Please let Steve Harvey host the next NBA Player Awards

”OK folks, there’s -- I have to apologize. The first runner-up is Matt Barnes. The winner of the Player You Are Secretly Glad Is No Longer On Your Team for 2015-16 is ... Lance Stephenson!”

Good morning. Let’s basketball.

ON THE CELTICS: Boston has been all over the place this season. Paul Flannery assesses the situation in an effort to determine just how good the Celtics really are. Plus he has your Christmas game rankings, quotes of the week and more.

THAT INFAMOUS WARRIORS-BUCKS COLD WAR SPARKS UP: MIlwaukee gave Golden State all it wanted in the rematch of 24-1 on Friday, and at the end of the game (a Warriors win) Draymond Green and O.J. Mayo got into it. Can’t wait for them to meet in the Finals.

EVEN THE FANS ARE INTO IT! You may remember that some Bucks fans wore prophetic 24-1 t-shirts in the game in which Milwaukee ended The Streak. So for the return match some Warriors fans wore shirts that featured the Bucks’ win-loss record, which is quite mediocre. RUDE.

KYRIE BACK!

WRESTLE WITH JIMMY: Jimmy Butler called out Fred Hoiberg, saying he needs to coach harder, whatever that means. K.C. Johnson explains the problems around Butler specifically saying this given some of the strange personality issues he seems to run into based on his own decisions. Nick Friedell has some really good points about this, too. It’s a weird situation out there in Chicago.

BY THE WAY: The Bulls lost a quadruple-overtime game against Detroit on Friday. The Pistons never give up. The Pistons find a way.

YEP: The people who control the TV scoreboard graphics just assume Steph Curry is going to make everything he shoots.

DUNK: This is an accurate representation of what the Sacramento Kings did to the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.

PORZINGIS MEME ALERT.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: The kid who cried at the NBA Draft because the Knicks picked Kristaps Porzingis now owns a Kristaps Porzingis jersey. Kristaps heals all wounds!

PROBLEMS IN LEXINGTON: Ricky O’Donnell on the issues the pro-heavy Kentucky Wildcats are having.

FATE: Karl-Anthony Towns’ dad says that winning Kevin Garnett as a mentor was the best thing that could have happened to KAT.

OF COURSE: Ty Lawson is back on the trade block.

WELP: Jason Kidd needs hip surgery ASAP. So Joe Prunty will coach the Bucks for the foreseeable future.

LINSANITY BACK!

BABY ELF RACE GONE AWRY: The Spurs tried to do one of those adorable baby races during a stoppage in play. It appears at least a couple babies were livid and bawling at the prospect. Rumor is they made eye contact with the Coyote.

BRILLIANT: The Kevin Garnett era in Boston told through the legacy of Gino.

REPORT CARD: Nate Duncan looks at the performance and fit of the new NBA head coaches.

IT’S LIT: I often feel like I’m one of only 10 people interested in the fight between Billy Hunter and the players’ union, but Ken Berger is on it for us hopeless drama addicts.

TONIGHT TONIGHT: NBA TV has Wolves-Celtics followed by Thunder-Clippers (woo!). Magic-Knicks, Hornets-Rockets and Pacers-Spurs are intriguing battles, too.

Happy Monday. See you next time.