On December 25, 2012, the annual Christmas War will kick off, and unlike previous years, the number of games in this year's Christmas War has been directly increased to five, and the game time will also start at 8 o'clock in the morning US time, with an interval of 3 hours, and continue until the evening of Christmas.

Today's five Christmas games, in order of play, are the Celtics at home against the Nets, the Knicks at home against the Pacers, the Rockets at home against the Mavericks, the Thunder at home against the Heat, the Lakers at home against the Spurs, five consecutive Christmas games, from early in the morning, until the evening, a series of five focus battles, continue to impact the eyes of fans, with the increasing influence of the NBA, the Christmas war has also developed from the previous two or three games, to the current five games, from the previous Christmas embellishment, It became a real gluttonous feast.

From the order of the five games, it can be seen that the game between the Lakers and the Spurs is the main meal tonight, although since the first two seasons, the NBA league has been trying to create a pair of rivals, and the two popular small forwards of East James and West Durant are supported, but no matter how the league pushes the flames, the influence of James and Durant cannot reach the influence of East Meng Xu and West Kobe, so after Meng Xu's comeback, the Spurs have not played the Christmas War for several seasons, It was once again on the list of the Christmas War, and it was with the Lakers, as the finale of the Christmas War.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, in the visiting locker room of the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Spurs, who had already arranged their tactics, packed up their equipment and made the final preparations before playing, while looking up at the TV hanging on the wall from time to time, the game between the Heat and the Thunder had entered the last few minutes of fighting.

The Thunder gave up James Harden of the Thunder's three young men this season because of the salary cap, and sent him to the Rockets by signing and trading, but the loss of Harden and the Thunder did not decline as expected, but before the start of the Christmas war, they achieved an excellent record of 20-7, and are currently second only to the 21-6 Spurs in the West.

However, in this game with the Heat, the Thunder still leaked some old problems that existed last season, in the last 5 minutes of this game, the Thunder team only shot one sports goal, Kevin Durant, whose physical strength was seriously reduced, only hit 1 of 4 shots at the last moment, and the rest of the Thunder players were even more unbearable, all 5 shots were iron, and the Thunder, which had been biting the score and playing on a par with the Heat, lost the Christmas war.

After the game between the Thunder and the Heat, it was the turn of today's finale to begin, originally at the beginning of the new season, the Lakers, who had gathered 6 All-Star players, once surpassed the defending champion Heat and became the favorite for this season's championship, but who knew that after the start of the new season, because so many star players have been stumbling between each other, they have never been kneaded into a whole, and there are also problems with Mike D'Antoni's tactics, so after the start of the new season, the Lakers have gone all the way down, At present, it is only ranked 10th in the West with a record of 13 wins and 14 losses, one is the first in the West, and the other is the tenth in the West.

Although Meng Xu and Kobe Bryant were very restrained before the game, and did not fight a war of words like the Thunder and Heat, but for such a game, Spurs VS Lakers, Meng Xu VS Kobe, just listening to the name, can make people's blood boil.

Since Popovich took over the Spurs, the Lakers have been the old rivals of the Spurs, in the past 15 years, the Lakers and the Spurs have met many times in the playoffs, the Spurs have stepped on the shoulders of the Lakers to win the championship, and the Lakers have also crossed the body of the Spurs to win the highest honors, if you rank a list of the most hated teams by the Lakers, the Spurs are definitely among the top three.

And the grudge entanglement between Kobe and Meng Xu, from Meng Xu to the league, lasted until Meng Xu retired, Meng Xu's first season with the Spurs helped the Spurs eliminate the Lakers in the playoffs to defend the championship, and Meng Xu won six championships after the Pacers traveled east, three of which were climbed to the top by stepping on the corpse of the Lakers, and the powerful OK combination and F4 combination fell apart under Meng Xu's blow, so Meng Xu's Pacers once surpassed the Celtics and became the most hated team of the Lakers.

