Here is the full National Basketball Association schedule for Dec. 23 and how to watch all the games. Or see our sortable NBA schedule to filter by team or division. All times Eastern and accurate as of Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, at 4:20 a.m.

Christmas Day includes three NFL matchups and five NBA games. We're previewing them all with picks, predictions, storylines and more.

Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Happy Festivus! Happy holidays to all who celebrate! And if you don’t, we hope today and tomorrow are just good days for you. Today, we’re previewing the NBA’s annual high-profile Christmas Day slate. There won’t be a Bounce edition on Thursday, but we’ll be back Friday. Enjoy the hoops!

Are there NBA games today? What’s next on basketball Christmas schedule originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. It's really a good deal for Santa Claus. He spends all of Christmas Eve delivering presents, and he can settle in on Christmas Day for some NBA action.

Andre Snellings breaks down Tuesday's NBA games and offers his top fantasy streamers as well as his favorite bets and DFS plays.

Place your opening $5 bet with this DraftKings promo code offer. If it wins, you’ll be awarded with a $200 bonus. Note that the minimum odds are at -500, meaning any market with odds around -400 is acceptable. Pick an NBA game and browse through the different alternative totals and spreads.

We’ve seen Snoop Dogg provide commentary for boxing and Olympics games, but now, he’ll be doing it for an NBA matchup.

CHRISTMAS DAY GAME memories are a blur for Doc Rivers. Since 1984, Rivers has played or coached on Christmas a total of 17 times. As he recounted two stories about his favorite Christmas moments, the Milwaukee Bucks head coach naturally turned to the Boston Celtics-Los Angeles Lakers rivalry -- but he wasn't completely sure whether one of the memories was actually on Christmas.