EDT
Atlanta at IndianaDaniels, Landale v Furphy	Tue 3 Nov 2026	11:30am AEDT	Mon 2 Nov, 7:30pm EST
LA Lakers at AtlantaThybulle v Daniels, Landale	Tue 10 Nov 2026	11:00am AEDT	Mon 9 Nov, 7:00pm EST
Indiana at DallasFurphy v Irving	Tue 10 Nov 2026	12:00pm AEDT	Mon 9 Nov, 8:00pm EST
Dallas at MinnesotaIrving v Green, Zikarsky	Fri 13 Nov 2026	12:00pm AEDT	Thu 12 Nov, 8:00pm EST
Atlanta at ChicagoDaniels, Landale v Giddey	Sat 14 Nov 2026	12:00pm AEDT	Fri 13 Nov, 8:00pm EST
Dallas at ClevelandIrving v Proctor	Sun 15 Nov 2026	11:30am AEDT	Sat 14 Nov, 7:30pm EST
Chicago at MinnesotaGiddey v Green, Zikarsky	Sun 15 Nov 2026	12:00pm AEDT	Sat 14 Nov, 8:00pm EST
Chicago at ClevelandGiddey v Proctor	Tue 17 Nov 2026	11:00am AEDT	Mon 16 Nov, 7:00pm EST
Indiana at ClevelandFurphy v Proctor	Sat 21 Nov 2026	11:30am AEDT	Fri 20 Nov, 7:30pm EST
Cleveland at ChicagoProctor v Giddey	Tue 24 Nov 2026	12:00pm AEDT	Mon 23 Nov, 8:00pm EST
Indiana at ChicagoFurphy v Giddey	Sun 29 Nov 2026	12:00pm AEDT	Sat 28 Nov, 8:00pm EST
Indiana at ClevelandFurphy v Proctor	Wed 2 Dec 2026	11:00am AEDT	Tue 1 Dec, 7:00pm EST
Indiana at AtlantaFurphy v Daniels, Landale	Fri 4 Dec 2026	11:00am AEDT	Thu 3 Dec, 7:00pm EST
Cleveland at ChicagoProctor v Giddey	Fri 4 Dec 2026	12:00pm AEDT	Thu 3 Dec, 8:00pm EST
LA Lakers at MinnesotaThybulle v Green, Zikarsky	Thu 17 Dec 2026	1:30pm AEDT	Wed 16 Dec, 9:30pm EST
LA Lakers at MinnesotaThybulle v Green, Zikarsky	Sat 19 Dec 2026	12:00pm AEDT	Fri 18 Dec, 8:00pm EST
Chicago at DallasGiddey v Irving	Sun 20 Dec 2026	12:00pm AEDT	Sat 19 Dec, 8:00pm EST
Indiana at LA LakersFurphy v Thybulle	Tue 22 Dec 2026	2:00pm AEDT	Mon 21 Dec, 10:00pm EST
Chicago at AtlantaGiddey v Daniels, Landale	Wed 30 Dec 2026	11:00am AEDT	Tue 29 Dec, 7:00pm EST
Minnesota at IndianaGreen, Zikarsky v Furphy	Sun 3 Jan 2027	11:00am AEDT	Sat 2 Jan, 7:00pm EST
Dallas at AtlantaIrving v Daniels, Landale	Sun 3 Jan 2027	11:30am AEDT	Sat 2 Jan, 7:30pm EST
LA Lakers at ChicagoThybulle v Giddey	Sun 3 Jan 2027	12:00pm AEDT	Sat 2 Jan, 8:00pm EST
Chicago at IndianaGiddey v Furphy	Tue 5 Jan 2027	11:00am AEDT	Mon 4 Jan, 7:00pm EST
Indiana at AtlantaFurphy v Daniels, Landale	Fri 8 Jan 2027	11:00am AEDT	Thu 7 Jan, 7:00pm EST
Cleveland at MinnesotaProctor v Green, Zikarsky	Tue 12 Jan 2027	12:00pm AEDT	Mon 11 Jan, 8:00pm EST
Cleveland at AtlantaProctor v Daniels, Landale	Thu 14 Jan 2027	11:00am AEDT	Wed 13 Jan, 7:00pm EST
Minnesota at ChicagoGreen, Zikarsky v Giddey	Fri 15 Jan 2027	12:00pm AEDT	Thu 14 Jan, 8:00pm EST
Cleveland at DallasProctor v Irving	Sun 24 Jan 2027	12:00pm AEDT	Sat 23 Jan, 8:00pm EST
Dallas at ChicagoIrving v Giddey	Tue 26 Jan 2027	12:00pm AEDT	Mon 25 Jan, 8:00pm EST
Chicago at IndianaGiddey v Furphy	Wed 27 Jan 2027	11:00am AEDT	Tue 26 Jan, 7:00pm EST
LA Lakers at IndianaThybulle v Furphy	Fri 29 Jan 2027	11:00am AEDT	Thu 28 Jan, 7:00pm EST
Atlanta at IndianaDaniels, Landale v Furphy	Thu 4 Feb 2027	11:00am AEDT	Wed 3 Feb, 7:00pm EST
