primetime baby. unheard of 10 years ago as a Wolves fan. should be a fun one

5PM ET? Lol they actually want LeBron to spend the evening with his family

Lol I like how they think GSW is relevant. And that they refuse to let Bron have a Christmas off

America loves Steph.

They giving Lebron a Christmas family night as a parting gift lmao.

Bron vs Bronny gonna be cinema

are we gonna wear those red socks, if so i’m all for it

Nugs and Warriors seems strange

Glad they kept the noon MSG tradition 

Knicks and Spurs Christmas Day might as well be annual atp, like the Lions and Cowboys Thanksgiving games

Easy calls here. The only difference could have been a Sixers Cels game and Heat Lakers but the others were obvious. 

There’s no storyline to the latter so I see how the actual lineup made more sense 

I wanted Celtics Knicks or Celtics Sixers but Celtics Heat on Christmas afternoon is gonna make me think it’s 2010 and I’m 10 again

When’s the last time KD’s team didn’t play on Christmas?

No Clippers Vs Raptors?

LeBron has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

Pacer Fans gotta chill lol

Very strange. Should have been Knicks v 76ers, Heat v Celtics, Thunder v Spurs, Nuggets v Wolves, Lakers v Warriors.

crazy 5 game slate. we in for a good one

The NBA is cooking with these Opening Night and Christmas Day games.

Really? Them again?

kind of a shit slate, why isn’t the finals rematch prime time?

That’s 5 AM local time for me, boxing day FFS

If LeBron went somewhere else maybe we’d have gotten in on this for once 

KD not on Christmas seems wrong but I get there’s only so many teams-slots.

Oh boy, all Western Conference teams *again*.

Is 8pm considered the biggest slot?

Nobody wants to see Nuggets vs Warriors…

LOL@Pistons.

just wake me up when it’s the playoffs

Lakers-6ers over 6ers-Celtics makes 0 sense to me.

EDIT: Nevermind, just read a comment that reminded me that this way Bron’s home for Christmas 🤣

Pacers skrewed again. Typical nba

At this point the sun will blow up before Silver lets Charlotte play on Christmas

Kind of disappointed that the Pistons didn’t get a spot, especially since they were the 1 seed last year and have a top 5-10 player in the league, but I’m not surprised.

How do you not do Boston Philly it was right there

There were so many fans telling me the Sixers and lakers wouldn’t play on Christmas for some reason

Watching Luka destroy LeBum is a good way to end Christmas

WEMBY BOUT TO GET THE BELT FOR CHRISTMAS

They did it! The NBA is smart to lean into the race component in the 5 pm slot. It’s America, the people will love it even if they pretend not to

I hate it, it was perfectly primed for Celtics @ Sixers. Lakers and Sixers aren’t a rivalry

Stop giving us the damn noon game. It’s such an inconvenient time on Christmas, we’re either in the middle of doing gifts or getting ready to go out for lunch.

The NBA has beef with the Pacers. First they fixed the draft lottery, then they give them no national games opening week or on Christmas. It’s crazy.

Adam Silver fucking sucks lmao

Should have been

Heat / Knicks
76ers / Celtics
Thunder / Spurs
Mavs / Lakers
Warriors / Wolves

Adam Silver has no idea what he’s doing and the NFL is going to take our league out back and put a bullet into the head if it

This league REALLY hates the Pacers for some reason

Edit: Yeah my replies are definitely getting astroturfed, I don’t wanna hear any of ya’ll claim to care about basketball when the replies are about “market size” and the 19-63 record which was solely cause of the team being injured. Also pretending like Hali is just not gonna be the same player when it’s 2026, Achilles injuries are not career ruining like they once were.