Christmas Day brings together many NBA stars, with 10 of the league’s most prominent teams set to take the court for another series of action-packed games.
The year 2024 will mark the 77th edition of the Christmas Day Games, the first of which took place in 1947.
Headlined by the league’s biggest names, 2024 will offer five nationally televised games over the holidays, with LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Luka Doncic and Victor Wembanyama set to take the court.
Who will play on Christmas Day in 2024?
There has been no official announcement from the NBA, but Athletic Club’s Shams Charania reports that the following teams will be on the pitch on Christmas Day.
- The Spurs vs. the Knicks
- Timberwolves at Mavericks
- 76ers vs Celtics
- Lakers vs Warriors
- Nuggets vs Suns
The five-game slate reportedly includes eight of the 10 teams that played on Christmas Day in 2023, with the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat making way for the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks.
The Christmas Day festivities look set to kick off with both new teams in action, with Jalen Brunson and the new-look Knicks hosting Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs in the Frenchman’s first Christmas Day appearance.
The Knicks haven’t played on Christmas Day since 2021, but they still have the most appearances of any franchise with 54.
After that, we’ll get a rematch of last year’s Western Conference Finals when Luka Doncic and the Mavericks host Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves, and then it’s an Eastern Conference blockbuster when the 76ers head to Boston to take on the Celtics.
While LeBron James and Stephen Curry are currently teammates on Team USA, they will face off under the bright lights of Chase Center when the Warriors host the Lakers. This year’s edition will extend LeBron’s record to 19 Christmas appearances.
Christmas Day action will likely conclude with Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and the Nuggets taking on Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and the Suns in Phoenix.
NBA Christmas Day games for the 2024-25 season, according to sources:
?The Spurs vs. the Knicks
?The Timberwolves at Mavericks
76ers vs Celtics
?Lakers vs Warriors
?Nuggets vs Suns— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 9, 2024
What channel are the Christmas Day NBA games on?
This season’s Christmas Day games will be split as usual between ESPN and ABC.
While it’s not yet known which teams will occupy each time slot, here are the traditional game times.
| Time (ET) | Pairing | Channel |
| Noon | To be determined | ESPN |
| 2:30 pm | To be determined | alphabet |
| 5 pm | To be determined | alphabet |
| 20 hours | To be determined | ESPN |
| 10:30 p.m. | To be determined | ESPN |
