With holiday frost nipping at the air currently, NBC is briefly pausing NBA action in favor of some holiday specials. On Tuesday, December 9, you'll be able to catch Frosty the Snowman at 8 p.m. ET, followed by Shrek the Halls at 8:30 p.m., and A Motown Christmas at 9 p.m. hosted by Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey.

Eliminated in group play after winning the NBA's in-season tournament last season, the Bucks are getting a much-needed four-day break while adjusting to playing without Giannis Antetokounmpo for an extended time due to his calf injury. Because the Bucks aren't in the quarterfinals, two regular-season games were added to their schedule.

SportsLine's model simulated New York Knicks vs. Toronto Raptors 10,000 times and revealed its 2025 NBA Cup quarterfinal picks for Tuesday

With the NBA Cup quarter-finals and semi-finals on the schedule, there aren’t a ton of games on this week’s slate. Still, there are three games on tonight’s NBA slate that we can dive into. With that,

Parish played 21 NBA seasons, and James began the season 48 games behind Parish’s NBA record for regular-season games played, which is 1,611. James is the first-ever NBA player to play 23 seasons, and he passed Vince Carter, who played 22 seasons in the league.