Joel Embiid jumped off the floor, ran toward a referee and shouted incessantly while standing over her en route to an ejection in the first half of a Philadelphia 76ers win over the San Antonio Spurs.

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid thought his team's 118-114 victory over the Boston Celtics was a demonstration of its strength when it's close to

As a dangerous January schedule looms, Boston hasn't been playing up to its standard recently, falling 4 games out of first in the East.

Five NBA games were sprinkled throughout Christmas Day, starting with Spurs-Knicks and ending with Nuggets-Suns. Check out all the highlights here.

The NBA is celebrating the holiday with more than 12 nonstop hours of hoops on Wednesday. The schedule features five games and some of the league's brightest stars. It started with a thrilling Knicks win over Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs at Madison Square Garden and will wrap up with MVP frontrunner Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets facing Kevin Durant and the Suns.