Cleveland at IndianaProctor v Furphy	Thu 11 Feb 2027	11:00am AEDT	Wed 10 Feb, 7:00pm EST
Chicago at LA LakersGiddey v Thybulle	Wed 17 Feb 2027	2:00pm AEDT	Tue 16 Feb, 10:00pm EST
Atlanta at ChicagoDaniels, Landale v Giddey	Fri 26 Feb 2027	12:00pm AEDT	Thu 25 Feb, 8:00pm EST
Indiana at MinnesotaFurphy v Green, Zikarsky	Sat 27 Feb 2027	12:00pm AEDT	Fri 26 Feb, 8:00pm EST
LA Lakers at DallasThybulle v Irving	Mon 1 Mar 2027	7:30am AEDT	Sun 28 Feb, 3:30pm EST
Chicago at AtlantaGiddey v Daniels, Landale	Thu 4 Mar 2027	11:00am AEDT	Wed 3 Mar, 7:00pm EST
Atlanta at ClevelandDaniels, Landale v Proctor	Sun 7 Mar 2027	9:30am AEDT	Sat 6 Mar, 5:30pm EST
Atlanta at MinnesotaDaniels, Landale v Green, Zikarsky	Thu 11 Mar 2027	1:30pm AEDT	Wed 10 Mar, 9:30pm EST
Cleveland at LA LakersProctor v Thybulle	Sat 13 Mar 2027	2:00pm AEDT	Fri 12 Mar, 10:00pm EST
Atlanta at DallasDaniels, Landale v Irving	Tue 16 Mar 2027	12:30pm AEDT	Mon 15 Mar, 9:30pm EDT
Atlanta at LA LakersDaniels, Landale v Thybulle	Sat 20 Mar 2027	1:00pm AEDT	Fri 19 Mar, 10:00pm EDT
Chicago at ClevelandGiddey v Proctor	Sun 21 Mar 2027	10:30am AEDT	Sat 20 Mar, 7:30pm EDT
Dallas at LA LakersIrving v Thybulle	Mon 22 Mar 2027	1:00pm AEDT	Sun 21 Mar, 10:00pm EDT
Dallas at MinnesotaIrving v Green, Zikarsky	Thu 25 Mar 2027	11:00am AEDT	Wed 24 Mar, 8:00pm EDT
LA Lakers at ClevelandThybulle v Proctor	Fri 26 Mar 2027	10:00am AEDT	Thu 25 Mar, 7:00pm EDT
Minnesota at AtlantaGreen, Zikarsky v Daniels, Landale	Tue 30 Mar 2027	10:00am AEDT	Mon 29 Mar, 7:00pm EDT
Indiana at ChicagoFurphy v Giddey	Tue 30 Mar 2027	11:00am AEDT	Mon 29 Mar, 8:00pm EDT
Minnesota at DallasGreen, Zikarsky v Irving	Mon 5 Apr 2027	5:00am AEST	Sun 4 Apr, 3:00pm EDT
Dallas at LA LakersIrving v Thybulle	Wed 7 Apr 2027	12:00pm AEST	Tue 6 Apr, 10:00pm EDT
Minnesota at LA LakersGreen, Zikarsky v Thybulle	Thu 8 Apr 2027	12:00pm AEST	Wed 7 Apr, 10:00pm EDT
Cleveland at IndianaProctor v Furphy	Sat 10 Apr 2027	9:00am AEST	Fri 9 Apr, 7:00pm EDT
Minnesota at LA LakersGreen, Zikarsky v Thybulle	Sat 10 Apr 2027	12:00pm AEST	Fri 9 Apr, 10:00pm EDT
Atlanta at ClevelandDaniels, Landale v Proctor	Mon 12 Apr 2027	8:00am AEST	Sun 11 Apr, 6:00pm EDT

Source: the NBA’s 2026-27 schedule, released 5am AEST Friday 14 August 2026. Every time here is derived from the game’s UTC instant rather than copied from a printed clock, and each row carries its own zone label — Australian daylight saving ends on Sunday 4 April 2027, inside the season, so a tip-off at the same instant reads 10am on Saturday 3 April and 9am on Sunday 4 April. United States daylight saving begins three weeks earlier, on 14 March, moving the American clock the other way. Each club has 80 of its 82 games listed. The table is not incomplete — the NBA holds two games per club out of the released schedule for the NBA Cup knockout rounds, which cannot be scheduled until the group stage resolves, and they are added later. Every column sorts and the default order is chronological.