Christmas Day has become a special day for more than just the Holidays for NBA Fans. The Christmas slate of NBA games is must-watch television, often with a marquee matchup. This moment also often serves as a demarcating point in the lengthy season, an easy date to point to for before-and-after records and successes and failures.
This year, to little surprise, the main event was a rematch between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers, perhaps in preparation for third NBA Finals meeting between the two teams.
Last year, that Cavaliers and the Warriors’ Christmas game was watched by 11.