Heat Beat Lakers to Win on Christmas Day

For the first time since 1998, Kobe Bryant missed a Christmas Day game and the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Miami Heat, 101-95.

LeBron James had 19 points, but put on a Harlem Globetrotter-type display with dazzling dunks and Dwyane Wade led the team with 23 points as the Heat improved to 22-6 on the season.