The NBA Christmas War is on the list, and the most focused battle is the Celtics vs. the Lakers' yellow-green battle, this time at the Lakers' home court. The Lakers, who had a 16-14 record, have lost five of their last seven games since winning the midseason tournament, including some of which have brought warmth to the Spurs, ending the worst losing streak in franchise history with 18 games. The Lakers are in a slightly sluggish state as a team. However, in the last game, James scored 40 points to help the Lakers beat the Thunder, who are third in the West. The Christmas game was another record-breaking night for James.
The Celtics have a record of 22 wins and 6 losses, tied for first place in the league like the Timberwolves, and as the boss of the East, the Celtics' starting five offensive and defensive efficiency ranks fourth in the league. The Lakers ushered in bad news before the game, Vincent will undergo surgery and is expected to miss 6-8 weeks, which is a proper Nunn No. 2. Lakers starters: James + Prince + Reddish + Vanderbilt + Davis. Celtics starters: Holiday + White + Jaylen Brown + Tatum + Porzingis. 
At the beginning of the game, the Celtics were mainly anti-away, Brown hit consecutive mid-range shots, Holiday scored three points, Porzingis made up dunks inside, and chased three points. The Lakers started the game with a 12-0 spurt. James and Reddish made frequent turnovers, Reddish opened the game for the Lakers with a three-pointer, and Bushy Eyebrows then made consecutive baskets. Tatum and Holiday hit the Lakers' inside, and the score has been leading in double digits. In the second half, Porzingis and Tatumri burst out to expand the difference to 18 points, thick eyebrows attacked the basket to stop the bleeding, Hachimura and James continued to chase points, and the first quarter ended, and the Lakers trailed the Celtics 23-32. 
Coming back in the second quarter, Holiday and Pritchard suddenly rained three-pointers, Prince responded with blossoms inside and outside, and Russell came off the bench to lead the team to stabilize the difference. In the middle of the middle, James outside the line**, Davis's hand was cultivated, and the inside and outside blossomed to chase the difference to only 3 points. In the second half, Reaves scored a breakthrough and drew a foul, and after Prince hit a three-pointer, the Lakers finally tied the gap. At the end of the quarter, Porzingis ate alone, and Tatum continued to impact the basket to make kills. At halftime, the Lakers trailed the Celtics by one point at 57-58. 
In the second half, James broke through and hit a pick-and-roll to help the Lakers overtake, Prince was in the middle, and Porzingis and Tatum continued to show their individual ability. Holiday chased down a three-pointer in the middle of the period, and Brown caught the ball and dunked. Thick eyebrows and Prince are still hot, scoring points in a row. However, the Celtics' offensive firepower is still very strong. White and Platinum rained down on three-pointers, Tatum hit a layup, and Brown grabbed back-to-back offensive rebounds to make a layup to widen the difference. The Lakers bit the score with thick eyebrows, and Reaves hit a three-pointer. At the end of the quarter, Horford and White rained three-pointers, and Lakers Reaves and Thick Eyebrows responded sporadically, and after the third quarter, the Lakers trailed the Celtics 90-99. 
In the fourth quarter, the Celtics still showed their super offensive ability, Holiday and Horford made outside shots to widen the difference, and no one in the Lakers could stand up. Vanderbilt broke through in the middle to score, Reaves made a jumper, and the thick eyebrows hit the outside, but Tatum scored six points in a row to wipe out the Lakers' counterattack. At the last moment, James made a layup, the Lakers were very slow to chase points, Hachimura hit two consecutive shots outside the three-point line to maintain suspense, and White dunked violently to seal the victory of the game. In the end, the Lakers lost 115-126 to the Celtics in the Christmas game, giving the opponent three consecutive wins. 
Celtics statistics, Holiday 18 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, White 18 points and 11 assists, Porzingis 28 points and 11 rebounds, Tatum 25 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, Brown 19 points and 5 rebounds. Lakers statistics, James scored 16 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists in 5 of 14, thick eyebrows 40 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists, Prince 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Hachimura 12 points and 3 rebounds, Reaves 11 points and 6 rebounds. James is a little sluggish in this game, but you can't ask the old man to score 40 points in a game, and continue to be efficient in this game, in addition, James surpassed Kobe Bryant in free throws to rise to second in history, and 16 points is also the lowest score in James' Christmas game.