Christmas won't arrive for another four months, but that's not stopping the NBA from getting in the holiday spirit. The league announced its five-game Christmas Day schedule for 2025 on Tuesday, and it features some marquee matchups, especially out West.

It's Christmas Day again in the NBA, and there's five entertaining matchups to fill your day. Beginning at noon ET, you can watch all of them on ABC, ESPN or the ESPN App. Get analysis and one big question on each game from ESPN's Kirk Goldsberry.

In terms of the NBA year-round calendar, the month of August is typically pretty reserved. Outside of an ever-so-often free agent signing or trade deal made, the quietest part of the league’s offseason coincides with the dog days of summer. Among the ...

Nets-Lakers and Hawks-Knicks leaked first as Christmas games. As defending champion, Milwaukee will of course host a game. The Bucks – like the Warriors – also play opening night. Phoenix became the team to outlast an at-all-healthy Golden State and ...

It's a light week for the NBA on NBC as holiday programming steps up.

The NBA has announced its Christmas Day schedule, and the Atlanta Hawks are unfortunately left off the slate for the holiday. The upcoming 2025-26 Christmas slate will be the third time in three seasons that they aren't playing on the holiday, and today I ...

This brings a smile to my face.