NBA Christmas Day: Best matchups and predictions

NBA's Christmas Day lineup is full of fun storylines. The Crossover staff weighs in on the best matchups to watch and offers festive predictions.

There are a lot of star power on the NBA Christmas Day. Warriors play Grizzlies. Celtics play Bucks. Devin Booker is a doubt for Suns vs. Nuggets.

The Bucks and Celtics played a physical game last year. Khris Middleton and Robert Williams III are back in the lineup for the Bucks.

Robin Lundberg picks LeBron vs. Luka Dončić as the best game on Christmas Day.

Chris Mannix likes the Celtics-Bucks matchup more than before Boston started losing games to Orlando and Indiana.

Bucks vs. Celtics should be interesting. The Bucks have been more intentional about taking away the three-point line this season.

The Bucks and Celtics will meet in the Eastern Conference finals. Herring, Mannix, Nadkarni, Beck and Lundberg are more confident in Boston and Milwaukee than in Cleveland. Brooklyn is starting to put everything together and Cleveland looks legit. The Nets and Sixers have elite talent but it's hard to trust their chemistry. They have four great starters but not enough depth or experience. Brooklyn and Cavs are starting the season together. It's possible that the predictions are wrong. There will be no gimmes this spring.

The best team in the West is playing on Christmas Day. The Grizzlies are tied for first place despite not having their best players playing together yet. Los Angeles Lakers have no chance to win the title. The West has too many teams to pick a favorite. It's a big, jumbled, chaotic mess. There are also the Clippers, Pelicans, Suns and Nuggets. They are all in contention for the championship. For Lundberg, the Grizzlies earned respect last year and the Warriors get the benefit of the doubt.

Suns vs. Pelicans is not on the Christmas schedule. Herring would have liked to see the Pelicans and Nets. Lundberg would like to watch Knicks-Nets. Beck would prefer Steph Curry vs the guy from the car commercial. The line from that commercial slays him every time.

Kevin Durant said that the NBA should schedule Knicks-Nets. The Knicks are on a run and the Nets are struggling.

Lukas Dončić will score 60 points on Christmas Day against a Lakers team missing Anthony Davis. John McClane will defeat Hans Gruber and rescue hostages at Nakatomi Plaza. Mannix predicts the NBA will be rooting for some ugly NFL games. For the first time the NFL will have to compete with an NFL tripleheader on the Christmas day.