Usually December 25 in the United States is the day when the National Basketball Association (NBA) Program a series of matches for their traditional Christmas Day; But in this 2020 marked by the Coronavirus pandemic, there will be a new actor involved in the fight for the rating: the National Football League (NFL).
While the best basketball in the world will take the stage with five games from noon (Eastern time), with the presence of figures such as LeBron James and Giannis Antetokoumpo, among others; the most popular sport in the American Union will fight with one of its symbols in recent years, the quarterback Drew Brees.
It’s that starting at 4:30 PM ET, the New Orleans Saints, who already have their place in the playoffs, will play the traditional game of the Thursday, which this time was not given for Christmas, they will receive Minnesota Vikings, in a duel that many teams in the National Conference will watch closely.
Christmas between the NFL and the NBA
At the same time that the Saints and Vikings meet at the Superdome in Louisiana, 1,519 kilometers northeast of the country, at the TD Garden, in the State of Massachusetts, the faces will meet. Boston Celtics, one of the most winning franchises in history, with the Brooklyn Nets with its stellar duo of Kyrie Irving y Kevin Durant.
This will be a very special situation for sports in the United States, because while The NBA schedules games on Christmas since the 1960s, the NFL always tried to avoid playing on this day, in its beginnings and until 2016, when games began to be scheduled to seek harmony and generate competition.
Beyond the stories or traditions, sports fans will be the most grateful for having, on a day as special as Christmas, the possibility of seeing these disciplines live.
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