{"id":346459,"date":"2025-12-14T00:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T00:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/346459\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T00:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T00:59:09","slug":"festivus-for-the-rest-of-us-huge-xmas-boxing-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/346459\/","title":{"rendered":"Festivus for the rest of us: Huge Xmas &#038; Boxing Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Christmas Eve to December 27, fans get 73 hours of NBA and NBL basketball.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays basketball fans. The 83 hours from Christmas Eve on Wednesday, December 24 to Saturday, December 27, 2025 (AEDT)\u00a0has an extraordinary 73 HOURS of NBA\u00a0and NBL\u00a0basketball games.<\/p>\n<p>Australians in the NBA\u00a0feature heavily, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/boomers-josh-giddey-dyson-daniels-307m-backcourt-contracts-2025-26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australian Boomers backcourt<\/a> best mates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/josh-giddey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Giddey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/dyson-daniels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dyson Daniels<\/a> going head to head on Christmas Eve when the Chicago Bulls go on the road to Atlanta. Tip off is 11am.<\/p>\n<p>It truly is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/q1ss9OxRtdo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Festivus for the rest of us<\/a>&#8221; (If you know, you know).<\/p>\n<p>As always, NBA League Pass is the best way to watch every game over the the holiday period while all NBL\u00a0games are broadcast on ESPN via Foxtel, Kayo and Disney+.<\/p>\n<p>All NBA Boxing Day (Christmas Day in the US)\u00a0games will be broadcast on ESPN. Set your alarm for 3:55am to get a coffee going and to watch Australian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/tyrese-proctor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyrese Proctor<\/a>&#8216;s Cleveland Cavaliers take on the New York Knicks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/joe-ingles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Ingles<\/a>&#8216; Minnesota Timberwolves play the last game of the day against the Denver Nuggets.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday December 24, 2025<\/p>\n<p>NBA<\/p>\n<p>Washington @ Charlotte (11AM) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/josh-green\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Green<\/a>Brooklyn @ Philadelphia (11AM)Chicago @ Atlanta (11:30AM) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/josh-giddey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Giddey<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/dyson-daniels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dyson Daniels<\/a>New Orleans @ Cleveland (11:30AM) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/tyrese-proctor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyrese Proctor<\/a>Milwaukee @ Indiana (11:30AM) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/johnny-furphy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johnny Furphy<\/a>Toronto @ Miami (11:30AM)Denver @ Dallas (12PM)New York @ Minnesota (12PM)Oklahoma City @ San Antonio (12:30PM)Los Angeles @ Phoenix (1PM)Memphis @ Utah (1PM) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/jock-landale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jock Landale<\/a>Orlando @ Portland (2PM) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/duop-reath\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duop Reath<\/a>Detroit @ Sacramento (2PM)Houston @ LA Clippers (2:30PM)<\/p>\n<p>NBL<\/p>\n<p>Adelaide 36ers vs Cairns Taipans (5:00pm) \u2014 Adelaide Entertainment CentreThursday December 25, 2025<\/p>\n<p>NBL<\/p>\n<p>Sydney Kings vs Illawarra Hawks (8.30pm) \u2014 Qudos Bank ArenaDecember 26, 2025 (Friday)<\/p>\n<p>NBA<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland @ New York (4AM) \u2014 ESPN \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/tyrese-proctor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyrese Proctor<\/a>San Antonio @ Oklahoma City (6:30AM) \u2014 ESPNDallas @ Golden State (9AM) \u2014 ESPNHouston @ Los Angeles Lakers (12PM) \u2014 ESPNMinnesota @ Denver (2:30PM) \u2014 ESPN \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/joe-ingles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Ingles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NBL<\/p>\n<p>Tasmania JackJumpers vs New Zealand Breakers (7:30pm) \u2014 MyState Bank ArenaSaturday December 27, 2025<\/p>\n<p>NBA<\/p>\n<p>Miami @ Atlanta (11AM) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/dyson-daniels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dyson Daniels<\/a>Charlotte @ Orlando (11AM) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/josh-green\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Green<\/a>Toronto @ Washington (11AM)Boston @ Indiana (11AM) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/johnny-furphy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johnny Furphy<\/a>Philadelphia @ Chicago (11:30AM)Milwaukee @ Memphis (12PM) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/jock-landale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jock Landale<\/a>Phoenix @ New Orleans (12PM)Detroit @ Utah (1:30PM)LA Clippers @ Portland (2PM) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/duop-reath\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duop Reath<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NBL<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane Bullets vs Melbourne United (8pm) \u2014 Brisbane Entertainment Centre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Christmas Eve to December 27, fans get 73 hours of NBA and NBL basketball. 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