Basketball fans got their Christmas wish Sunday when the long-postponed National Basketball Association season finally opened after a lengthy labor dispute. A dispute between team owners and players over such issues as salary caps and revenue sharing put the entire NBA season in peril. Training camps, pre-season practice games and the first 16 regular season games were canceled before a deal was reached last month.
　　The NBA will play a shortened 66-game season this year, and teams will cut down on the number of scheduled days off. Winners on the first day of the abbreviated season included the Miami Heat, who beat the defending champion Dallas Mavericks; the New York Knicks, who edged the Boston Celtics; and the Chicago Bulls, who rallied past the Los Angeles Lakers. The other winners were the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers.
　　篮球迷的圣诞节愿望在星期天实现了。推迟已久的美国NBA职业篮球联赛在长期的劳资纠纷后终于开始了新赛季。球队老板和球员之间在工资上限和收益分配等问题上的纠纷让整个NBA赛季陷入危机。训练营、季前训练和前16场常规赛在上个月协议达成之前都被取消。
　　NBA今年的赛季将减少到66场比赛，各球队也将压缩休息日的计划天数。NBA缩水赛季第一天的胜者包括打败卫冕冠军达拉斯小牛队的迈阿密热火队、力克波士顿凯尔特人队的纽约尼克斯队和战胜洛杉矶湖人队的芝加哥公牛队。其它赢家还有俄克拉荷马城雷霆队和洛杉矶快船队。

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