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The game is between the Lakers and Miami Heat on Christmas Day, but so much of the focus will be on those names.
As Derek Fisher pointed out Thursday after the Lakers practice, the NBA is all about its star power, where to buy Cheap NBA Jerseys? maybe ujersy is a good choice.
"Our game is built on a lot of our individual guys," Fisher said. "Stars and talent, rightfully or wrongfully, that's how it is.
"So when you have a game that has a matchup like a Kobe Bryant and a Pau Gasol and a Lamar Odom and Dwyane Wade and LeBron James and Chris Bosh, the personalities that are going to be matching up in this game, I don't know if it can get any bigger from that standpoint although there will be other games in this regular season that can mean more. But from a personality standpoint and a star power point, I don't know if it can get any bigger."
Even Lakers Coach Phil Jackson and Heat President Pat Riley, who built the Miami team with Wade, James and Bosh, have their star power.
As Gasol said, fans are excited about the game Saturday like it's, "Game 1 of the [NBA] Finals, it seems like, right?"
Be sure of one thing, Gasol said, the Lakers "want to win" the game.
"A game like this is definitely a game when you can send a statement," Gasol said. "Even though it's still early, you still want to make sure you beat this team and not the other way around."
So much was made of the Heat when Riley, who once coached the Lakers, put the Super Friends together, with Las Vegas oddsmakers setting Miami as the favorite to win the NBA championship even though the Lakers are the back-to-back champions.
That has the Lakers hyped.
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Jackson, unlike his players, refused to put a lot of importance on the Christmas game when asked how his team should view the game.
"What do you mean, how to view this game?" Jackson responded. "Like it's a championship game, like it's a playoff game? No. It's ...
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