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LeBron James has strong feelings about the NFL trying to take over Christmas from the NBA. For the past few years, the NFL has aired games on Christmas, which has historically been reserved for the NBA.
This year, the NFL aired two games on Netflix that reportedly cost the streaming company $150 million.
While the NFL has been crushing the NBA in ratings, LeBron and the Lakers are still a huge draw for the NBA.
On Christmas Day, the Lakers and the Warriors went down to the wire in an epic game.
STEPH CURRY HITS A THREE TO TIE IT AND THEN AUSTIN REAVES HITS A GAME WINNER 😱😱😱 pic.twitter.com/eUe4LT8eqw
— ESPN (@espn) December 26, 2024
After the Lakers-Warriors game, LeBron fired a shot at the NFL.
“I love the NFL, but Christmas is our day.”
LeBron James: “I love the NFL, but Christmas is our day.” pic.twitter.com/aYGNODI5ud
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 26, 2024
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After the game, LeBron spoke about why NBA’s Christmas Day game was special.
LeBron James when asked what is still great about the NBA today: “LeBron and Steph”
Austin Reaves, off camera: “Great f—ing answer” pic.twitter.com/tUJLglDpbf
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) December 26, 2024
Fans reacted to LeBron declaring war with the NFL.
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Goodell is going to make LeBron regret saying this really quickly <a href=”https://t.co/bmqFJrQu47″>https://t.co/bmqFJrQu47</a></p>— Frank (@ffootballbum) <a href=”https://twitter.com/ffootballbum/status/1872130274970230921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>December 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>