Christmas Special

After much anticipation, the NBA season finally kicked off Christmas Day with five star filled match ups. Here are the scores and key facts from each game.

New York Knicks 106

Boston Celtics 104

Key Facts:
Celtics All Star small forward Paul Pierce was out with an injury
Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 37 points and 8 rebounds
Rajon Rondo played fantastic in a losing effort with 31 points, 13 assists and 5 steals
Kevin Garnett missed a jumper in the final seconds that would have sent to game to overtime

Miami Heat 105

Dallas Mavericks 94

Key Facts:
The Heat lead stretched to 35 point in the 3rd quarter
Lebron James played fantastic scoring 37 points
The Mavs looked very sluggish coming off a NBA title

Chicago Bulls 88

LA Lakers 87

Key Facts:
The Lakers offense looked off all game
The Bulls came back from nine points down with only a few minutes remaining
Bulls point guard Derrick Rose scored with four seconds left to put his team up by one
Kobe Bryant game winning shot got blocked on the last play of the game

Oklahoma City Thunder 97

Orlando Magic 89

Key Facts:
The Thunder defense held Orlando star Dwight Howard to 11 points on 4 of 12 shooting
Thunder's Kevin Durant led all scorers with 30 points
James Harden came off the bench for the Thunder and scored 19 points

LA Clippers 105

Golden State Warriors 86

Key Facts:
In his debut, Clippers all start point guard Chris Paul had 20 points and 9 assists
Clippers center Deandre Jordan had a career high 8 blocks
Warriors star Monte Ellis only had 15 points on 6 of 19 shooting