The Athletic’s Shams Charania has the primary sneak peek of the 2024-2025 NBA common schedule with the slate of Christmas Day video games:
Final season, Boston spent the vacation in Los Angeles taking part in the Lakers to cap off a four-game California street journey, nevertheless it appears to be like just like the Celtics might be getting some well-deserved residence cooking this 12 months when their Atlantic Division rival is on the town.
In contrast to the run-it-back defending champs, Philly revamped their roster. After re-signing Tyrese Maxey, Kyle Lowry, and Kelly Oubre, they introduced in Paul George, Eric Gordon, Andre Drummond, and Caleb Martin.
The Celtics could possibly be getting some extra essential presents to open on Christmas Day, too. The preliminary timetable for Kristaps Porzingis’ return was 5-6 months after having foot surgical procedure in late June. That places him again in inexperienced someplace between Thanksgiving and New 12 months’s Eve. Bear in mind how juiced his return was for Recreation 1 of the Finals? That could possibly be some electrical yuletide power on the twenty fifth.