NBA on Christmas Day: Times, TV channel, online streaming

Tyler Davis

NBA on Christmas Day: Times, TV channel, online streaming image

The NBA on Christmas has been a Yuletide tradition for about 70 years as each season the league's brightest stars and best teams seem to play that day. This year is no different as Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and host of other potiential Hall of Famers will be playing Dec. 25.

The first NBA Christmas game was in 1947, when the New York Knicks beat the Providence Steamrollers. Neither the Knicks (because they're bad) or the Steamrollers (because they no longer exist) will be playing on Christmas, but chances are one of your favorite teams is in action as five games are scheduled.

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Who is playing on the NBA Christmas schedule? When and where can I watch the games?

(All times Eastern)

Pelicans at Heat, noon, ESPN

Bulls at Thunder, 2:30 p.m., ABC

Cavaliers at Warriors, 5 p.m., ABC

Spurs at Rockets, 8 p.m., ESPN

Clippers at Lakers, 10:30 p.m., ESPN

Where can I stream the NBA on Christmas?

All games are streamed on espn.go.com/watchespn or on the WatchESPN App.

What kind of jerseys will the NBA Christmas Day games feature?

The NBA's Christmas Day jerseys this year aren't sleeved and have an egg-noggy holiday style that makes them some of the best we've seen. lYou can see all of them in better detail here — and even check out the other 20 teams' Christmas jerseys here, via "NBA 2K16."

How have this year's NBA Christmas Day teams fared in the past?

Of the teams playing on Christmas this year, the Pelicans have played the least (one time) on Dec. 25, while the Lakers have played the most (41 times). Here's each team's overall record on Christmas plus the result of their last Christmas game. 

Lakers, 21-20 — lost to Bulls in 2014, 113-93

Warriors, 9-14 — lost to Clippers in 2014, 100-86

Bulls, 12-7 — defeated Lakers in 2014, 113-93

Thunder, 4-12 — defeated Spurs in 2014, 114-106

Clippers, 5-8 — defeated Warriors in 2014, 100-86

Heat, 9-2 — defeated Cavaliers in 2014, 101-91

Cavaliers, 6-5 — lost to Heat in 2014, 101-91

Spurs, 4-6 — lost to Thunder in 2014, 114-106

Rockets, 4-4 — defeated Spurs in 2013, 111-98

Pelicans, 0-1 — lost to Magic in 2008, 88-86

Tyler Davis