As always, the NBA’s Christmas schedule is coming up. Teams say being picked is a big deal.
Next up are games between Milwaukee and New York, Golden State and the current champ Denver, Boston and the Los Angeles Lakers, which will be the start of the NBA’s biggest feud in history, and Dallas and Phoenix.
“Seeing that chance to play on Christmas is an honor,” Spoelstra said. And you chose to go back; it was almost like you thought we always played on Christmas.”
“The league doesn’t play on holidays, and for a few years in a row, we weren’t even considered to play on Christmas.”
Golden State has made it a habit to play on Christmas. This is the 13th time in the last 14 years that the Warriors are now on the Dec. 25 schedule. Stephen Curry, the guard for the Warriors, is still excited about what’s to come.
“It’s going to be great at marquee games on Christmas,” Curry said. “You know, we’ve been within that environment before, so I comprehend what it’s going to be like.
Fans have long thought that the unofficial start of the Christmas schedule was when more people started to pay attention to the NBA. Football is going down, and the NBA games will be shown nationally, either on ABC or ESPN.
LeBron James will also pay attention, but not until he takes care of some other Christmas business. Being in a race on the road will be fun. “This is a test.”
The NBA’s all-time lead scorer has played more games on Dec. 25 instead of anyone in league history, though his top goal entering the holiday was to see 9-year-old daughter Zhuri light up her eyes as she rips the wrapping paper out what’s coming her way.
“The only thing I care about Monday right now remains my daughter waking up and open her gifts,” James said Sunday after he and the Los Angeles Lakers beat Oklahoma City.
The Heat had planned to hold practice for the morning of Christmas Eve. They had most of Sunday off, and Christmas morning was also off.
Spoelstra wants to make sure that everyone has time to party however they want, so the players won’t have to get to the arena up until Monday afternoon.
Next up are games between Milwaukee and New York, Golden State and the current champions Denver, Boston and the Los Angeles Lakers, which will be the start of the NBA’s biggest feud in history, and Dallas and Phoenix.
“Seeing that chance to play on the Christmas is an honor,” Spoelstra said. “The league doesn’t play on holidays, and for a few years in a row, we weren’t even considered to play on Christmas.”
Aside from being a head coach, Erik Spoelstra worked with the Miami Heat for 20 years and was a part about 12 Christmas games. And in the eight years that followed, the Heat only played one Christmas game.
He says it’s better to play on Christmas than not to play on Christmas. The Heat play in a holiday game for the very first time since 2020 on Monday, when they play the Philadelphia 76ers as part of the NBA’s annual Christmas five-game set.
In the other games, Golden State plays at Denver, Boston plays at Los Angeles, and Dallas plays at Phoenix. And afterwards you go back; it was almost like you thought we always played on Christmas.”
Next up are games between Milwaukee and New York, Golden State and the reigning champions Denver, Boston and the Los Angeles Lakers, which will be the start of the NBA’s biggest feud in history, and Dallas and Phoenix.
“Seeing that chance to play on Christmas is an honor,” Spoelstra said. “The league doesn’t play on holidays, and for a few years in a row, we weren’t even considered to play on Christmas.” And afterward you go back; it was almost like you thought we always played on Christmas.”
Golden State has made it a habit to play on Christmas. This is the 13th time in the last 14 years that the Warriors are now on the Dec. 25 schedule. Stephen Curry, the guard for the Warriors, is still excited about what’s to come.
“It’s going to be great at marquee games on Christmas,” Curry said. “You know, we’ve been within that atmosphere before, so I know exactly what it’s going to be like. Being in a race on the road will be fun. “This is a test.”
Fans have long thought that the unofficial start of the Christmas schedule was when more people started to pay attention to the NBA. Football is going down, and the NBA games have been shown nationally, either on ABC or ESPN.