The NBA released Opening Night and Christmas Day schedules, but what games are the most highly anticipated? Following arguably the craziest offseason in NBA history, the 2026-27 NBA season is highly anticipated. ETJust like they did for Opening Night matchups, the Knicks rank as having the most anticipated Christmas Day game. Unfortunately, these seem to be two teams on a downward trajectory, and, therefore, their Christmas Day matchup comes in last place in these rankings. Opening Night and Christmas Day games have the potential to be better than ever before in 2026, so true diehards won't want to miss any of the action.