Miami Heat Cool Down L.A.: Winners and Losers Of Christmas Day Showdown

Not even the Miami Heat's season opener against the Boston Celtics was hyped as much as this game was. Coming into the season, the Heat and Los Angeles Lakers were believed to be destined for an NBA Finals clash of the titans that would feature five of the top twenty players in the league on the same court for a seven-game series.

Their Christmas game in the Staples Center was supposed to be a gauge to judge just how far the Heat have come as far as team chemistry is concerned, while the Lakers were just out to prove that they were still the team to beat in the NBA as defending back-to-back champions.

Last evening's Heat and Lakers Christmas Day match-up was hardly what anyone expected. While the Heat came out motivated on offense and defense, the Lakers just couldn't find a...

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