derrick rose, the mvp, outpoints kobe bryant and the lakers, 88-87. and to all a good night. >> hubie: mike that was just great strategy by chicago. they had deng on him. look at this. three guys are on kobe. a clean block from the rear, right there. >> mike: deng. >> hubie: yep. just watch the elevation. right there, the corner guy -- they get two guys, have a shot at blocking the shot. but to this game was the double-team to give them the basketball in this situation. and this is an incredible shot by derrick rose over the top. >> mike: he worked on that floater a lot this season. and here's rose with heather cox. >> heather: thank you, mike. congratulations. we just saw your winning basket with 4.8 seconds left. describe the confidence level you have to have as you are making that shot. >> my teammates give me the confidence to take the shot,

man. without them, without my coaching staff, whatever, i wouldn't be in that position. they gave me the ball. we just fall away back into the game. >> heather: after a sluggish third quarter, wehere you reall struggled to score. how did you get back into it? >> we just playing defense. our defense turned into offense. it worked out for us tonight. we don't want to be in that situation, but thank god that it came through our way. >> heather: late in the second hatch, you took an elbow to the head. how are you feeling? >> i'm feeling fine. we got the win. i can't ask for nothing more. >> heather: wins make everything feel better, don't they? merry christmas to you. mike? >> mike: well, the chicago bulls invested in their future with derrick rose. they signed him to a five-year, 90-plus million deal that kicks in after next year. the chicago-born young man led the team last year to 62 wins and he starts the section season with an exclamation point. 7-0 run to close. back for some final thoughts from los angeles on this bulls

one-point win over the lakers.

>> mike: pau gasol and josh mcroberts missed free throws as the bulls close with their run to win 88-87. that was worth the wait, basketball fans. it is great to have the nba back. this has been a presentation of espn, the worldwide leader in sports. coming up next, except out here on the west coast, here on abc, it's "dr. seuss how the clinch stole christmas." with heather cox, hubie brown, mike tirico. thank you for watching the nba on abc, home of the nba finals. merry christmas from los angeles.

>> a life cut short by violence is extending the life of another. good evening and merry christmas. a man is recovering at a san francisco hospital after getting an organ transplant. one of several people who received an organ from charles butler who was shot to death three days ago in oakland. on this christmas his dispreppedz -- friends and family are celebrating the young man. >> the liver transplant surgery began this morning at 7:45 and continued for six hours. while the surgery was in progress here in san francisco, a church congregation in richmond was paying triebt to charles butler,, jr. >> at 23 years old, he was looking forward to a future full of adventure. he had just been awarded hismer

chant marine passport. >> where do you see yourself in three years? >> on a boat, traveling the world. >> this is video of butler when he started a maritime training program a few months ago. it was part of a tearful tribute. he was killed before he could get his graduation certificate for the program, so his parents were awarded the certificate as a short ceremony. >> we present this to you from the program. >> this outpouring of emotion is part of the honor this 23-year-old is receiving. last week, butler was killed a few yard from his home. his family says he was shot to death while driving by people he never met, but charms butler, jr. is an organ donor, and this christmas, academy murphy is a resivent of his live. >> it's starting to really hit home. i'm just really thankful for the

family. >> butler's family is still trying with not having him around, but his gift of life is helping them through their loss. >> the people in need of his organs, i believe that was charles' way of letting us know he is at work right now. >> his heart, his pan careeras, his kidneys, and liver. >> butler's sister said the surgeries were all happening today, and they hope at some point to meet all the recipients so they can see a part of their brother live on. back to you. >> thank you. a military mom in petaluma will never forget this christmas day. >> oh, my god. >> army sergeant first class tawnya sharke was september home early from afghanistan.

she got into tune few days ago but didn't tell her mom until this afternoon. >> the best christmas present. this is the best christmas i ever had. wow. >> tawnya sent us some pictures from her time in afghanistan. she was part of the 352nd 352nd combat support exphopt treated troops and locals. she said she and her group changed the lives of the people there. >> those in need are being given a plateful of holiday cheer in san francisco today. the glide foundation on ellis street was packed this afternoon with volunteers and guests. the occasion was glide's annual holiday meal. >> anything that's -- you can't complain. you can't complain anything given to you for free, don't deserve it. right? thank god for glide. thank god for anything he blesses us with. that is free.

>> the house of rib donated 2,000 pounds of prime rib. >> an explosion during christmas mass at a church near nigeria's capital killed 39 people. a second explosion occurred later. the blast comes in a series of sectarian atacts. officials acknowledge they couldn't bring enough emergency personnel to take care of the wounded. the white house condemned what it called a senseless attack. offered its condolences, and pledged to assist authorities. >> back here at home a much more peaceful christmas. christians across the bay area celebrated the holiday by attending mass. ♪ >> the faithful filled the pews at st. mary's cathedral in san

francisco. christmas literally means the mass for celebration of christ. jesus was born on this day in bethlehem. >> san francisco firefighters join police to spread holiday cheer throughout the city. >> we'll take you on the joyful journey next. >> a beautiful shot looking out toward the ocean there. look at that sunset. gorgeous. how about your monday forecast? not quite as cold in the morning. the for

