10 Most important games on Dallas Mavericks' 2024-25 schedule

1. Christmas Day showdown against the Minnesota Timberwolves

Christmas Day and basketball certainly go well together, and the NBA is coming back to Big D on Christmas. The Mavs will be playing on Christmas for the fifth consecutive season, and they will host the team they defeated in the 2024 Western Conference Finals, the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Christmas will be the second time the Mavs and Timberwolves will face each other in the 2024-25 season, and with the second meeting being on Christmas, it provides a great opportunity to tune in and see another potential playoff matchup.

This game will be the most important because with a lot of eyes watching on a day like Christmas, it provides a great opportunity for the Mavs to show that they are the team in the West to beat as 2024 will be coming to an end.

It also can be a game where the Mavs could be just ahead or below the Timberwolves in the standings, and they will need this game to get an edge on them in the standings.

A holiday like Christmas will also provide Luka Doncic to outperform Anthony Edwards in the MVP race because experts will talk about an elite performance on Christmas. Doncic had a 50-point, 15-assist game on Christmas last season against the Suns. The Mavs are 4-3 all-time on Christmas and will be eager to make it 5-3.

With the Mavericks 2024-25 schedule fully released, important games are on the schedule, and Christmas will mark the Mavericks' most important game against the Timberwolves.