NBA announces Tip-Off, Christmas Day schedules
Dan and the Danettes react to the first release of the NBA schedule that features a star-studded Tip-Off tripleheader on NBC and Peacock, as well as a loaded Christmas Day slate.
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The NBA opening night, it'll be the 76ers at the Knicks.
Then you'll have, OKC and San Antonio.
But it all starts at 3:00 in the afternoon.
It'll be the Celtics at the Pistons.
So 3:00 PM on NBC and Peacock, and then you'll have 7:00 the Sixers and the Knicks as, they unfurl the banner there and LeBron is coming to town.
Although he might be in town if he lives in New York City and taking a helicopter to Philadelphia on game days and practice.
Then it's OKC at San Antonio.
That will be at 10:00 Eastern on NBC and Peacock.
They also have Christmas Day, there's five games.
Five games on Christmas Day, and we were wondering what was gonna be the marquee matchup on Christmas Day, and I think it sounded something like this, Marvin.
Yes, Marv?
And how excited must Adam Silver be?
LeBron's back on the East Coast.
And you know, opening night, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Madison Square Garden.
The New York Knicks host the Philadelphia 76ers.
Boo.
So Christmas, is it the Sixers at the Celtics?
Sixers-Lakers.
There you go.
And that's what it is, Sixers-Lakers.
I Now is LeBron going back home?
'Cause I can't keep track of where home is now.
But it's, he's going back to one of his homes as, the 76ers play the Lakers.
But five games on Christmas Day.
How many NFL games are on Christmas Day?
Are we gonna have three of those, five NBA games?
Used to be that was the NBA's territory.
Like, they always had Christmas Day.
Now the NFL goes, "Excuse me.
Pardon me.
Excuse me.
Pardon me," and now they are dominating Christmas Day as well.
The other games on Christmas Day, you'll have Knicks-Celtics, I believe.
Oh, no.
Knicks-Spurs rematch.
You have the Celtics and the Heat.
Then you have the Lakers and the Sixers, Timberwolves and OKC, and then Golden State against the Denver Nuggets.
Yes, Marvin?
DP, I got your Christmas schedule right here.
You wake up, open your presents, see what Santa got for the kids.
Spurs-Knicks, 12:00.
Packers-Bears, 1:00.
Heat-Celtics, 2:30.
Okay.
Bills-Broncos, 4:30.
Ooh.
Sixers-Lakers at 5:00.
Thunder-Wolves at 8:00.
Rams-Seahawks at 8:15, and Nuggets at Warriors at 10:30.
I think this is where you ask for another TV for Christmas.
Like, "What do you want for Christmas?"
"You know what, hon?
How about another TV?
And can we get it installed before noon, please?"
Yes, Paulie.
You don't have to talk to family for, like, 14 hours.
Yes.
We made, we made it.
Yes.
"Honey, I gotta watch, I gotta watch these games."
"All of them?"
"I work in sports."
"Okay.
We got relatives over."
"Yeah.
So what?
They'll still be relatives tomorrow."
Yes, Marvin.
Well, isn't Christmas about the morning anyway?
Yeah.
So you better not pout.
All right?
You better not cry.
Did your mom used to sing that to you, Marvin?
No.
She you better be grateful.
I don't know that song.
Better be grateful.
Grateful.
Better than none.
yes, Dylan.
I have the, the ticket prices for the Knicks opener against the Sixers.
How close do they rival Knicks-Spurs game five?
Those were, what?
Like seven grand or something?
Yeah, right around there.
So actually- I'm gonna go 3,500.
That's a pretty good guess.
So right now I'm looking.
There's one ticket that's 1,700 in the 400 sections.
After that, it's 3,500- okay is the cheapest ticket.
All right.
That would be, you know, if you have it and you wanna go see it, that'd be a big, that's a big night.
That'll be big night.
You know, a lot of guys in their 20s taking their shirts off, running around.
It's gonna be great.
Yes, Dylan.
Would you rather have tickets to that game, like the banner raising- Yeah LeBron's in town, the whole nine, or just a whatever, game three of the finals?
Well, knowing what we know now- No, just, you know, take that out of the equation.
Just like it's game three.
There's no way You know, it's not gonna be a series win of any sort.
I'd rather have opening night with a banner.
Like, you're celebrating something you did.
You're, you're hoping to celebrate something if it's game three of the NBA finals.
But the banner?
Nah, you wanna be there for that.
That, that's a, that's a big night, great night, fun night.
Yes, Paulie.
One nice thing about being a Washington Wizard or a Brooklyn Net or a Sacramento King, you know you're off on Christmas Day.
You don't even have to check the scoreboard.
You, you know you're off.
Because you're not even the opposition.
Right.
You know, 'cause sometimes you'll have the homecoming game- and you're Purdue, and you're the homecoming opponent.
You know, Sacramento, that's They, they don't do that.
We want a, a competitive matchup.
But if you're like, "Man, how about we give, the 76ers an easy win and they are gonna face Sacramento."
No offense.
No offense probably taken.
Offense.
Yes, yes, Marvin.
Do you think the Kings have ever had a Christmas Day game?
Maybe the Webber years?
Back then, yeah, they should.
That was must-see TV.
What about the Wizards?
Ever?
No.
I don't know.
I don't think so.
My Wizards this year, though, they're gonna surprise people.
