Starring: The biggest game of the regular season.
- Miami Heat battle L.A. Lakers on Christmas, more NBA news, notes - Ian Thomsen - SI.com
- How similar are Bosh and Gasol? - Heat Index Blog - ESPN
- Forum Blue And Gold " My Love/Hate Relationship With Christmas Day Games
- After Last Year's Christmas Letdown, Lakers More Prepared Against Heat -- NBA FanHouse
- With Miami Heat up next, Los Angeles Lakers take indifferent path - ESPN Los Angeles
- Miami Heat is sports world's newest super-villain, and LeBron James is public enemy No. 1 - latimes.com
- LeBron James' view of Kobe Bryant - ESPN
Much more after the jump...
Lakers.com / NBA.com:
LA Times:
- Lakers' measured attitude toward Miami Heat game similar to rhetoric about 2010 NBA Finals matchup with Boston | Lakers Blog | Los Angeles Times
- Miami Heat is sports world's newest super-villain, and LeBron James is public enemy No. 1 - latimes.com
- Christmas Day matchup between Lakers and Heat has loads of star power - latimes.com
ESPN:
- Kobe Bryant and LeBron James share an interesting dynamic - ESPN Los Angeles
- With Miami Heat up next, Los Angeles Lakers take indifferent path - ESPN Los Angeles
- Hard work before the holiday: Practice report, video - Los Angeles Lakers Blog - ESPN Los Angeles
- The Triangle: Lakers-Heat - Los Angeles Lakers Blog - ESPN Los Angeles
- LeBron James' view of Kobe Bryant - ESPN
- Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers have what it takes to be among best Big Threes in modern NBA history - ESPN
- LeBron-Kobe: The evolving matchup - ESPN
- Is the era of 'Kobe or LeBron' over? - Heat Index Blog - ESPN
- The gift of rejection pays off for Heat - Heat Index Blog - ESPN
- How similar are Bosh and Gasol? - Heat Index Blog - ESPN
OC Register:
- NBA not first or worst to commercialize Christmas | christmas, nba, day - Home - The Orange County Register
- Lakers vs. Heat: Personalities dominate the match-up - Lakers blog : The Orange County Register
- Lakers vs. Miami: Everyone gets to work Thursday - Lakers blog : The Orange County Register
- Lakers vs. Miami: LeBron supports contraction - Lakers blog : The Orange County Register
Other Links:
- Lowry: NBA holiday gluttony - NBA News | FOX Sports on MSN
- Lakers could give Heat the reality check they desperately need
- The Miami Heat's perimeter offense, featuring LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, will be tested by Los Angeles Lakers forwards Ron Artest and Matt Barnes in Saturday's game at Staples Center. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
- Miami Heat battle L.A. Lakers on Christmas, more NBA news, notes - Ian Thomsen - SI.com
- LAKERS NOTEBOOK: Team gets chance for full workout - LA Daily News
- After Last Year's Christmas Letdown, Lakers More Prepared Against Heat -- NBA FanHouse
- Heat Downplaying Importance of Christmas Showdown With Lakers -- NBA FanHouse
- Forum Blue And Gold " My Love/Hate Relationship With Christmas Day Games
Video / Audio / Photos:
- LAKERS VIDEO: Christmas Day Preview
- LAKERS VIDEO: Lakers Practice Report: Phil Jackson
- LAKERS VIDEO: Lakers Practice Report: Pau Gasol
- LAKERS VIDEO: Lakers Practice Report: Pau Gasol
- LAKERS VIDEO: Lakers Practice Report: Lamar Odom
- LAKERS VIDEO: Lakers Practice Report: Derek Fisher
- Top 5 of Inside the NBA No. 2 | NBA.com - The guys preview the Heat and Lakers' game on ESPN Chirstmas day.
- Heat vs. Lakers Preview | NBA.com
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