Starring Kobe Bryant, quiet on the eve before one of the heavily anticipated regular season games to ever happen. Meanwhile, LeBron can't stop his pie-hole from saying the wrong thing.
- LAKERS: Lakers Gameday | 12/25/10 | Heat
- Kobe Bryant still silent on eve of Los Angeles Lakers-Miami Heat matchup - ESPN Los Angeles
- Lakers-Heat Preview: The Hour of Purification Is Near - Silver Screen and Roll
- Forum Blue And Gold " In A Game Of Stars, I’ll Be Watching The Coaching Match-Up
- Kobe Bryant-LeBron James: The ups and downs of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James - latimes.com
- Fancap: The Kobe Or LeBron Debate | Lakers Nation
- Lakers center Bynum is the gift that keeps on sitting - LA Daily News
- LeBron undermines union with comments - Adrien Wojnarowski - Yahoo! Sports
Much more after the Jump. Including a double feature...
NBA.com / Lakers.com:
- LAKERS: Lakers Gameday | 12/25/10 | Heat
- Phil Jackson’s Friday Practice Comments " Lakers Blog
- Christmas stage set for new villain LeBron to do his thing | NBA.com
Land 'O Lakers / ESPN:
- Roundtable: Lakers vs. Heat, what to watch - Land 'O Lakers
- Christmas Eve movies: Lakers practice report, videos - Land 'O Lakers
- Weekend Dime: Sizing Up Super-Sized Christmas Schedule - ESPN
- Kobe Bryant still silent on eve of Los Angeles Lakers-Miami Heat matchup - ESPN Los Angeles
- Don't buy the indifference: The Heat care - Heat Index Blog - ESPN
The Los Angeles Times:
- NBA: Miami Heat vs. Lakers matchup
- Kobe Bryant-LeBron James: The ups and downs of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James
- Lakers games of Christmas past
- Lakers-Heat: Game against Heat is a wake-up call for Lakers
- Sizing up whether Boston or Miami is more threatening to the Lakers | Lakers Blog
- Ron Artest plans to come up with ways to make LeBron James mad in Lakers-Heat matchup | Lakers Blog
The Orange County Register:
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'No one is getting crowned' in Lakers-Heat game
You're right Dwyane. We've been crowned already. Two times in a row. - Lakers vs. Heat: Heat game on par with 2008 Celtics game - Lakers blog
LA Daily News:
- HOFFARTH: Lakers center Bynum is the gift that keeps on sitting - LA Daily News
- Stars align on Christmas Day as Lakers host Miami - LA Daily News
Other Lakers Blogs:
- Forum Blue And Gold " In A Game Of Stars, I’ll Be Watching The Coaching Match-Up
- Fancap: The Kobe Or LeBron Debate | Lakers Nation
- Laugh At LeBron Movement Comes To Los Angeles | Lakers Nation
- Why Gasol vs Bosh Is the X-Factor To A X-Mas Day Victory | Lakers Nation
- Can the Lakers Handle the Heat? | Lake Show Life
- TLN’s Pregame Report: Lakers vs. Heat | The Lakers Nation
- RetroBreakdown: 1970 NBA Finals Game 7 – Knicks vs. Lakers | Lake Show Life
- Kicksologists.com Brings You: This Week in Kicks | Lakers Nation
- Rough Cut 12/24: Christmas Edition - Silver Screen and Roll
Fox Sports:
- Stocking stuffer for NBA fans - Charley Rosen's Heat-Lakers breakdown
- Lakers rarely give their fans a Christmas present
- A real Dream Team puts Fisher in Miami
NBC ProBasketballTalk:
- Let the "it’s just another game" banter begin
- Wade game-time decision Thursday with sore knee. Don’t worry, he’ll go on Christmas.
- Heat’s Mike Miller almost went to the Lakers this summer
CBS Sports:
- NBA's Christmas feast can't disguise league's turkeys
- Heat team to beat? Not until they can defeat the elite
Misc. Links:
- Kobe Bryant, LeBron James set to meet on Christmas - Lee Jenkins - SI.com
- NBA Christmas Day Gives You Kobe vs. LeBron In Your Stocking | Dime Magazine
- Heat-Lakers set to battle in possible NBA Finals preview - NBA - Sporting News
- Presents, and Perhaps Lumps of Coal, Await Fans Under NBA Christmas Tree -- NBA FanHouse
- An NBA Christmas Wish List - Basketball News & NBA Rumors - HoopsWorld
- Lakers Meet Heat in Possible Preview of N.B.A. Finals - NYTimes.com
- LeBron James Says He's Got 'Better Shoe' Than Kobe Bryant -- NBA FanHouse
Audio / Video / Photos:
- Christmas Day Showdown - ESPN Los Angeles
- Lakers Ready For Heat - ESPN Los Angeles
- Jerry West, Magic Johnson Conversation - ESPN Los Angeles
- Episode 8: Our Special Christmas Edition! | Lakers Nation
- NBA's Best Christmas Peformances - Photos - SI.com
- Barkley comments on Larry Brown, XMas games, Rex Ryan - Dan Patrick.com
*Double Feature*
"The Emperor's New Clothes"
Starring the foolish king without a crown, LeBron James, who continues to mumble stupid things, and thinks we're all just as dumb as he can be.
- LeBron: Contraction would be 'great' for NBA - CBSSports.com
- LeBron undermines union with comments - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
- Derek Fisher disagrees with LeBron James' endorsing league contraction | Lakers Blog | Los Angeles Times
- Los Angeles Lakers guard, NBPA president Derek Fisher responds to Miami Heat F LeBron James' comments on NBA contraction - ESPN Los Angeles
- What LeBron's forgetting: If teams leave, so do men with money - CBSSports.com Basketball
- Would you pay $500K to go to LeBron James' birthday party? - CNN.com