This year features another five games being played on Christmas Day, including several NBA title contenders, which basketball fans can watch nationally. The Cleveland Cavaliers (17-14) will take on the New York Knicks (20-9) at Madison Square Garden on Thursday at noon ET on ABC and ESPN and the ESPN app.

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Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors will host an old friend on Christmas Day, as Klay Thompson and the Dallas Mavericks head to the Bay Area.  Golden Stat

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.

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Merry Christmas, NBA fans! The biggest day in the NBA’s regular season is upon us, as there are five terrific games to enjoy all throughout Christmas Day, inclu

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The NBA's annual five-game Christmas set is unwrapped Thursday, with telecasts that total more than 12 hours of bucket-getting.