The NBA has long dominated Christmas, just as Thanksgiving has become synonymous with football, but viewers got the best of both worlds on Wednesday.

The NBA received damning evidence of just how far behind the NFL the sport has fallen based on the TV ratings on Christmas Day, as football crushes basketball whilst fans turn on t

For decades, Christmas has been one of the biggest days of the year for the NBA, and the rest of the American sports landscape has taken a step back on the country's biggest holiday.