Kobe and Shaq Celebrate Christmas Together … Again

For the fourth time in the five years since their partnership ended, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal will meet on Christmas Day. The defending champion Los Angeles Lakers and Bryant will host the Cleveland Cavaliers on December 25. O’Neal traded to Cleveland in June and will return to L.A. this year with LeBron James, who succeeded Bryant as MVP last season. Hosting the Boston Celtics on October 27, O’Neal and James will play their first game together. That night the four-game slate will be capped off with the Lakers’ opening their title defense against No.1 draft pick Blake Griffin and the Clippers.

Defending Eastern Conference champion the Orlando Magic opens against Philadelphia on October 28 before hitting the road to play New Jersey two nights later. Orlando will have an NBA Finals rematch against the Lakers January 18 as part of the schedule on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and on March 7 the Lakers will play at Orlando for the first time since winning the NBA title in June. Also on Christmas Day, Orlando hosts Boston in a matchup of the last two Eastern champions while the remainder of the day is made up of Miami at New York, the Clippers at Phoenix and Denver at Portland.

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Posted in General on September 4, 2009

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