After Fresno distributed all the gifts, Chamberlain sent a large number of autographed photos, and then rushed back to Oakland to prepare for Christmas.

This Christmas Eve, Chamberlain accompanied Shirley, Winnie and Li Qun for a sumptuous dinner, and then took the three girls to lie in front of the TV to watch the upcoming Christmas battle.

There are three Christmas games in this season. The first to start and end is the war between the two brother teams in the East. Because of the battle between the No.1 in the Golden Generation of Zero Three, the Little Emperor and the Flash both tried their best to bring a wonderful battle to the fans of the American Airlines Center.

The Heat and the Cavaliers took the lead in the Christmas battle. After a hard battle, the Cavaliers finally won 96-82.

The Cavaliers had 5 players in double digits, with LeBron James scoring 35 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in this game; Dwyane Wade contributed 22 points, 6 rebounds and 12 assists, while "Sharks" O'Neal scored 13 points and 9 rebounds.

After the game started, the Cavaliers took the lead. After LeBron James took the lead, Gooden scored three consecutive goals and another free throw. The Cavaliers started 13-4. After that, the Heat's offense improved and gradually narrowed the gap. After Wade made a jump shot, the Heat chased to 15-23, but at the end of the first quarter, the Heat still lag behind the Cavaliers 17-25.

After the second quarter started, the Cavaliers went crazy again, Ilgoskas made a jump shot, and the Cavaliers scored another 10-point lead. After that, the Heat struggled to catch up, Ricky Davis made a long three-pointer, and the Heat chased to 27-32. After Earl Baron scored 2+1, the Heat took a step further and narrowed the gap to 30-32. After that, both sides tied the score tightly, O'Neal also scored 2+1, and the Heat tied 38. Wade scored one goal and ended in the first half, and the Heat overtook 47-43.

In the first half of the third quarter, the Heat maintained control of the field, but starting from the 6 and a half minutes left in this quarter, the Cavaliers blossomed at multiple points, and once again scored a 15-0 offensive climax, overtaking the score to 67-59. At the end of the first three quarters, the Cavaliers led 67-61.

In the last quarter, the Heat tried to cause trouble for their opponents again, but every time the Heat's momentum rose, the Cavaliers always had firepower to suppress them. In the middle of this quarter, after the Little Emperor scored a goal, the Cavaliers had already led 83-70. Since then, the Heat have failed to narrow the gap to within 10 points until they finally lost the game 82-96.

In this game, the Heat had a greater chance of winning. The unlucky thing was that they had a bloody battle with the Warriors two days ago, and the wounds on their bodies were still bleeding. Now they met the top Cavaliers in the East again, which was really a mess.

In fact, this game cannot really reveal the strength gap between the Cavaliers and the Heat. The Heat lost in the inside but the Big Shark O'Neal did not gain an advantage against Ilgoskas, which made Heat fans sigh as heroes.

It was still a game with Chamberlain that consumed too much physical strength. O'Neal was old after all, and his physical strength was not as fast as that of a young man. The strength he played on the court was less than half of what he was when he was fighting Chamberlain. If he restrained or took a break directly against the Warriors, the Cavaliers' inside line would have to be beaten today.

From this we can see how important the war with Chamberlain is in the mind of the Sharks. It is no wonder that O'Neal has fought many Christmas battles in his career. For him, the fact that he cannot go home to accompany his relatives on Christmas but pleases the fans on the court is meaningless. Instead, the battle with Chamberlain for the first center can arouse his enthusiasm.

O'Neal's lack of attention to the Christmas battle does not mean that the Heat's uniform team is the same. The team was finally lucky and was ranked in the Christmas battle. This is a good opportunity to make money. O'Neal's weak performance made the Heat's uniform team very dissatisfied.

The Sharks didn't know that he had brought too much dissatisfaction to the Heat's uniform team, who was considering trading him.

The war on the East Coast is fierce, and there is another even more intense game on the West Coast, that is, the Phoenix Suns challenge the Los Angeles Lakers away. If the Heat and the Cavaliers are fighting fiercely, then this game will be a bit of a death-fight. Kobe has treated the Suns as a mortal enemy in recent seasons, and the rise of the Suns is just the rise of the Lakers' corpse.

