Christmas is a tentpole day on the NBA schedule, though in most years it comes roughly two months into the schedule.
Due to the delayed finish of the 2019-20 season because of the coronavirus pandemic, however, the 5-game Christmas Day slate came on the third day of the 2020-21 campaign.
And lucky for us, some former Arizona Wildcats were in action.
Three ex-UA standouts, including a pair of the recently drafted rookies, were on the rosters of teams who played Friday. A fourth, Nico Mannion, is on a two-way contract with the Golden State Warriors and wasn’t active for their 138-99 loss at the Milwaukee Bucks.