MIAMI.- Erik Spoelstra was part of 12 meetings of the Christmas day as team personnel, assistant and coach in his first 20 seasons with the Heat de Miami.
In the next eight, the Heat He has only played one Christmas match.
This is what he understood: For the teams, play the Christmas day It’s better than not playing that day. He Heat returns to the holiday calendar for the first time since 2020, when they welcome the Philadelphia 76ers as part of the traditional NBA Christmas Day with five meetings.
The other games: Milwaukee in New York; Golden State visiting defending champion Denver; Boston visiting the Los Angeles Lakers, to reignite one of the NBA’s greatest rivalries; and Dallas in Phoenix.
“It is an honor to have the opportunity to play at Christmas”, assured Spoelstra “The league does not play completely on the holidays and there were several consecutive years in which we were not considered to play on Christmas. And then you come back, you almost take it for granted that we always played at Christmas.”
Other teams insist they don’t take it for granted either.
Los Warriors At Christmas it has almost become a tradition; Golden State will be on the schedule on December 25 for the 13th time in 14 years and the point guard Stephen Curry It still excites him.
“Key games on Christmas, it’s going to be a great atmosphere,” Curry admitted. “We’ve been in this environment before and I understand what it’s going to be like. On the road, it’s going to be fun to just compete. It’s a test”.
Christmas has long been considered the unofficial point on the calendar when fans start paying attention. American football is about to end and the games of NBA Now they will be in prime time.
The “King” of the NBA and Christmas:
LeBron James will pay attention too—but until I complete other Christmas business. The all-time scoring leader has the most Christmas games in history, although his priority will be watching his 9-year-old daughter Zhuri open presents that morning.
“The only thing that matters on Monday right now is that my daughter wakes up and opens her presents.“said James on Saturday after the victory of the Lakers ante Oklahoma City.
Source: AP
