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The 10 most classic Christmas games in the history of the league 10.Chicago Bulls vs New York Knicks (1986) The Knicks, led by young Patrick Ewing, and the Bulls, led by young Michael Jordan, met in the 1986 Christmas game. The game was close, with the Knicks winning on Ewing's buzzer-beater. It's worth noting that Jordan's performance in Christmas games has been less than stellar, except for the 42 points he scored to lead his team to a victory over the Knicks in 1992.　9. San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles Lakers (1999) This season Phil Jackson took over as coach of the Lakers, and it was also the first season that Shaq O'Neal and Kobe Bryant teamed up to play under the Zen Master. The Lakers' Christmas game was against the defending champion Spurs, led by David Robinson and young Tim Duncan. The Lakers eventually beat the Spurs 99-93, and the game set the tone for the next few years of competition between the two teams, with O'Neal and Kobe winning their first championship six months later.　8. Los Angeles Lakers vs. Sacramento Kings (2002) This year, the Lakers' Christmas game was against Western Conference rivals the Kings, who had just won their third consecutive title, and the Lakers eliminated the Kings twice on their way to the title, but the Kings ultimately defeated the Lakers in this marquee matchup, 105-99. ***7.5 million people watched the game.　7. Los Angeles Lakers vs Phoenix Suns (2007) The Suns and Lakers Christmas game was a bit of an underachiever, as Kobe, who scored 38 points, led his team to a 122-115 victory. The highlight of the game was Lakers forward Trevor Ariza's dunk on Suns veteran Grant Hill.　6. New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics (1985) This is one of the masterpieces of the Christmas games. The Knicks beat the then unbeatable Celtics, who won the championship in 1986. With rookie Ewing's heroics of 32 points and 11 rebounds, the Knicks trailed by 25 points at one point in the second half and dragged the game into overtime, and eventually won 113-104.　5. Chicago Bulls vs. New York Knicks (1992) In 1992, the two Eastern Conference rivals took to the stage for the Christmas game. Jordan rarely performed well on the big holiday in his career, but this time it was different, as he scored 42 points to lead the defending champion Bulls to an 89-77 victory over the Knicks in a rematch of the Eastern Conference finals from the previous season.　4. Los Angeles Lakers vs Cleveland Cavaliers (2009) Christmas Day 2009 saw a showdown between two MVPs, with the Lakers' Kobe and the Cavaliers' LeBron James dominating the game. The battle was heavily publicized by the media, however the Lakers suffered a tough loss at home against the Cavaliers who had a lot of momentum. However Kobe recently said in an interview, "Even though we lost the Christmas game, we won the championship."　3. Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics (2008) This Christmas game featured the previous season's finals rivals, with the Lakers ultimately defeating the Celtics 92-83. Although the game could not erase the painful memories of the finals 6 months earlier, Kobe scored 29 points to lead the team to complete the revenge, and at the same time ended the green army's previous amazing 19 consecutive victories. The Lakers won the Cup that season.　2. New Jersey Nets vs. New York Knicks (1984) In 1984, Bernard King of the Knicks created a personal scoring record in the Christmas War, and in the face of his old masters, the Bucks, he put on a crazy show, scoring a whopping 60 points. Before Kobe completed his 61-point individual show, King's 60 points had been the individual scoring record at Madison Square Garden.　1. Los Angeles Lakers vs. Miami Heat (2004) The 2004 Christmas War was a great game with a record number of viewers. O'Neal, who was traded to the Heat a few months ago, returned to Staples, and the Heat ended up narrowly defeating the Lakers in overtime, 104-102, and Kobe couldn't hit the game-winning shot despite scoring a game-high 42 points. After the game, Kobe said, "I got a good shot, but then I lost my balance when I took the shot." O'Neal's serious foul on Kobe was another focal point of the game, as the Shark left the game with six fouls in the fourth quarter, saying; "No layups, no dunks in front of me, no dunks, no dunks for everybody, especially him."