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LeBron James declared aft the Los Angeles Lakers triumph implicit the Golden State Warriors connected Christmas that the vacation belongs to the NBA.
"I emotion the NFL, but Christmas is our day," James said connected the tribunal aft the game.
James walked backmost his declaration of who owned Christmas during a caller quality connected "New Heights."
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"Listen, I saw the f------ numbers, aft the fact, you guys kicked our a-- alright? From a viewership standpoint, y’all kicked our a--," James said.
The NBA did person a large day, averaging 5.2 cardinal viewers crossed their 5 games connected Christmas, the astir connected the vacation successful 5 years, but the NFL dominated those numbers.
Netflix averaged 24.2 cardinal viewers betwixt their 2 NFL games connected Christmas.
James said having Beyoncé execute during halftime helped the NFL person a bully day, contempt the non-competitive games.
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"You know, the games weren’t arsenic large arsenic they should person been, but erstwhile you person f------ Beyoncé travel retired there. (Patrick) Mahomes and Travis (Kelce) and you guys spell there, and footwear Pittsburgh’s a--, and you cognize Beyoncé comes retired there," James said.
The Lakers' superstar made the analogy betwixt the NBA and the NFL similar a small member and a large member fighting.
"But I had, you know, erstwhile you spell retired determination with your small brother, and helium whitethorn get bushed up 1 time, (he’s) like, ‘Hey, we didn’t suffer that fight, we here, we basal here, we didn’t lose,’ that’s however I felt I had to basal up. I had to basal up for the NBA," James said portion laughing.
With Christmas falling connected a Thursday adjacent year, determination is simply a accidental the NFL has much than 2 games during the time arsenic they proceed to vie with the NBA for ratings connected the holiday.
James’ Lakers are 20-17 this season, and contempt conscionable turning 40 years old, James has been productive this season.
James has averaged conscionable nether 24 points per crippled portion grabbing conscionable implicit 7.5 rebounds per crippled and averaging astir 9 assists per game.
The Lakers’ adjacent crippled is astatine location against the Miami Heat astatine 10 p.m. ET connected Wednesday.
Fox News' Ryan Morik contributed to this report.
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