How Will LeBron James Perform on Christmas Day Against Celtics? Ex-Laker Predicts

The Christmas season is upon us. While people around the world are gearing up to celebrate the festive holiday, NBA fans are also looking forward to the highly anticipated annual Christmas games. For this season, the Boston Celtics will see going head-to-head with the Los Angeles Lakers, led by 4x NBA Finals MVP LeBron James.

With the game set to take place within the next few hours, predictions are coming in. Amongst the fans highlighting their personal opinion is a former LeBron James rival, 4x All-Star DeMarcus Cousins.

DeMarcus Cousins states his Christmas day prediction

Boogie sat down for an interview with sports commentator Rachel Nichols. During the same, the topic of conversation was shifted towards the upcoming Christmas day game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. Looking at all the past Christmas games and judging by his own personal experience, Cousins chose to put his confidence onto LeBron James for the game. “I think LeBron comes out, puts on a show on Christmas day” said Cousins during the interview. “He’s done it time and time again”.

While highlighting his support for the King, the Sacramento Kings legend stated that Anthony Davis could also prove to be a difference maker. Notably, Cousins played alongside the Brow in New Orleans from 2017 to 2018. Two years later, the bigs would reunite in LA. Unfortunately, Boogie would tear his ACL in August 2020. 2 years later, he was out of the league.

History aside, the 4x NBA All Star has chosen his pick for the upcoming game. And with the stellar record that James boasts on Christmas, it’s likely that he will prove Cousins right.

LeBron James’ previous success with Christmas games

LeBron is no novice when it comes to Christmas games. He has played in almost 17 games during the 25th of December, the most for any player out there. At the same time, he has amassed a total of 460 points during said games, while maintaining an average of 27.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, 7.0 assists, and 1.5 steals. But his best Christmas Game continues to be that time when he faced off against the Dallas Mavericks in 2011.

Having bitterly lost to the team during the previous, King James was all set to take his revenge. Joined by his elite team consisting of Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, James and the Mavericks put up a commendable offense and held their own in terms of defense as well.

LeBron James send a clear message to the Mavericks by putting up an astonishing score of 37 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals. At the same time, he managed to add 2 blocks to his score and shot 11-for-19 from the field, while shooting 15-for-19 from the free throw line.

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What are your thoughts on this upcoming game? Will LeBron be able to replicate his earlier success? Let us know in the comments down below.

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