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2024 NBA Christmas Games: Schedule, teams, livestream and more

New York, Dallas, Boston, San Francisco, and Phoenix are host cities for the Christmas Day action.

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The 77th edition of the NBA Christmas Day is back with some quality matchups. The league announced a tight schedule for Wednesday action, with the top 10 teams going head-to-head. For the 17th straight year, it will feature five games on Christmas Day.

Veteran stars like LeBron James and Stephen Curry will be rivals on Wednesday night. MVP holder, Nikola Jokic will go head-to-head with Suns legend, Kevin Durant. NBA Champions, Boston Celtics will lock horns against the Philadelphia 76ers. Stars like Kyle Thompson, Trae Young, and Victor Wembanyama will also step up for their respective teams.

New York, Dallas, Boston, San Francisco, and Phoenix are host cities for the Christmas Day action. Let’s go through all the details from the 2024 NBA Christmas games.

2024 NBA Christmas games teams and schedule

2024 NBA Christmas Day will tip off with the Spurs taking on the Knicks in New York. In the second game, last season’s Western Conference Finals participants will play each other as the Mavericks host the Timberwolves. The Christmas Day schedule will end with the Nuggets visit the Suns. Both sides last met on Christmas Day in 2022 in Denver.

There will be a total number of five matchups on Wednesday. Here’s the complete schedule of the 2024 NBA Christmas games with the kick-off time:

New York Knicks vs San Antonio Spurs – 12:00 PM ET
Dallas Mavericks vs Minnesota Timberwolves – 2:30 PM ET
Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers – 5:00 PM ET
Golden State Warriors vs Los Angeles Lakers – 8:00 PM ET
Phoenix Suns vs Denver Nuggets – 10:30 PM ET

🎄 ONE WEEK AWAY from Christmas Day! 🎄

Watch #NBAXmas action all day Wednesday, 12/25 on ABC & ESPN with games beginning at 12:00pm/et! pic.twitter.com/39sO50AsNW
— NBA (@NBA) December 18, 2024

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How to watch 2024 NBA Christmas games?

The 2024 NBA Christmas games will be live on ABC and ESPN. You can stream all the games via NBA League Pass and a subscription will be required to watch the games on ESPN+.

Here are the local TV operators for all matchups:

Knicks vs Spurs – ABC/ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN+/Disney+
Mavericks vs Timberwolves – ABC/ESPN/ESPN+/Disney+
Celtics vs 76ers – ABC/ESPN/ESPN+/Disney+
Warriors vs Lakers – ABC/ESPN/ESPN+/Disney+
Suns vs Nuggets – ABC/ESPN/ESPN+/Disney+

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