The Cavs will spend Christmas in New York. For the first time since the 2017-18 season, the last year of the LeBron James era, Cleveland is reportedly part of the NBA’s marquee five-game Christmas Day lineup — a slate reserved for the league’s premier teams and brightest stars.

Two of the biggest days of the year in the NBA regular season are opening night and Christmas Day, and Friday we learned the matchups we will see on both nights, courtesy of ESPN's Shams Charania.  The NBA will send the new-look Rockets,

Opening night will see Kevin Durant head back to Oklahoma City with his new team, and watch his former team raise their NBA championship banner. The other game will see Stephen Curry and LeBron James play against one another in another star-studded Western Conference class.