NBA Christmas Game 2020
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The NBA’s Christmas day game finally finished, with the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Denver Nuggets by 13 points. But let me start with the first game of Christmas day, which is the New Orleans Pelicans facing the reigning Eastern Conference Champion, the Miami Heat.

Zion Williamson makes his first ever Christmas Day appearance against the Miami Heat, and his performance did not disappoint the Pelicans fans, he put up 32 points and 14 rebounds. However that wasn’t enough for the Pelicans to get their win against the Heat. Jimmy Butler didn’t have a good game, leaves the court due to an ankle soreness, so Duncan Robinson put out a spectacular performance, especially in the first half. Where He drained 6 3 pointers, making it the most 3 pointers made in a half on Christmas day. He finished the game with 23 points, and 7 3 pointers that helped Miami Heat get their first regular season win.

Next up we got the Milwaukee Bucks hosting the Golden State Warriors. Steph Curry and the crew looking for their first regular season win after their blowout loss against Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets on opening night. Giannis and the Bucks also coming into this game looking for their first regular season win after a 1 point loss against Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics in their opener.

The Milwaukee Bucks ended up with a huge win 138 -99 thanks to a great performance from their all-star forward Khris Middleton, putting up 31 points and 5 assists. It’s another tough night for the Warriors, Steph Curry wasn’t having a good game, finished with 19 points and only shot 2 of 10 from 3 point range.

Now we go to Boston, where the Celtics hosts the Nets. Both teams coming in after a win in their opening game. This game also features Kyrie’s return to TD Garden for a regular season game since leaving the Celtics back in 2019. His performance surely wasn’t disappointing. He puts up 37 points, making the most points scored by a Net in Christmas day. Kevin Durant also had a good game, especially in the second half after a rough start in the first half, finished with 29 points. It clearly wasn’t the night Celtics expected, where they lost the game 123–95, with their leading scorer Jaylen Brown finished with 25 points.

Next up, Los Angeles, California, where the defending champs Los Angeles Lakers hosts the Dallas Mavericks, a showdown between a young star Luka Doncic, against his idol, the 18th year superstar, LeBron James. Both teams coming to this game looking for their first regular season game win. The champs came out on top with a 115–138 win, with a great performance not only from LeBron and AD, who combined for 50 Points, but also their new addition, Dennis Schroder, who finished with 18 Points, and also a great performance by the reigning 6th Man of The Year, Montrezl Harrell, who finished with 22 Points, making all of them combined for 90 points in total. Luka Doncic had a good game despite the loss, finished with 27 Points and 7 Assists.

And for the final game of the night, we have the Denver Nuggets hosting the Los Angeles Clippers, their first meeting since game 7 of the 2020 Western Conference Semis, where the Nuggets made a comeback from 3–1 deficit. The Clippers looking for a revenge since then. The Clippers dominated almost the entire game, finished with a 108–121 win over the Nuggets, with Paul George’s 23 points and Kawhi Leonard’s 21 points. The Denver Nuggets made a 29–23 run against the Clippers, however that wasn’t enough to earn the win. Jamal Murray finished the game with 23 despite a bad first half, and Nikola Jokic finished the game with 24 points.