God Bless The NBA. For the second consecutive year, commissioner David Stern and Co. have put together a Miami Heat-Los Angeles Lakers Christmas Day matchup, allowing broadcasters Al Michaels and Hubie Brown to look for significance in each sweat bead on Kobe Bryant's brow and each slight tilt to the left of Shaquille O'Neal's gargantuan head. That sounds like Christmas to us!

Another Shaq-Kobe Christmas Matchup [Miami Herald]

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