Nba Christmas Games Year By Year

Unlike the national football league nfl s traditional thanksgiving day games the nba s christmas day games have no fixed opponents.

Nba christmas games year by year. Nba christmas ratings and viewership dating back to 2001. The holiday tradition is one that adam silver was loath to see tossed on 2020 s flaming yule log of disruptions and in preserving the christmas quintet the commissioner may have helped bring a sense of continuity to a. The five game holiday slate is packed with.

Very often a rematch of the previous season s nba finals is showcased on christmas day. September 16 2019 9 47 am the 2019 20 campaign will mark the 72nd edition of the nba on christmas day. With the season having tipped off on dec.

The league began playing christmas games in 1947 and will feature five games on the holiday. Not much has been normal about the nba this year but its regular schedule of christmas day games will at least keep one tradition going strong. The nba s primetime christmas showcase fell a good amount from 2019 but two other games were up year to year.

According to the elias sports bureau that s the fifth highest margin in a single day in nba history among days when at least five games. Every year since the current tv deals began in 2002 christmas has produced the highest rated game of the regular season. With a full slate of christmas day games set to tip off a mere 75 days after the lakers won the title the nba apparently earned itself a spot on santa s nice list.

Rather they feature some of the best teams and players. The primetime game between the los angeles lakers and dallas mavericks drew a. Nba teams won by an average of 23 2 points on christmas.

It just wouldn t be christmas without basketball and the nba is playing santa this year by giving fans a set of matchups too big to fit in the stockings the four conference champions from the. Games held by the national basketball association on christmas day december 25 have been an annual tradition since the league s second season in 1947. Christmas is the marquee day on the nba s regular season schedule but it is especially important for the 2020 21 season.