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The NBA often schedules showdowns between greatest players on Christmas Day, such as Kobe Bryant and LeBron James (both pictured) in 2009 and 2010.. The first NBA game played on December 25 came in 1947, a year after the NBA's inception, when the New York Knicks beat the Providence Steamrollers at Madison Square Garden 89–75. [1]
For the Christmas Day games of 2013, the NBA and its apparel partner Adidas introduced a newly designed sleeved jersey with large team and NBA logos on the front. [7] Marketers for the new uniforms realized that fans were unwilling to wear sleeveless jerseys in their day-to-day life and hoped the new sleeved jerseys would be more popular for ...
The Lakers wore special Christmas-themed uniforms as part of the NBA's Christmas games from 2012 to 2016. They wore the following one-off Christmas uniforms: 2012: Monochrome white uniforms with lettering in white with purple trim. 2013: Sleeved white uniforms with primary logo in chrome with purple accents.
The NBA slate opened with the New York Knicks' 117-114 win over the San Antonio Spurs, drawing in 4.9M viewers to become the most watched opening Christmas Day game in 13 years.
LeBron James made his Christmas debut in 2003. Victor Wembanyama was born 10 days later. That's right: James has been featured on the NBA's big day for longer than Wembanyama has been alive.
The use of specially-designed Christmas uniforms in NBA games in 2012 [66] [67] led to several "colour vs. colour" match-ups. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] In NCAA Division I college basketball , the home team almost universally wears white uniforms, while the visiting team wears dark colors.
The NBA on Friday debuted a very festive holiday video, "One Wish" featuring NBA superstars and special edition Christmas Day jerseys. The clip features New Orleans' Anthony Davis, Houston's James ...
The Los Angeles Lakers debuted their white and gold alternate home jerseys in a loss against the Sacramento Kings on Christmas Day, December 25, 2002, at Staples Center. The jerseys were designed as a tribute to long-time announcer Chick Hearn , who died on August 5 from a head injury caused by a fall.