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NBA Christmas Day 2025 Schedule and Game-by-Game Preview, Analysis
Two of the top contenders in the Eastern Conference will face off when the Cavs match up with the Knicks. Neither team made major changes this offseason, sticking with core groups that led them to the Eastern Conference Semifinals and Finals, respectively, last season (both teams were eliminated by the Indiana Pacers).
NBA schedule release: League unveils entire 2025-26 schedule, including opening night, Christmas slate and MLK Day matchups
The NBA has scheduled games on Martin Luther King Jr. Day since it became a holiday in 1986. The Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks will kick off a four-game slate on MLK Day this season. The contest will start at 1 p.m. ET.
2025 NBA Christmas Day, opening night schedule: Lakers, Warriors, Thunder, Rockets featured in marquee games
Two of the biggest days of the year in the NBA regular season are opening night and Christmas Day, and Friday we learned the matchups we will see on both nights, courtesy of ESPN's Shams Charania. The NBA will send the new-look Rockets,
Opening night will see Kevin Durant head back to Oklahoma City with his new team, and watch his former team raise their NBA ...
Kevin Durant is debuting for the Houston Rockets at his old stomping grounds against the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City ...
For most of the 21st century, the disparity between the NBA's Western and Eastern Conferences has been a chasm.
The Cleveland Cavaliers will be one of 10 teams playing on Christmas Day 2025. Donovan Mitchell could make history in that matchup against the New York Knicks.
The Phoenix Suns have played on Christmas the past four seasons but, according to ESPN, won't be on the list this season.
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