For the second straight season the Miami Heat have been snubbed on the NBA Christmas Day game schedule, assuming reports from national NBA reporters are accurate.
The 2022 edition of one of the NBA’s busiest days in the regular season calendar will include the following matchups, as per The Athletic’s Shams Charania:
Philadelphia 76ers - New York Knicks (why?)
Out of the top four teams in the Eastern Conference standings last season only one team will not play on Christmas Day: Miami, who was the number-one seed and made it all the way to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals.