SAN ANTONIO – If a Thursday report from a reliable NBA reporter is to be believed, the Spurs will play during the NBA’s premier regular-season showcase.
Shams Charania, a reporter with The Athletic, revealed the NBA’s five Christmas Day games for the 2024-25 season will include the San Antonio Spurs.
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According to Charania, the Spurs will head to Madison Square Garden to face the New York Knicks.
NBA Christmas Day games for the 2024-25 season, per sources:
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 9, 2024
🎄Spurs at Knicks
🎄Timberwolves at Mavericks
🎄76ers at Celtics
🎄Lakers at Warriors
🎄Nuggets at Suns
It’s no secret that Victor Wembanyama would be considered the Spurs’ main attraction in this matchup. For anyone who didn’t see any Spurs games this past season, fans will likely get their most formal introduction to Wembanyama when his French team faces battle-tested Team USA in Saturday afternoon’s gold medal game at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Considering who’s coming back, their offseason additions and their chances to challenge the defending champion Boston Celtics, the Knicks in 2024-25 will be the most anticipated season of New York basketball in 30 years.
If confirmed, the Spurs’ Christmas Day game would be their first since the 2013-14 NBA season. San Antonio played on Christmas Day each year from 2013-2016 but has not suited up on the holiday since Dec. 25, 2016.
The matchup will also have some sentimental value for Spurs fans. Twenty-five years ago, San Antonio locked up its first NBA title by defeating the Knicks in five games at Madison Square Garden.
The official 2024-25 NBA regular-season schedule has yet to be released, but as a part of The Walt Disney Company’s current NBA contract, all Christmas Day games typically air on either KSAT 12 or ESPN.