Certain players throughout the NBA just have an ability to understand the stage and moment and really step their game up in those times. For the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day, the two players who understood that assignment were LeBron James and Austin Reaves.

AND ALSO A GOOD MORNING TO THE BALTIMORE RAVENS For the second part of the NFL's Christmas doubleheader, the Ravens were almost as good as Beyoncé's halftime show, and that means excellent. Baltimore thumped Houston 31-2 to take the AFC North lead over Pittsburgh.

A game-winning shot from Austin Reaves capped off Wednesday's Christmas Day showdown between LeBron James and Stephen Curry. Curry tied the game with two