Welcome to the Saturday Slamin' Jam here on the Athletic NBA Daily. Today, we're talking about

Jimmy Butler. We're talking about the dominance of the cavaliers.

And we talk to Brian Geisinger, who joins us to talk about the Charlotte Hornets.

You're about to get an education on the Charlotte Hornets.

But first, Al, tell me about the top stories this week.

Andrew, our top story this week was what Santa brought down the chimney this year because on Christmas Day we got an incredible run of games.

On the first game of Christmas, the New York Knicks beat the Spurs 117 to 114 and in his Christmas Day debut, Victor Wembeyanma showed up big with 42 points and 18 rebounds.

But it was the Knicks who got the win led by McKell Bridges, who scored a season high, 41 points.

The Knicks have won nine in a row as of Friday morning and are now 24 and 10, only a game back of the Celtics for the second C in the east.

By the time you listen to this, though, that nine-game winning streak will have come up against the OKC Thunder 13-game winning streak. So we'll have to see who has survived as of Saturday morning. On the second game of Christmas, we got Dallas and Minnesota, which looked like it was going to be a snoozer. Minnesota led by 22 entering the fourth, but then the Mavs woke up.

Dallas outscored Minnesota 31 to 15 in the final frame, getting the game to within two with a minute left. Kyrie, who had 39 in the game, had a shot to put the Mavs up with 36 seconds left,

but missed it, and the wolves got the win 105 to 99.

An important note from this game, Luca Donchich left the game early with a strained calf

that will likely keep him out for at least the next month.

On the third game of Christmas, it was Sixers at Celtics.

The Sixers are finally getting healthy with all three of their stars in the

lineup, though that was briefly in doubt when Joel L. Embed fell during pregame warmups

and went back to the locker room. He was fine, though, able to play, false alarm, scored 27 points.

Tyresexie added 33 and 12 assists in the game, helping the Sixers get the massive 118 to 114 win in Boston. And that win was part of a nice stretch where Philly had won 10 of 13, though they have dropped their last two. They sit at 13 and 19, 11th in the east. And then on the fourth game of Christmas, we got the old guy Super Bowl, Lakers at Warriors. And once again, LeBron and Steph put on a show, with both being the leading scores for their teams. Steph scored 38 to LeBron's 31, but it was the Lakers who got the win. After Steph hit a three to tie it with seven seconds left, Austin Reeves hit the game-winning layup with only a second to go. Now, the last game of the night between Denver and Phoenix,

it wasn't bad, but it didn't match the early day festivities with the Suns not letting the Nuggets get closer than 10

after the 720 mark of the fourth quarter.

If you only watch the Suns on Christmas,

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