When the Spurs returned to San Antonio with a 19-5 record, all the players of the Spurs also ushered in a few rare holidays, and now the most important thing in the entire NBA league is naturally the Christmas war on December 25, the two games of this year's Christmas war, Magic vs. Raptors, Lakers vs. 76ers, whether it is Maddy and Carter's cousin matchup, or Kobe Bryant and Iverson's scoring title battle, are full of gimmicks, and as the defending champion, the Spurs are also very sad to miss this feast, Who made the ratings of the Christmas game between the Spurs and the Lakers last year really unsatisfactory, in addition to the finals of the Spurs and Pacers last season, breaking the Finals ratings record of the Spurs and Knicks, setting the worst Finals ratings record, so after the finals of last season, the Spurs have the title of box office poison, so in this case, the league will not arrange for the Spurs to participate in this year's Christmas game anyway.

In addition to the new round of star-making sports in the league and winning the title of "four scoring guards", the teams of the most popular players will naturally be taken care of and praised by the league. But this year's Christmas game is slightly different from the strong dialogue in previous years, the Raptors with Carter and Olajuwon were originally expected, and the Magic with Maddy and Hill, these two teams will definitely become the new powerhouses in the East, but now the Raptors have a record of only 13 wins and 12 losses, ranking 6th in the East, and the Magic is even worse, 10-14, ranking 10th in the East, and it is likely that they will not even be able to enter the final playoffs. The Lakers are now in 5th place in the West with a 17-8 record, while the 76ers are in 2nd place in the East with an 18-7 record.

It is precisely for this reason that when the Christmas war is approaching, David Stern is really worried now, if he had known that Hill would be injured, the Raptors and Magic would be the ghost they are now, it is better to let the Spurs continue to play the Christmas war, if the matchup between the Spurs and the Lakers on the 20th can be put on Christmas Day, this year's Christmas war will definitely become the hottest one after Jordan leaves, but it is too late to say anything, and it is seen that this Christmas war may become the worst in recent years, David Stern was in a hurry to come and go back in circles in the office.

This year's East and West landscape has undergone major changes compared to last season, and the Kings in the West have risen strongly this season, and the Kings, who were in last place in the West last season, are currently in first place in the West this season with a 20-5 record. The Trail Blazers are still in second place in the West, and the Trail Blazers have been very stable in recent seasons, and the current Trail Blazers' record is the same as that of the Kings, but because of the first meeting between the two teams this season, the Trail Blazers lost to the Kings and are ranked behind the Kings. After the Trail Blazers are the 19-5 Spurs and the 19-6 Jazz, and the Jazz and Spurs have a very close record this season as they did in previous seasons. The Lakers, who won the regular season with 67 wins last season, are surprisingly ranked fifth in the West this season. After the Lakers, the Dallas Mavericks are ranked 6th in the West with a 16-8 record, and after the Mavericks, the Timberwolves, the Suns and the SuperSonics have a 15-9 record, and even the Nuggets, who are ranked 12th in the West, currently have a 13-11 record, which is enough to rank in the top 4 if placed in the East.

This year's Eastern changes are also very big, first of all, the Knicks and the Pacers, these two traditional giants have performed very poorly this season, the Knicks, who ranked 3rd in the East last season, after the departure of the star Ewing, although the Knicks are under the leadership of Alan Houston and Sprewell, they have played more beautifully, but so far this season they have only a 12-12 record, ranking 7th in the East. And last season's Eastern Conference regular season first Pacers is even worse, after Larry Bird resigned, the smiling assassin Thomas took over the coaching whip of the Pacers, but the Pacers are currently ranked 9th in the East, and their record is only 11-13, and the Pacers up and down and even Pacers fans are already calling for Larry Bird to return to take over the Pacers. After Alonzo Mourning, the star of the Heat this season, left the court due to kidney failure, the strength of the Heat dropped a notch, and at the same time, Paterley used Jamal Mashburn to exchange for Eddie Jones, and this season's performance is not as good as before, so the Heat, who ranked second in the East last season, can only be ranked 5th in the East at present.

