The Memphis Grizzlies They are expected to play in the NBA’s Christmas Day lineup of games.
Ja Morant Faced by the Grizzlies Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson The rest of the reigning NBA champions Golden State Warriors A source familiar with the scheduling plans of the league told The Associated Press that it was held in San Francisco on December 25th.
The Grizzlies were among two NBA franchises that did not have a game Dec. 25, 2018. The Charlotte Hornets We are the only club that is still waiting on its first Christmas schedule invitation.
The remainder of the Christmas schedule will be available. Philadelphia Face New York, Milwaukee meeting Boston?, Los Angeles Lakers Against Dallas Phoenix Going up against the two-time MVP reigning Nikola Jokic And the Denver Nuggets.
The Athletic first reported on the complete Christmas Day schedule. The NBA will release the full season’s schedule later in the week. The season begins Oct. 18. Training camps open in September.
If the Lakers’ LeBron James The all-time Christmas scoring leader, who is 1,325 points behind Kareem Abdel-Jabbar for most in NBA history, will be playing in the Dec. 25 match against the Mavericks. It’ll be his 17th appearance on the holiday. This would end a tie with Kobe Bryant, the Lakers’ greatest player, for the most Christmas points ever.
Golden State and Memphis met in round two of last season’s playoffs. Milwaukee and Boston also met.
This year marks the fifth consecutive year Christmas without a rematch of the NBA Finals. Boston lost to Golden State this season’s championship. Since the Warriors, there has not been a finals match on Dec. 25. Cleveland Cavaliers Played in the 2017-18 Season, on their way towards a fourth consecutive meeting of the title series.
The Christmas schedule is noticeably missing: Kevin Durant And the Brooklyn Nets. Durant stated to the Nets that he wanted a trade somewhere else in June. He reiterated that request earlier this month.
Dallas will host a Christmas game for a second time. The Mavericks had won the 2011 title. Miami Heat In the NBA Finals, the previous season. James and Heat spoilt that season opener for Mavericks by winning 105-94.
The Lakers will be playing Christmas for the 24th year in a row, the longest run of games in the league. Golden State will play its 10th consecutive Christmas game, Boston will have its 7th and Milwaukee its 5th.
New York will celebrate Christmas for the 55th year, breaking its previous record.
Seven of the eight teams that reached the conference semifinals last season are included on the Christmas schedule this year. Miami, which is the No. The exception is Miami, the No. 1 seed in the East last year that lost to Boston in seven games during the Eastern Conference finals.
Memphis will now get a Dec. 25 match, meaning that the longest Christmas droughts other than Charlotte are now being experienced by Sacramento (last Christmas game 2003), Indiana (2004) and Detroit (2005).
This report was based on information from The Associated Press.