NBA Christmas Day basketball returns on Friday, December 25, and the 2026-27 card runs from a noon ET tip at Madison Square Garden all the way to a 10:30 p.m. ET at Chase Center.
All five Christmas Day matchups will air on ABC and ESPN, keeping alive a run of five Christmas games that now stretches to 19 consecutive seasons. The league unveiled the fixtures on August 11 alongside its opening-night tripleheader, and the anticipation has only grown since now that the season is underway.