In the past few seasons of the playoffs, the Lakers have fallen under the sword of the Suns. In the past, Kobe had no good helper and could not defeat Nash and S. alone. Now with Gasol, he finally has the opportunity to take revenge.

Kobe is the best at seizing opportunities and the most revengeful player in active service. This Christmas battle was the first battle between the Lakers and the Suns after they got Gasol. Kobe personally served as the supervisor and asked the team to win this game. He took the lead in charge, played for 48 minutes, and finally scored 38 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists, leading the Lakers to narrowly defeat the Suns with 120:115.

In addition to Kobe's 38 points, Gasol also had 28 points and 12 rebounds, and Fisher scored 19 points and 6 assists. Gasol is worthy of being an All-Star insider. He is too restrained and modest. He can't be a boss, but being a second-in-command is too skillful. After losing the pressure, he played very well in the Lakers and showed an instant combat power that makes everyone in the league unbelievable.

Nash scored 24 points and 14 assists in the Suns, Sir Jr. scored 19 points, Bale and Marion each scored 15 points. Gasol's other role is to limit Sir Jr., with him assisting and making up defense in the penalty area, Sir Jr. can no longer do whatever he wants in the Lakers' interior like before. In the past fifteen games between the Suns and the Lakers, he averaged 28 points per game, which was nearly ten less in this game.

This game was a head-on battle between two top teams in the Western Conference, and Kobe finally got the last laugh.

After the first quarter, Sir and Hill scored two points each. Gasol took the lead in the start of the game, first hitting two points, Nash and Hill scored two points each. The Lakers found the rhythm of the game, and both sides started to attack. With 6 minutes and 10 seconds left in the first quarter, Fisher made two points, and the Suns 15-14 Lakers. Barbosa replaced Hill, and after a game, he hit a three-pointer, Dior made two points, Kobe made a dunk, and then made another jump shot, the Suns 21-20 Lakers. Dior hit two points, Kobe scored 4 points in a row. Before the end of the first quarter, Kobe passed the ball to Ariza, who missed three-pointers, and at the end of the first quarter, the Suns 26-25 Lakers.

After the start of the second quarter, Odom made a three-pointer, Dio and Hill scored two points each, and then Ariza made a dunk, the Lakers scored 7 points in a row, the Suns scored 30-37 Lakers. Skinner made two points, Lakers Famal made two points, and then both sides began to storm quickly, Bynum scored 5 points in a row, Smith scored 4 points in a row, and with 2 minutes and 45 seconds left in the second quarter, the Suns scored 7 points in a row, Nash made a three-pointer, and with 1 minute left in the second quarter, the Suns scored 57-60 Lakers, Nash made two points, Kobe assisted Odom to score a layup, Skinner made a layup, and at the end of the first half, the two sides tied 62.

After the start of the second half, Kobe scored the first 6 points from the Lakers. Nash and Bale joined forces to score 8 points. With 7 minutes and 43 seconds left in the third quarter, the two sides tied at 74 points. Kobe scored two more points. Sir Xiao made both free throws, Kobe assisted Gasol, and the latter made a dunk. The two sides launched a counterattack again, and the score rose alternately. With 2 minutes and 45 seconds left in the third quarter, Bale made a three-pointer, and the Suns still 85-83 Lakers. At the last moment, the Lakers' counterattack began, first Vujasic made two free throws, and then Skinner made one of two free throws. In the end, Kobe scored 5 points in a row. At the end of the third quarter, the Suns lagged behind the Lakers 89-92.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Gasol made a hook shot with a single from Sir Jr. Kobe made two points and Skinner made two points. After that, the Lakers had a slight advantage. With 7 minutes and 50 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Suns 95-102 Lakers. Nash made two points and Bynum made two points. With 5 minutes and 15 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Suns 99-106 Lakers. Kobe made one of two free throws, Kobe scored 6 points in a row. With 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Suns 107-116 Lakers. In the end, the Suns 115-122 Lakers.

