Austin Reaves scored the winning layup with one second left after Stephen Curry tied it on a 31-foot 3-pointer with seven seconds remaining, LeBron James had 31 points and 10 assists playing in his NBA-record 19th Christmas Day game,

Lakers forward LeBron James on Stephen Curry’s late-game shotmaking: “You just tip your hat, because he’s a great player and you just have to tip your hat”

As is tradition, the NBA played five high-profile games on Christmas. When the ratings come out the following day, the NFL will almost certainly have drawn in more viewers. You can bet the NBA's stakeholders are very aware of that fact,