For the N.B.A., Christmas Showcases Its Best (and Some of Its Worst)

The expectations are always high for the N.B.A.’s Christmas Day games, and the schedule-makers have an unenviable task in deciding which ones will be relevant with more than half the regular season left.

This year’s collection of games is hit-and-miss. Two of the five could be Eastern and Western Conference finals previews, while two others seem likely to be blowouts.

Either way, it will be more than 12 hours of action, and by the end there will be a few teams holding serious bragging rights.

Point to the Lakers’ soft schedule all you want, but the fact remains that LeBron James and Anthony Davis form one of the most potent combinations in N.B.A. history. James has stayed true to his word, letting Davis be the top option on offense, and that has led to a somewhat absurd statistic for James: In his 17th season, he is leading the league in assists per game for the first time.

Source: The New York Times

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