What NBA games will be played this Sunday, December 25?

In their eighth straight victory, the Brooklyn Nets beat the Milwaukee Bucks 118-100 on Friday night and knocked them out of the top spot in the Eastern Conference. nba while Luka Doncic endorsed 50 points in the Mavericks’ victory against the Rockets.

Kevin Durant, with 24 points and 5 rebounds, and Kyrie Irving, with 18 and 9, led the Nets but this time with enormous support from the rest of the team, with up to six players reaching double figures in scoring.

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Bucks, who finished with 26 points and 13 rebounds, trailed the entire game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn (New York).

Milwaukee made one last spurt in the fourth quarter to pull within 102-92 with five minutes to play but a 3-pointer from Royce O’Neale and a basket plus an additional free throw from Irving ended their comeback hopes.

“We were able to put a lot of bodies around Giannis, we made him commit seven turnovers, and we got more points in transition, which is a very important part of his game,” said coach Jacque Vaughn.

NBA games and schedules for this Sunday, December 25

Check the schedules and crossings that will take place for a new day of the NBA.

• Knicks vs. 76ers – 12:00
• Mavericks vs. Lakers – 2:30 p.m.
• Celtics vs. Bucks – 17:00
• warriors vs. Grizzlies – 20:00
• nuggets vs. Sun 22:30

The Nets, who had a rocky start to the season in which they fired coach Steve Nash, now have eight straight wins, matching their best streak since moving to Brooklyn from New Jersey in 2012.

Brooklyn is in fourth place in the East, 1.5 wins behind the Bucks, who lost their lead to the Boston Celtics, who defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 121-109.

Jayson Tatum, the Boston star, reached 30 points and his partner Jaylen Brown 36, with 23 of them in a hectic fourth quarter.

In a night of great individual displays, the biggest score came from the Slovenian phenomenon Luka Doncic, who had 50 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists in the Dallas Mavericks’ 122-106 victory over the Houston Rockets.

The Slovenian is the ninth player to reach fifty points this season and joins retired Dirk Nowitzki as the only members of the Mavericks to record more than one game with at least 50 points.