NBA Christmas slate highlighted by Western Conference powerhouses and Nets / Lakers

Happy Holidays! Put some baileys in your coffee and let’s unwrap some NBA Christmas Day picks.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: a day to decide whether you’d rather listen to your uncle give an extremely unqualified medical opinion OR gorge yourself on holiday treats and NBA basketball.

As usual, the NBA slate of Christmas Games are the absolute definition of marquee – plus a Knicks game.

Smack dab in the middle of the day is a possible Western Conference Finals preview between the Suns and the Warriors, followed by the Eastern Conference leading Nets against LeBron and the Lakers.

Even though Omicron unfortunately got the invite too, we’re going to stick out our neck and make some picks. Take Steph and the Warriors to cover +4.5, and the Nets, no matter who is in the lineup frankly, to cover +1.0 against the Lakers, who look completely broken. Good luck out there, and Merry Christmas!

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