Although after Meng Xu retired, the Lakers won two championships, but most of the media did not recognize the gold content of the Lakers' two championships. So after Meng Xu announced his comeback, the Lakers recruited aggressively, ready to make a shame on Meng Xu, although the gap between the Lakers' current record and the Spurs is a bit big, but before the game started, the Lakers were still full of energy, ready to make the Spurs look good at home, especially Kobe Bryant, he has been waiting for this day for a long time.

When the Lakers players on the scene saw that the former first person in the league, standing at the front of the Spurs queue, and the first to walk out of the player tunnel, the Lakers players who have always regarded themselves as nobles also put down their bodies and greeted the person they hated the most in their hearts with waves of boos.

For this generation of Lakers fans, they don't have a good impression of Meng Xu, who has knocked the Lakers down in the finals three times, if it weren't for Meng Xu's existence, maybe the Lakers would have been able to complete two triple championships in the first decade of the 21st century.

"Although the gap between the Lakers and the Spurs in terms of record is very large, this does not mean that the two sides are very different in strength, as long as Mike dispatches properly, the Lakers still have a chance to win." As the only game broadcast by the ABC TV network in the five Christmas games, the ABC TV network attaches unprecedented importance to the game between the Spurs and the Lakers, not only focusing all its resources on this game, but also inviting Magic Johnson, who has terminated his contract with the ABC TV network, to come out again and comment on today's game with El Michaels, but unlike the previous staunch support for Meng Xu, Magic Johnson did not start the game. He clearly played an attitude of supporting the Lakers.

After Meng Xu announced his retirement, Magic John did not renew his contract with ABC TV Network, but was ready to take advantage of the failure of the Lakers Finals to try to enter the Lakers again, but was resolutely opposed by Phil Jackson and Jeanie Buss, and the Lakers won the championship twice, which completely cut off Magic Johnson's path to the Lakers.

After a wave of failed struggles for power, in order to show that he no longer covets any power over the Lakers, Magic Johnson sold all the shares he held in the Los Angeles Lakers, and took care of his business empire with peace of mind, and at the same time, when time permitted, occasionally made guest appearances in a few ABC and ESPN commentators.

"Erwin, you mean the Lakers are going to win today's game, right?" After Magic Johnson took the lead in speaking, Michaels was ready to refute Magic Johnson's remarks according to "convention", and Michael undoubtedly saw the Spurs more than the Lakers.

"Both sides have a chance, after all, the difference in strength between the two teams is not as big as it seems, so I am more optimistic about the Lakers who have the advantage of home court." Looking at the Lakers lineup that is playing, Magic Johnson really admires the Lakers' management a little, and he doesn't need to come back with too many chips to trade so many powerful players, but what Magic Johnson admires more is their brain hole, how big a brain hole is to come up with the idea of winning the championship by accumulating stars, players who do not conform to the team's tactical system, the stronger the ability, the greater the destructive power to the team.

After Magic Johnson finished speaking, Michaels also smiled and nodded, although Michaels did not agree with Magic Johnson's statement that the Lakers had a greater chance of winning, but for Magic Johnson's analysis of the two teams, Michaels still agreed, if you only look at the strength on paper, the Lakers are not inferior to the Spurs, or even a little stronger, but the Lakers now lack the tactics and strategies to make these stars coexist and produce chemistry, so the Lakers' current record is far from matching their paper strength.

Therefore, judging from the records of both sides, the Lakers will definitely not be the opponent of the Spurs today, but with Michaels' understanding of Kobe, he will not allow this to happen, because Kobe can lose to anyone, but he is only unwilling to lose to Meng Xu, so in today's game, no matter what the state of the rest of the Lakers players is, Kobe will definitely do his best.

As Michaels expected, when the main players of both sides left the bench and began to enter the court to warm up, Meng Xu and Kobe Bryant walked directly to the center circle with a very tacit understanding, and stopped there to look at each other.

When the picture of the confrontation between Meng Xu and Kobe Bryant appeared on the big screen at the Staples Center, the entire Staples Center was boiling, and the two ABC commentators Michaels and Magic Johnson at the scene were also emotionally looking at Meng Xu and Kobe Bryant, who were facing each other, and this scene at the scene undoubtedly reminded them of the most exciting and watched round of the finals in NBA history that Kobe and Meng Xu jointly staged four seasons ago.

