Christmas Day

Joel Embiid didn’t play in the Philadelphia 76ers’ Monday night loss to the Chicago Bulls. Nor did he play in their Tuesday night loss to the Sacramento Kings. He probably isn’t going to play when they face the Toronto Raptors on Thursday. He also may be out when they square off with Toronto again on [...]

Bah humbug! Stephen Curry hasn’t played for the Golden State Warriors since Dec. 4 while dealing with a sprained ankle, and though his recovery is moving along as expected, he has officially been ruled out of the team’s Christmas Day date with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Golden State announced the news on Monday night, and ESPN.com [...]

Shane Battier is upset, and I don’t blame him. The NBA released the 2013-14 schedule on Tuesday and, lo and behold, the Miami Heat are on the road for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. Naturally, Battier isn’t thrilled about the idea (h/t to USA Today). The schedule I got said that we are on the road [...]

December 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Normally when someone tells you that you married a goat it’s taken as an insult. But in the case of Yvette Prieto she is about to take it as a compliment as she truly is marrying a GOAT. In this case its basketball’s ‘Greatest of All-time’. Here are [...]

December 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors And this is why the refs are calling the games and not playing in them…. (During Thunder-Magic Game on Christmas Day 2011) [...]

December 28, 2010 – Allen Moll If it wasn’t bad enough that good ole Ron Artest’s Lakers got routed 96-80 on Christmas, or that he tallied only 8 points and 5 rebounds against the Miami frontcourt, it appears that he may have a hidden feud with 11 year veteran Jamaal Magloire. After dribbling the ball [...]

December 23, 2010 – The Hoop Doctors One of the things we here at The Hoop Doctors love best about the Holidays is the marquee matchups filled with drama and backstories that the NBA stages for Christmas Day. Although the NBA sets the schedule for the Christmas games before the season starts, you can always [...]

December 23, 2010 – R.S. De France With their recent struggles against mediocre opponents, the LA Lakers have shown the Miami Heat a blueprint of how to beat the Lakers on Christmas Day. The Lakers started their quest to a three-peat in strong fashion.  Even then, we were warned about their easy schedule that included [...]