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NBA Christmas Day Best Bets: 5 NBA games tomorrow!

We have an action-packed five-game slate in the <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba">NBA</a> on Christmas Day, so here are the best bets against the spread for all five games.
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<h2>12:00 p.m. ET: San Antonio Spurs @ New York Knicks</h2>
The <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/depth-chart/san-antonio-spurs-depth-chart">San Antonio Spurs</a> and <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/depth-chart/new-york-knicks-depth-chart">New York Knicks</a> are set to kick off Christmas Day hoops in Madison Square Garden. The Knicks are comfortable 9.5-point favorites, but I struggle to see why the spread is this large. While the Spurs are 15-14, they&#8217;ve been battling in a tough Western Conference and won&#8217;t be intimidated by what the Knicks represent. I respect the Knicks a ton, especially considering they&#8217;ve won nine of their last 11 games, but I can&#8217;t see them running these Spurs out of the gym. The Spurs boast a lot of talent, and we know <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/players/victor-wembanyama/3090">Victor Wembanyama</a> will look to impress in his first Christmas Day game and his first real introduction to the national stage. This will be a fun one, and I believe it&#8217;s far more likely that this game will be close in the fourth quarter than the Knicks running away with a win. 
Pick: Spurs +9.5
<h2>2:30 p.m. ET: Minnesota Timberwolves @ Dallas Mavericks</h2>
The Western Conference is strong, with multiple top contenders, but none has flown under the radar more than the <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/depth-chart/dallas-mavericks-depth-chart">Dallas Mavericks</a>. After a tough start to the year where they started 5-7, they have gone 14-3 since. Now, they welcome in a <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/depth-chart/minnesota-timberwolves-depth-chart">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> team that, while talented, has struggled visibly with on-court chemistry. The Mavericks have played far better than the Wolves lately, and I have no reason to believe Minnesota can flip a switch and play great basketball. The Mavs are worth laying the points.
Pick: Mavericks -5
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<h2>5:00 p.m. ET: Philadelphia 76ers @ Boston Celtics</h2>
I&#8217;ll preface this by saying that the <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/depth-chart/boston-celtics-depth-chart">Boston Celtics</a> are excellent, but ten points is a lot to be laying against an NBA team. While the <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/depth-chart/philadelphia-76ers-depth-chart">Philadelphia 76ers</a> haven&#8217;t started nearly to what they hoped, they have regained momentum lately, winning seven of their last ten games. We have limited instances where <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/players/joel-embiid/2884">Joel Embiid</a>, <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/players/paul-george/3131">Paul George</a>, and <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/players/tyrese-maxey/2876">Tyrese Maxey</a> have all been on the floor together for an entire game, but they&#8217;ve looked imposing when they have been. They still have much to work out on the injury front and regarding on-court chemistry, but there is enough talent there to deserve more respect than being ten-point underdogs. That&#8217;s likely a product of how elite the Celtics are, but I expect to see a motivated and determined 76ers eager to show that they still belong on the same court as Boston. They likely won&#8217;t win, but I believe there is enough talent and pride in that 76ers&#8217; locker room to keep this one close.
Pick: 76ers +10
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<h2>8:00 p.m. ET: Los Angeles Lakers @ Golden State Warriors </h2>
We have another rendition of <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/players/lebron-james/2994">LeBron James </a>vs. <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/players/stephen-curry/2861">Stephen Curry</a> on Christmas Day. Both teams have been dealing with their fair share of ups and downs all season and both currently sit above the .500 mark. Still, putting the struggles of the <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/depth-chart/los-angeles-lakers-depth-chart">Los Angeles Lakers</a> aside, the Warriors haven&#8217;t played close to what we saw out of them earlier this year. It hasn&#8217;t been talked about much, but the <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/depth-chart/golden-state-warriors-depth-chart">Golden State Warriors</a> have lost 11 of their last 14 games, and it&#8217;s looked ugly. The Lakers aren&#8217;t immune to criticism either, but I have far more trust in them now than the Warriors. At the minimum, the Warriors don&#8217;t deserve to be laying five points to any playoff-caliber team right now.
Pick: Lakers +5
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<h2>10:30 p.m. ET: Denver Nuggets @ Phoenix Suns </h2>
When the <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/depth-chart/phoenix-suns-depth-chart">Phoenix Suns</a> have had all three of <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/players/devin-booker/3208">Devin Booker</a>, <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/players/kevin-durant/3209">Kevin Durant</a>, and <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/players/bradley-beal/3219">Bradley Beal</a> together on the court this season, they have been one of the most elite teams in basketball. KD has been the one on the bench this year due to injuries, but now it&#8217;s Booker, and the Suns have dropped the last two games without him. I haven&#8217;t been blown away by the <a href="https://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/depth-chart/denver-nuggets-depth-chart">Denver Nuggets</a> this year, but I saw them beat the Suns by 27 on Monday night, and I don&#8217;t think a change of home-court advantage is enough to have confidence in them. It may be closer, but I can&#8217;t put any money behind them without their whole team on the court.
Pick: Nuggets -2.5
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