Philadelphia 76ers at Los Angeles Lakers<\/p>\n
Friday, Dec. 25, 2026 at 5 p.m. | ESPN\/ABC<\/p>\n
You knew LeBron James was going to play on Christmas Day; now he\u2019ll get to do it in his first game back in Los Angeles, against his former team and his son, Bronny James. By all accounts, James\u2019 departure from the Lakers was cordial and respectful. Despite that, there will clearly be an appetite to stick it to his former squad. Similarly, Luka Don\u00c4\u008di\u00c4\u0087 and the Lakers \u2013 now under new ownership \u2013 will want to show they\u2019re better off.<\/p>\n
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Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) drives against Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (5) during a game in Denver on Mar 12, 2025.<\/p>\n
Ron Chenoy, Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets<\/p>\n
Monday, Dec. 28, 2026 at 10:30 p.m. | NBC\/Peacock<\/p>\n
These two squads have met in the playoffs in three of the past four postseasons, and the series have not disappointed. They\u2019ve been physical and chirpy; as a reminder, in late April, Nuggets star Nikola Jokic took exception to Jaden McDaniels\u2019 layup in the closing seconds of a blowout Minnesota victory and confronted him. More good news here is that these teams play four times this season.<\/p>\n
Golden State Warriors vs. Philadelphia 76ers<\/p>\n
Wednesday, March 24, 2027 at 10 p.m. (at Golden State) | ESPN<\/p>\n
Wednesday, March 31, 2027 at 7 p.m. (at Philadelphia) | ESPN<\/p>\n
This matchup may have lost some of its luster as both players have continued to age, but it\u2019s another chance to see LeBron James and Stephen Curry compete.<\/p>\n
Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs<\/p>\n
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026 at 9:30 p.m. | NBC\/Peacock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia 76ers at Los Angeles Lakers Friday, Dec. 25, 2026 at 5 p.m. | ESPN\/ABC You knew LeBron…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3797],"tags":[7,123,185,7776,189,6,15163,191,207,969,474,4075,4074,534,693],"class_list":["post-813519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio-spurs","tag-basketball","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-lebron-james","tag-lee-national","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-nba-schedule","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sanantonio","tag-sanantoniospurs","tag-spurs","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117107227645378117","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}