This season, the Bucks' 3 outside players, Glenn Robinson, Ray Allen and Sam Cassel are all at the peak of their respective careers, the Bucks' outside trio is currently averaging 65 points, 17 rebounds, and 16 assists per game, so under the leadership of the league's strongest outside combination, the Bucks are currently on the top of the East with a 19-6 record, followed by the 76ers with Iverson. This season's Hornets have made the best start in the last 10 years after trading Jamal Mashburn from the Heat, and under the leadership of Jamal Mashburn, David Wesley and Byron Davis, the Hornets have also played their best start in the last 10 years, and are currently ranked 3rd in the East with a 15-9 record.

"Xiao Xu, go and see if the roast turkey is hot." Meng Xu was sitting on the sofa, watching the Christmas battle between the Lakers and the 76ers that had begun, when He Hui's voice came from the kitchen with the sound of jingling vegetables.

On Christmas Day, December 25, 2000, Meng Xu, who originally wanted to sleep lazily, was woken up by He Hui early in the morning, although Meng Xu and He Hui are both authentic Chinese, but after staying in the United States for a few years, they are slowly getting used to Christmas, especially He Hui, this year is her 6th year in the United States.

Early in the morning, Meng Xu accompanied He Hui out to shop, ready to buy today's Christmas dinner, and the two of them also bought a whole roast turkey very luxuriously, although the taste of this thing is really not good in Meng Xu's opinion, but there is no way, He Hui insisted on buying one, according to He Hui, the first Christmas he came to the United States, he made a wish to eat a whole roast turkey. In addition to roast turkey, He Hui also made a few Chinese dishes that Meng Xu likes to eat very much, and today's meal cost almost 2,000 US dollars, the two of them were eating Christmas dinner while watching this year's Christmas war, so comfortable, and at the end He Hui also gave Meng Xu a tie clip as a Christmas gift, which also made Meng Xu very embarrassed, because Meng Xu forgot to prepare a Christmas gift for He Hui.

Although Meng Xu and He Hui's family background is also okay, but Wake Forest's tuition of more than 50,000 US dollars a year is also unbearable for ordinary families, so the life of the two has always been very simple, unlike Meng Xu who went to play basketball whenever he had free time, in the first year of coming to the United States, He Hui went out to find a part-time job, basically in addition to tuition, He Hui's daily expenses and living expenses are earned through part-time work. Although Meng Xu received an annual salary of one million last season, after deducting various taxes, after buying an apartment in San Antonio, Meng Xu had no money left. Fortunately, Meng Xu signed a big contract with Nike this season, so this Christmas is also the most luxurious Christmas He Hui and Meng Xu have had in recent years.

Just when Meng Xu was comfortable with Christmas, the teams that participated in this year's Christmas war were not so good, Maddie and Carter's cousin duel, in the end, the Magic and the Raptors played two overtimes to separate the winner, relying on Maddy's performance in the second overtime to score 6 points in a row, the Magic finally defeated Carter's Raptors 116-111, after winning this game, the Magic was only one and a half wins away from the eighth place in the East. And in this game, Maddy also contributed 33 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. And Carter also contributed 31 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, and the performance of the two was basically comparable. The most brilliant thing in this game is undoubtedly the big dream Olajuwon, the old and strong Olajuwon, in this game 16 shots 12, free throws 4 of 6, scored 28 points and 15 rebounds, I don't know the management of the Rockets, after seeing the performance of Olajuwon now, will regret it, although he is 38 years old, but during his time with the Raptors this season, in less than 30 minutes of playing time, Olajuwon can still contribute 14.5 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 2.4 assists. The Rockets have now fallen to the bottom 3 of the West, and they can already consider competing for the top pick this season.

In another game between the Lakers and the 76ers, Kobe Bryant and Iverson, the only killers in the league, this game also contributed a visual feast to all the audience, Iverson shot 15 of 29, 8 of 9 free throws, scored 41 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, while Kobe Bryant got the 6th 40+ of the season, 14 of 28 shots in the game, 11 of 13 free throws, 42 points and 6 assists, and O'Neal scored 30 points and 21 rebounds in this game of 30+20 data, and in the end, relying on the excellent performance of Kobe and O'Neal, the Lakers defeated the 76ers 98-93.