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, however it appears just like the Celtics can be getting some well-deserved residence cooking this 12 months when their Atlantic Division rival is on the town.
Not like the run-it-back defending champs, Philly revamped their roster. After re-signing James Harden, Tyrese Maxey, Kyle Lowry, and Kelly Oubre, they introduced in Paul George, Eric Gordon, Andre Drummond, and Caleb Martin.
The Celtics may very well be getting some extra vital 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 Yr’s Eve. Bear in mind how juiced his return was for Sport 1 of the Finals? That may very well be some electrical yuletide vitality on the twenty fifth.
