{"id":230538,"date":"2025-10-21T23:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T23:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/230538\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T23:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T23:57:09","slug":"nba-has-no-plans-to-move-games-to-christmas-eve-amid-nfl-competition-adam-silver-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/230538\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Has No Plans to Move Games to Christmas Eve amid NFL Competition, Adam Silver Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">NBA commissioner Adam Silver confirmed that that league isn&#8217;t planning on moving games from Christmas Day to Christmas Eve despite the NFL&#8217;s competition on the holiday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;No plan to do it at the moment,&#8221; Silver said during a Tuesday appearance on the Pat McAfee Show. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The NBA has been playing on Christmas Day since 1947, featuring intriguing matchups involving contending teams and star players. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">As for the NFL, the league has started scheduling annual games on the holiday since 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The move by the NFL has been successful, with their two 2024 matchups on Christmas Day averaging 26.5 million United States viewers and becoming Netflix&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/about.netflix.com\/en\/news\/nfl-christmas-day-games-on-netflix-average-over-30-million-global-viewers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">most-watched<\/a> Christmas Day ever in the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The NBA only averaged 5.25 million viewers across its five-game slate in 2024, although it still represented the league&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/pr.nba.com\/nba-christmas-day-2024-viewership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">most-watched<\/a> Christmas Day in five years as viewership was up 84 percent compared to 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">While the NBA will be returning with five games on the holiday this year, the NFL will be adding a <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/stories\/nfl\/2025-nfl-christmas-games-schedule-teams-how-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">third game<\/a> to its schedule. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Still, Silver doesn&#8217;t anticipate the NBA moving to Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBA commissioner Adam Silver confirmed that that league isn&#8217;t planning on moving games from Christmas Day to 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