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ESPN announces NBA games on Christmas Day

Steph Curry and Draymond Green (right) of the Golden State Warriors celebrate with Kevin Durant during Wednesday night’s win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. GREGORY SHAMUS/GETTY IMAGES
Steph Curry and Draymond Green (right) of the Golden State Warriors celebrate with Kevin Durant during Wednesday night’s win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. GREGORY SHAMUS/GETTY IMAGES
By Maghen Moore
Aug 8, 2018

ESPN announced the NBA Christmas Day games on  Wednesday.

The first game of the day –– the Milwaukee Bucks against the New York Knicks –– begins at noon followed by Thunder-Rockets, 76ers-Celtics, Lakers-Warriors, and Blazers-Jazz.

Below are the game times and networks for NBA on Christmas Day.

Bucks-Knicks, ESPN 12:00 p.m.

Thunder-Rockets, ABC 3:00 p.m.

76ers-Celtics, ABC 5:30 p.m.

Lakers-Warriors, ABC/ESPN 8:00 p.m.

Blazers-Jazz, ESPN 10:30 p.m.

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