Follow along with live updates around NBA action on Monday Dec. 29 with key games, moments and highlights from 11-game schedule.

There are five games set for Christmas featuring some of the NBA biggest stars and best teams, including a potential Western Conference Finals matchup between the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs.

The NBA's Christmas Day games have been a part of the league's schedule for years, and this year, there will be five back-to-back games broadcast on ABC and ESPN on Thursday. The schedule for the day is as follows: Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks, 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT (ABC, ESPN)

The NBA fined Phoenix Suns guard Jalen Green $25,000 on Tuesday for using profanity when he interrupted a live television interview with words of support for teammate Collin Gillespie.

In what has been a season of close games for the Blazers, they emerge victorious Sunday by a final margin of 114-108. Shaedon Sharpe (26 points, 10-20 FG) and Donovan Clingan (18 points, 8-10 FG, 18 rebounds) delivered clutch offense in what was otherwise a defensive battle down the stretch.

LeBron James and Kevin Durant are squaring off on Christmas once again as the Lakers face the Rockets. And Nikola Jokić and the Nuggets are going up against Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves to close things out on Thursday night.