These will be the Christmas games in the 2025/26 NBA season

The 2025/26 season of the NBA is getting closer, and it's evident in the news shared by Shams Charania. The star insider of the American basketball league announced on Friday night the 5 games that will be played on Christmas Day, December 25, 2025. Notably, the absence of the Boston Celtics stands out, as they haven't missed a Christmas game since 2015.

As mentioned, the Christmas Day menu will consist of 5 matches, with only one featuring teams from the Eastern Conference. The other 4 will pit Western Conference franchises against each other, highlighting the presence of the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, and Dallas Mavericks.

The 5 Christmas Day games in the NBA will be as follows:

• Cleveland Cavaliers vs New York Knicks (in New York).
• San Antonio Spurs vs Oklahoma City Thunder (in OKC).
• Houston Rockets vs Los Angeles Lakers (in California).
• Dallas Mavericks vs Golden State Warriors (in California).
• Minnesota Timberwolves vs Denver Nuggets (in Colorado).

The stars of Christmas Day

In the mentioned Christmas Day games in the NBA, stars like Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers), Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns (Knicks), Victor Wembanyama (Spurs), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC), Kevin Durant as the new leader of the Rockets, Luka Doncic and LeBron James for the Lakers, Cooper Flagg and Anthony Davis (Mavs), Stephen Curry (GSW), Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves), and Nikola Jokic (Nuggets) will shine.

Players of the caliber of James Harden or Kawhi Leonard will be missed without the presence of the Los Angeles Clippers, Joel Embiid for the Sixers, Giannis Antetokounmpo for the Bucks, or Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum (though the latter is injured) for the Celtics.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Estos serán los partidos de Navidad en la temporada 2025/26 de la NBA