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anonymous members say the goal is to use the credit data to steal a million dollar and give it away as christmas donations. this afternoon the web site was down with the message it's undergoing maintains. anonymous claims its targets are the u.s. army, air force, police departments, banks and giants such as microsoft. one group obtained more than 90,000 credit card numbers. it says it was able to get the details because strategyford didn't crypt them. >> a busy day for sans francisco police and firefighters who handed out toys to girls and boys across the city. they met this morning to pick up nearly 10,000 toys checked. then officers and firefighters made special deliveries to underprivileged children across the city. >> when i pulled up and opened the car door, they were all shocked and happy and jumping up

and down to see the toys. so, told them, pick what you like, and they picked what they liked and left with a smile. >> donations are being accepted at lefty o'doole's in union square until midnight tonight. >> the freezing weather will not return but we could be in for some rain. the forecast is just ahead.

>> it's time for a check on the weather. >> good evening and merry christmas to you. hope you enjoyed your holiday so far. temperatures in the 40s. 55 in oakland, 49 in corn cord.

a cold morning. overnight lows in the 20s most areas. it's not going to be as cold tonight. in fact, overnight lows drop off into the lower 30s, most areas barely seeing freezing temperatures overnight. more of an onshore flow developing. weak front moved through, and light precipitation in oregon and washington. we didn't see any of that. just a few cloud today, and this ridge starting to break down, allowing more of an onshore flow, humidity starting to increase and that's going to keep our temperatures more mild, you can say, at least no 20s out there overnight, and no freeze warnings to talk about. so good news there. fairfield, light freeze in valley areas, and still a "spare the air" in effect for this evening. probably noticed the haze still out there. so, for your monday, things are looking pretty good. in fact kind of like today. we'll see sunshine and temperatures back up in the mid-to-upper 50s most areas. me a break a 60 or two here and

there. campbell and sayre saratoga loos good. high clouds tomorrow but otherwise looking pretty good. wind fairly light. more of an onshore flow here tomorrow. which means we may see some patchy fog in some cases, especially as we head up the peninsula. 55 downtown tomorrow. 56 in south san francisco. we'll see plenty of mid-to-upper 50s in most areas. so not a bad afternoon tomorrow. a lot of people still have the day off tomorrow. patchy fog in the morning hours. otherwise temperatures in the mid-50s, and mid-50s in oakland, castro valley, upper 50s. 60 in livermore, pleasanton, 60. in monterey bay, lower 60s most areas. 58 in carmel. warm day today, mid-60s. so very nice temperatures for christmas and monday, too, looking pretty good. slight chance for some precipitation wednesday and thursday, mainly in the north

bay. doubt we're going to see much of the system. new year's eve, looking pretty good weather-wise. >> cool. thank you, jeff. rick is in for shu, and close game with the bulls and lakers. >> a lot of great nba games to talk about. the warriors prepare to open their season and there's no d in dallas as miami takes it to [ female announcer ] what's so great about...jcp cash? no exclusions. with jcp cash get $10 off when you spend just 25. storewide. unlike other stores, we don't make you come back to save! get $10 off with... ...no exclusions. we make style affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney.

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in to hours the warriorstive off against the clippers. right now it appears golden state will be wow steph curry who is nursing a sprained ankle. the warriors dominated the clippers at home but this is a totally different team now with chris paul and blake griffin. this marks the debut of mark jackson. >> a lot of excitement, obviously. you get a dynamic player like chris paul, in a trade, certainly makes you the talk of the town. so it's an exciting time, and a lot of people are anticipating great things from both teams. that's as far as it goes. going to be a great opportunity for us to play against a team that's going to create some challenges to our defense come christmas night, and we're looking forward to it. >> the lakers did not get chris paul, but as long as they have

kobe bryant, they're going to contend. today they squared off against the bulls. kobe was playing despite a torn ligament in miss right wrist. lakers up by six with less than 1:00 to go. the bulls wouldn't go away. deng to the foul, plus the foul. they cut it to one. then off a kobe turnover, rose hits the floater. he had 22. bulls by one with 4.8 seconds left. last chance for the lakers. they good to kobe but his shot is blocked. the bulls win a thriller. >> the celtics had to take on the knicks without paul pierce. rondo tries to pick up the slack. a team-high 31 points and 13 assists. the knicks counter with carmelo anthony. he had a career-high 37. with time running out, new york by two boston has one last chance but kevin garnett's jumper is off the mark.

the knicks win, 106-104. >> in dallas, the defending champs took on miami. this rematch of last season's finals turned out to be more of a mismatch as the heat took control early. james to boesch for the jam. miami by 21 at the break. the lead would grow to as much as 35. lebron with the clutch pass to wade. lebron has six assists, ten rebounds, and an opening-day record 37 points. 104-59 was the final. the score does not indicate how lopsided this game was. >> thank you so much. what's

>> while santa uses a sleigh and eight tiny reindeer to travel the world, they do things differently in hawaii. >> expecting them to say, santa, i know him. not even jolly old saint nick can resist the water in waikiki beach. santa seems pretty comfortable on the beach. merry christmas to all of you celebrating. that does it for us at 5:00. for all of us here, thank you for joining us, our next newscast is at 6:00.