NBA 2020/21: Christmas Day Preview

We're just a few days into the season and have already been gifted what is always one of the best days to be an NBA fan, Christmas Day basketball.

We have a big five-game slate on our hands, kicking off with the Heat hosting the Pelicans and ending with the Clippers squaring off against the Nuggets.

We've run our predictive analytics model over every game, running 10,000 simulations on each one. Click on the predicted score for more in-depth probabilities around the spread, moneyline, over/under and player props!

Let's get into all five games and the predicted scores for each one👇

🎄 Pelicans @ Heat

The early game this year sees two teams with star young players going toe-to-toe with Zion Williamson and Tyler Herro headlining the show.

The Heat are obviously coming off the shortest off-season of all time and are now also coming off a loss to the Magic, whereas the fresh-legged Pelicans have started the season 1-0.‍

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🎄 Warriors @ Bucks

A game that would've been more exciting if Klay was on the court, the Bucks will likely see this as an extremely likely win.

Milwaukee has been the best regular season team for the past two seasons and won't have any plans of changing that in 2020/21 despite going down to the Celtics in their opening game.‍

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🎄 Nets @ Celtics

Kyrie returns to TD Garden as his Nets take on the Celts in a battle between two of the strongest teams in the East.

Both teams got off to winning starts this week, with KD dominating against the Warriors and Jayson Tatum coming up clutch for the Celts.

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🎄 Mavericks @ Lakers

One of the most exciting matchups of last season with LeBron and Luka going head-to-head on multiple occasions, we should be in for an absolute treat here.

As long as LeBron is in the league, he will always eye off games against young stars like Luka and in the primetime slot of Christmas Day, this will be no exception.

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🎄 Clippers @ Nuggets

The final matchup of the night sees two of the top West teams from last season coming together, with the Nuggets hosting the Clippers in what should be a fiery clash.

The Nuggets of course came back from 3-1 down against the Clips in the Western Semis last season and will be eyeing this off as a chance to cement themselves as serious contenders again.‍

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