Compared with the Lakers and the passion of the Suns, the game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle Supersonics would be much boring. If these two teams had not had the top two in this year's draft, they would not even have the chance to touch the soles of the Christmas battle.

Oden and Durant booked the top two positions before the draft. The 2007 draft was highly expected by the NBA, and it is believed that this year it will produce a super insider that has not been seen in the NBA in ten years and a super outsider that has not been seen in ten years.

In fact, the experts' expectations are not wrong. Durant is indeed a super outside line that has not been seen in ten years, and a super inside line that has not been seen in ten years has also appeared, but it is not Oden, but Chamberlain.

I originally arranged for the Trail Blazers to play the Christmas battle with the Supersonics to see which one is stronger than Durant or Oden, but the latter was abolished before he even entered the NBA arena, so this Christmas battle would be abolished. If the schedule could be changed, I'm afraid Stern would have replaced the Trail Blazers with the Warriors and let the latter join the Supersonics.

The Trail Blazers finally defeated the Seattle Supersonics 89-79 at home. This victory is also historic for the former, so they have won 11 consecutive games so far, which is the longest consecutive record in the league this season.

As the youngest team in the league, the Trail Blazers' performance is commendable. "Core" Roy gave 17 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, substitute Jack played the surprise, scoring 17 points, and Pulkibila grabbed 16 rebounds. For the Supersonics, Durant scored the highest 30 points in the game, and "Sixth Man" Szebiak contributed the second highest 12 points in the Supersonics.

In the first quarter, the Trail Blazers, who played at home, missed the first attack, and then in the second attack, the team grabbed four frontcourt rebounds in a row, and finally made a jump shot by Brack. This shows the Trail Blazers players' desire to win and shows how bad the SuperSonics' inside line is.

Durant then scored continuously in the inside, and the Supersonics stabilized the situation. The Supersonics' "secret weapon" Szebiak appeared and hit two three-pointers. The Supersonics overtook 22-16. The Trail Blazers' second-tier lineup was not to be outdone. Flair, Ultramar and Jack all made achievements. After the first quarter, 24-24.

In the second quarter, the stalemate did not change. The Trail Blazers' substitute completed the task well. James Jones hit a three-pointer and the Trail Blazers led 41-36. Wilkins scored a jump shot, Durant made another two-pointer, and the Supersonics caught up with the score in a blink of an eye, 40-41. Brack hit a three-pointer to stabilize the situation, and Vircox made one of two free throws; Jack quickly responded with a jump shot. In the last 50 seconds, Durant hit a three-pointer. After halftime, the two sides were hard to tell the difference. The Supersonics fell behind by 2 points 44-46.

In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers, who played at home, suddenly exerted force. Roy scored three consecutive goals in the beginning, and Aldridge added icing on the cake. The Supersonics missed repeatedly, Poulcibila and Brack scored two more goals, 58-50. The Supersonics had a bad experience and quickly called a timeout. The timeout was ineffective. Roy and Brack hit three-pointers respectively. The Trail Blazers widened the gap to 16 points, 66-50. Durant made a strong effort and scored 8 points alone. Before the final quarter, the Supersonics narrowed the gap to single digits. In the last 54 seconds, Jeff Green scored a layup, 62-70.

In the fourth quarter, the Supersonics fought tenaciously. At the last minute and 07 seconds, Szebiak scored a jump shot, chasing the score to 68-74. The Trail Blazers then scored a decisive 9-0 scoring climax. At this stage, Roy made two consecutive assists, one helped Flair score, and one helped Jones hit a three-pointer. The Trail Blazers led 83-68. In the last 3 minutes and 26 seconds, Roy caused Durant to foul, and the former made 85-73 both free throws. In the last 2 minutes and 11 seconds, Roy assisted Jack to hit a three-pointer, 89-75, and the Trail Blazers secured the victory in advance.

In this way, the annual Christmas battle ended. Chamberlain watched the video in three games. According to old Nelson's request, he paid special attention to the game between the Supersonics and the Trail Blazers, because according to the old man's guess, the Trail Blazers will be the Warriors' strong opponent in the future.
Chapter completed!