ESPN.com · Dec 26, 2025
NBA Christmas games: What should give 10 teams title hope, concerns
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As befits one of the crown jewels of the NBA's calendar, this year's Christmas slate featured almost all of the best teams in the league. With apologies to the East-leading Detroit Pistons, it's likely that most of the teams that will play deep into next spring also played in front of a national audience on Christmas.
So after a thrilling set of holiday games, let's take a survey of these 10 teams and analyze the reasons to be hopeful or concerned about their championship ambitions, with one representative statistic for each. They are ordered here by their probability of reaching the Finals, according to ESPN's Basketball Power Index.