Year after year, the NBA holds its traditional Christmas day games, with fans from all over the world camping in front of their TVs for 12 hours straight to enjoy the best basketball on earth while their bodies are still recovering from that Christmas eve dinner.
Needless to say, the league always makes sure to choose nothing but the best teams and players to play on Christmas, and we often get to see a preview of a Conference Finals or even NBA Finals series.
Winning on Christmas days is one of the biggest honors for young NBA players as it gives them the ultimate stage to showcase their talents and prove to the rest of the league that they’re for real, and that’s why fans look forward to these games that much.
ESPN Sources: Tentative Christmas Day Schedule pic.twitter.com/MId025HKvB
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 2, 2020
Nonetheless, it seems like the NBA has kind of dropped the ball for this year’s schedule, as it features games between teams that don’t actually have a rivalry and other teams that shouldn’t even be there to begin with.
NBA Christmas Day Schedule:
New Orleans Pelicans @ Miami Heat: 12:00 pm (ET)
Golden State Warriors @ Milwaukee Bucks: 2:30 pm (ET)
Brooklyn Nets @ Boston Celtics: 5:30 pm (ET)
Dallas Mavericks @ Los Angeles Lakers: 8:00 pm (ET)
Los Angeles Clippers @ Denver Nuggets: 10:30 pm (ET)
Ok, we get it, the Warriors, Bucks, Nets, Lakers, and Clippers will all be playing for an NBA Championship so they should all be there. However, besides the Clippers and Nuggets – from their recent matchup in the playoffs – these teams don’t have a true rivalry.
Moreover, it seems like Adam Silver and the NBA are just trying to shove Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans into everyone’s faces, as there’s just no reason for them to have so many primetime games dating back to last season. Obviously, some fans had a lot to say about it and we gathered the funniest memes and reactions from this questionable schedule
NBA Christmas Day Schedule: Funniest Memes And Reactions
Lmao Celtics getting they as whooped. Kyrie dropping 60. Hope this helps. pic.twitter.com/37qxOljQCs
— King Noz (@KingFardose) December 2, 2020
Clippers fans when they get another Christmas day banner pic.twitter.com/tg6XfkxLlE
— �� (@Yiido07) December 2, 2020
So did the league check that Zion will be available?
I’m thinking they schedule this as NOL first game. pic.twitter.com/VmJaxydyMx
— #NORCALGRIZZ (@j_jclarke) December 2, 2020
nobody needs the day ruined
— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) December 2, 2020
https://t.co/lH25yYOGwC pic.twitter.com/o9WRP1JKON
— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) December 2, 2020
Pelicans and Mavericks on Christmas but no Rockets? LMAOO https://t.co/FbfmZv2evq
— Juan Lucho (@DOPEITSJUAN82) December 2, 2020
NBA riding Zion’s dick last season putting the Pelicans up against the defending Champion Raptors was so annoying although it did turn out to be a good game without Zion
— Andy 8×24 (@idontbestealin) December 2, 2020
Pelicans on the Christmas schedule is laughable… they didn’t even make the playoffs but hey NBA needa make their bread somehow ����♂️
— Jaime Delgado (@Jayyy_Deeee) December 2, 2020
Lmaooo have the Knicks gotten that bad the NBA don’t even want them playing on Christmas???
— Noel Darling�� (@asw__19) December 2, 2020
NBA gave the Heat zero respect. They play the Pelicans as if they didn’t go to the finals SMH Christmas supposed to be a finals rematch
— Kush and Push Ups (@SmokeDynamite) December 2, 2020
How do the Sixers not get a christmas game? Is it because they bitched the NBA’s golden boy on Christmas last year? https://t.co/cOl0qp4cva
— �� (@Phila_76ers) December 2, 2020
At the end of the day, we’re pretty sure that these teams will put on a great show and everybody will be pleased. But C’mon, what about a Lakers-Clippers, Warriors-Nets, Blazers-Rockets, Celtics-Sixers?
