When the NBA schedule makers locked in the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets to play on Christmas Day, the vision was to pit L.A.'s big three of LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook against Brooklyn's Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden in a star-studded affair.
Thanks to a left knee injury to Davis and health and safety protocols for Durant and Irving, half those stars weren't on the court in the Nets' 122-115 win on Saturday.
Despite having two of its marquee names compared to just one for Brooklyn, L.