NBA schedule: Designing the perfect 5-game slate for NBA Christmas Day
The NBA's biggest regular season day is Christmas, with the league regularly using the holiday to showcase its top teams and top players. The 2025 edition will likely follow that model, with five games likely on the schedule if the league follows its typical model for the day. The actual schedule won't be released until late August, but in this space, we will take a look at what is a perfect Christmas Day lineup. Obviously, this is (quite) variable, and the league might have other ideas. That is the difficult nature of trying to put together a five-game slate that satisfies various criteria, from time zones to matchup quality and everything in between.Here we go with a foray into what the league might do, coming to you in chronological order and beginning on the East...
