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The NBA often schedules showdowns between greatest players on Christmas Day, such as Kobe Bryant and LeBron James (both pictured) in 2009 and 2010.. The first NBA game played on December 25 came in 1947, a year after the NBA's inception, when the New York Knicks beat the Providence Steamrollers at Madison Square Garden 89–75. [1]
Curry won his scoring duel with James, going for a game-high 38 points, a majority of which came on eight 3-pointers, tying the NBA record for a Christmas game.
The first Christmas game in league history was at Madison Square Garden in 1947. ... will be the seventh person in NBA history with at least 11 starts on Dec. 25, joining James, Kobe Bryant ...
2024 NBA Christmas Day games San Antonio Spurs at New York Knicks, noon ET, ESPN. The Knicks played in the league’s first Christmas games in 1947, beating the Providence Steamrollers 89-61.
Five Christmas Day games to unwrap feature familiar All-Stars, rising talents and of course, LeBron James, playing in his 19th game on Christmas.
It's a holiday tradition as American as "Charlie Brown": watching NBA games on Christmas Day.. There's no shortage of professional basketball to watch Dec. 25. The first game of the day tips off ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The final viewership numbers are in for the NBA's five games on Christmas Day and they were even better than first thought, the league and ESPN announced Monday. An average of 5. ...
In fact, since 1947, there has only been one season when the NBA has not played at least one game on a Christmas: the 1998-99 season, which began in February because of a lockout.