Oklahoma City Thunder
Despite another heartbreaking loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, the Houston Rockets (16-13) are still on a roll, their backcourt tandem of James Harden and Jeremy Lin still firing on all cylinders as the team has rattled off seven win out of 10 games in a testing and tough two-week schedule thus far.
Two of the league's best teams will match up head to head in a rematch of last season's NBA Finals as LeBron James and the defending world champion Miami Heat (18-6) take on Kevin Durant and Oklahoma City Thunder (21-5) owners of the league's best record in a Christmas Day showdown.
Based on the fans' votes, Jeremy Lin could very well be starting for the West when the NBA All-Star Game comes to Houston this February.
Los Angeles Lakers Pau Gasol seems to be popping up a lot in the news lately; this time, though, it's not about trade rumors.
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