Christmas week in the NBA is here! There are great nationally televised games on Christmas Day, and a lot of folks made note of them when they were announced before the season even started. So to provide some parity, here are some suggestions for non-Christmas League Pass games to keep an eye on.
Oklahoma City may have lost in the NBA Cup, but they are the 4th best offense, 2nd best defense, and 1st in overall net rating in the last 10 games. They currently have 2nd best title odds and are projected to win ~61 games this season. Also they're currently on a 7-game win streak (NBA Cup Finals did not count towards the regular season record).
The day after Christmas OKC will play the middling Pacers, who have not quite met expectations heading into the season. So why even suggest that you invest time in watching this game? Well, the Pacers have won 4 of their last 5 games and Haliburton has begun to look like himself in that stretch. In that 5-game run Hali is averaging 19 points and 10 assists on 44% from 3 on 9 attempts per. Both teams will be coming off a day of rest and it will be fun to see how OKC's defense can potentially neutralize a team that (although limited sample size) so far) like the team that made the Eastern Conference Finals last season.
It's a shame that Grizzlies @ Thunder is a League Pass game on a Sunday, Where the Thunder are number one in net rating in their last 10 games, the Grizzlies are number two. Although it's looking like Ja Morant will be out for this game, the Grizzlies are 7-4 this season without him. Another note: Memphis is 2nd in the Western conference standings, and only 3 games behind the Thunder for 1st.