"Meng, the winner of this final match will definitely be me!"

After Kobe and Meng Xu, like a pair of enemies and a pair of old friends, stood near the middle circle and looked at each other for a long time, Kobe Bryant showed a smile and said his victory declaration to the familiar face in front of him.

"Kobe, that's what I want to say to you, too.?" Looking at Kobe Bryant, who declared war on him, Meng Xu also responded to Kobe with a smile, and then turned around and left, but after walking a few steps, Meng Xu looked back at Kobe Bryant as if he remembered something again.

"Bastard, I'm going to beat you today!" Looking at Meng Xu's back as he turned to leave, Kobe Bryant clenched his fists and said fiercely.

"Cherish it, this is Kobe's last peak, after the end of this season, you will never meet Kobe like this again." During the warm-up, Meng Xu's mind always recalled what Anna said to himself in his ear when he was on the court, this is the last Kobe!

"In today's game, the Lakers' starting lineup is center Dwyane Howard, big forward Pau Gasol, small forward Ron Artest, scoring guard Kobe Bryant, and organizational guard Steve Nash, in today's game, but the Lakers' Big Five are one of the few to start at the same time, and it is still on the stage of the Christmas war, such a scene, such a lineup, it is really rare!"

Just when the warm-up between the two sides was about to end, the Magic Johnson in the commentary booth began to introduce the starting lineup of this game to the audience in front of the TV, although the Lakers formed a horror lineup of the Big Five this summer, but Steve Nash and Pau Gasol were injured one after another at the beginning of the season, and they did not return one by one until a few games before the Christmas game, plus these five players could not achieve perfect coexistence, so although this season has played nearly 30 games, But there aren't many games in which the Big Five play at the same time.

Therefore, Magic Johnson is still very novel and surprised that Mike D'Antoni arranged for the Big Five to play at the same time today, and even when Magic Johnson saw this starting list, the first thing that came to mind was whether Mike D'Antoni had found a way to make the Big Five coexist, if this is the case, then Magic Johnson is looking forward to the Lakers' performance in the next game, and he can't wait to know what method Del Anthony is using. to make these five players coexist.

"The Spurs' starting lineup today is center Tim Duncan, power forward Burris Dior, small forward Meng Xu, scoring guard Kawhi Leonard, and playmaker Tony Parker, which is also the Spurs' fixed lineup this season."

"Kawhi Leonard has improved a lot this season, and his stats have improved by leaps and bounds from last season, especially on the defensive end." After introducing the Spurs' starting lineup, Michaels made a special comment on Kawhi Leonard, as a sophomore rookie, Kawhi Leonard has improved very quickly this season, and has now become an important member of the Spurs, and there have been rumors recently that the Spurs have cultivated Kawhi Leonard as the core of the Spurs' future.

"Is it another Meng Xu successor?" After listening to Michaels' words, Magic Johnson showed an elusive smile, and the "Jordan successor" everywhere after Jordan's retirement, after Meng Xu's retirement, "Meng Xu's successor" is like mushrooms after the rain, blooming all over the league, the older generation of LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, the new generation of Gordon Hayward, Paul George, and the current Kawhi Leonard, in short, every talented No. 3 position will be deducted as "Meng Xu's successor" hats.

"Hahaha, Erwin, do you want to say that it's the damn Meng Xu's successor again, when will there be a magician successor in this alliance?" Although Magic Johnson didn't say it, but Michaels knew very well that this guy was jealous again, as a king-level task, once the first person in the league, a player who ruled an era, after Magic Johnson retired, the NBA league has never had a batch of Magic successors, so when Magic Johnson saw the "Jordan successor" and "Meng Xu successor" growing like leeks, Magic Johnson was inevitably a little jealous of these two guys.

"You!" After Michaels' thoughts were ruthlessly exposed, Magic Johnson pointed at Michaels and smiled helplessly.