According to media reports, the NBA will publish its game plan in the course of the coming week. Nevertheless, the first details are already leaking out. Like two years ago, the Dallas Mavericks will play against the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day.
This is reported by Marc Stein (Substack), who also wants to know that the Golden State Warriors will face the Memphis Grizzlies at Christmas. This gives Grizzlies star Ja Morant in particular his wish, who has repeatedly called for a rematch of this year’s conference semifinals via Twitter.
“We got what we wanted,” Morant wrote on Twitter, and Draymond Green agreed, “It’s the power of your voice,” the forward replied.
The other three games at Christmas, however, are not yet known. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic the opening game is also fixed. On October 18, the Warriors will receive their championship rings, opponents will once again be LeBron James with his Los Angeles Lakers.
This pairing was already scheduled in the previous year, but at that time the Lakers had home advantage. It didn’t help, Golden State prevailed 121-114.
