Los Angeles Lakers vs. Memphis Grizzlies

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The week between Christmas and New Year has no rules and no shape. Nobody knows what day it is, half the city is somewhere else, the other half has given up on routine entirely, and a six o'clock Sunday tip is one of the few fixed points available. Memphis is a young, fast, slightly chaotic opponent, which suits the week. The crowd is a strange mix at this time of year - locals with nothing on, visiting families who built a trip around it, and a significant number of people who were given tickets two days earlier and had no say in the matter. That mix makes for a warmer building than a normal December Sunday. Use the dead week on something. It is the one stretch of the year when an evening out costs you nothing you had planned. Buy earlier than you would for a normal Sunday. Holiday-week games draw visiting families who booked months ago, and the good seats go long before the locals get round to deciding.