OKC Thunder part of NBA Christmas Day: full five game primer
The menu for Christmas Day includes five great matches including the OKC Thunder vs. the Houston Rockets. Here’s your handy pregame primer for this special day of basketball.
Happy holidays Thunder Nation. Hope you are enjoying time with loved ones on this Christmas Day. For those of us who love the NBA, OKC Thunder and basketball in general today tends to mark the point in every season when things start to heat up.
Mind you this year has been far from normal with so much parity in the league and constantly fluctuating Western Conference.
More than any other season in recent memory it seems like the typical trends won’t follow the norm.
With the five games on the slate for the Christmas NBA menu there is something to offer everyone. Each game seems to have a specific narrative at play. While our OKC Thunder will undoubtedly be the best game of the day (right?) the other four contests all have side stories.
Whether it be in conference battles, long standing rivalries, personal vendettas or time for statements to be made there is much to look forward to.
Consider the star power of these five matches:
- Giannis Antetokounmpo
- Tim Hardaway Jr.
- Russell Westbrook
- Paul George
- Steven Adams
- James Harden
- Kyrie Irving
- Jayson Tatum
- Joel Embiid
- Jimmy Butler
- LeBron James
- Stephen Curry
- Kevin Durant
- Klay Thompson
- Donovan Mitchell
- Rudy Gobert
- Damian Lillard
- CJ McCollum
Quite an impressive list with any of the above capable of being the star of NBA Christmas Day. There is definitely the potential for perhaps the most exciting December 25th on record.
Grab your eggnog or drink of choice, nestle into your favorite chair and let’s get to the a great day of basketball.
To help you prepare for the next several hours here is a quick primer on each of the five matches. It offers tip off times, TV coverage, topical insights and a few keys for each of the five games.
Enjoy and again, Happy Holidays!