Today's Updates, 12/21/2017

Today's UPDATES

Happy FIrst Day of Winter, this is the last Update Post of the Year on #KlicKNet and I'm going to give to you some of the last juicy stories of the year. Starting with the NBA on Christmas Day, I learned a long time ago that some of the best parts of Christmas are the special sports games that come on every year, while Football may go to Thanksgiving and Baseball belonging to the Independence Day, Basketball on Christmas is very special to fans, and we've got five games that will showcase ten of the best teams whose rivalries are heated up at the moment. First there's the post-Melo New York Knicks hosting a game at Madison Square Garden against the Philadelphia 76ers who have been a little too good as of late, and that seems like a good thing. Then we have the long awaited NBA Finals rematch between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors, right now these two are not in first place in their respective conference as prephas all that NBA Finals hangover is starting to catch up with them. Next we have the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards, these teams have played in the playoffs before but there's not much drama in this matchup and it's the Celtics who are on top of the Eastern Conference. We have a match that will no doubt be the best way to top off everyone's Christmas, and that's the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder, one of these teams have put their new acquisition of Chris Paul from this past summer to good use and the other's acquisitions of Paul George and Carmelo Anthony have been a bit salty. Finally, it's a matchup that will top off Christmas Night with a lineup of young stars from the Minnesota Timberwolves who are in the playoff hunt and the Los Angeles Lakers who are still a work in progress despite the extraordinary talent of Lonzo Ball. Max Sports has all five Christmas games that can be seen down below along with a final look at the NFL Standings before #KlicKNet goes off air tomorrow.

NFL

Saturday

Indianapolis Colts vs Baltimore Ravens at 4:30PM on NFL Network

Minnesota Vikings vs Green Bay Packers at 8:30PM on NBC

Sunday

Cleveland Browns vs Chicago Bears at 1PM on CBS

Detroit Lions vs Cincinnati Bengals at 1PM on FOX

Los Angeles Rams vs Tennessee Titans at 1PM on FOX

Kansas City Chiefs vs Miami Dolphins at 1PM on CBS

Buffalo Bills vs New England Patriots at 1PM on CBS

Atlanta Falcons vs New Orleans Saints at 1PM on FOX

Los Angeles Chargers vs New York Jets at 1PM on CBS

Denver Broncos vs Washington Redskins at 1PM on CBS

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Carolina Panthers at 1PM on FOX

Jacksonville Jaguars vs San Francisco 49ers at 4:05PM on CBS

Seattle Seahawks vs Dallas Cowboys at 4:25PM on FOX

New York Giants vs Arizona Cardinals at 4:25PM on FOX

Monday

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Houston Texans at 4:30PM on NBC

Oakland Raiders vs Philadelphia Eagles at 8:30PM on ESPN

NFL Playoff Picture

AFC Division Leaders

1. Patriots, 11-3, 1st Seed, Clinched Division
2. Steelers, 11-3, 2nd Seed, Clinched Division

3. Jaguars, 10-4, 3rd Seed, Clinched Playoff Berth

4. Chiefs, 8-6, 4th Seed

AFC Wild Card

5. Titans, 8-6, 5th Seed

6. Bills,8-6, 6th Seed

NFC Division Leaders

1. Eagles, 12-2, 1st Seed, Clinched Division

2. Vikings, 11-3, 2nd Seed, Clinched Division

3. Rams, 10-4, 3rd Seed

4. Saints, 10-4, 4th Seed

NFC Wild Card

5. Panthers 10-4, 5th Seed

6. Falcons, 9-5, 6th Seed

NBA

Last Night

Raptors 129, Hornets 111

Pacers 105, Hawks 95

Heat 90, Celtics 89

Kings 104, Nets 99

Bulls 112, Magic 94

Lakers 122, Rockets 116

Thunder 107, Jazz 79

Mavericks 110, Pistons 93

Timberwolves 112, Nuggets 104

Spurs 93, Trail Blazers 91

Warriors 97, Grizzlies 84

Warriors 108, Suns 95

Tonight

Bulls vs Cavaliers at 7PM

Raptors vs 76ers at 7PM

Celtics vs Knicks at 8PM on TNT

Grizzlies vs Suns at 9PM

Spurs vs Jazz at 10:30PM on TNT

Christmas Day

76ers vs Knicks at 12PM on EPSN

Cavaliers vs Warriors at 3PM on ABC

Wizards vs Celtics at 5:30PM on ABC

Rockets vs Thunder at 8PM on ABC

Timberwolves at Lakers at 10:30PM on TNT

WWE

NXT results

- The Undisputed Era defeated SAnitY to win the NXT Tag Team Championship

- Lars Sullivan defeated Roderick Strong in a No. 1 Contender’s Tournament Match

- Pete Dunne defeated Tyler Bate to retain the WWE United Kingdom Championship

Royal Rumble match card

- 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 34

- Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman vs Kane in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Universal Championship

- Women's Royal Rumble match for a women's championship match at WrestleMania 34

I have decided that there will be a Top Ten list tomorrow that will honor the best and worst stories I have covered all year long. 2017 might have been more tougher than 2016, mainly because you know who is President of the United States of America. Yesterday, the Republicans celebrated their first legislative win with you know who in office and passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, it took the past two days to get this done and we're going to go over the events of this passage in our #TwitterTrend for today. The House of Representatives were to passed the bill on Tuesday until they need to revote on it again because its provisions violated the Senate's procedural rules. Early Wednesday morning, the Senate passed the bill by a party-line vote of 51–48, and yesterday afternoon, the House passed the final version of the bill a 224-201 vote. So all there's left to do is for the bill to be sent to the President's desk so that it could be signed and the put into law. For most of the year I have been a bit political and now the right time to show it again, I believe that this bill do poorly in the future and will cost the Republican Party its power in congress. Some polls have shown that voters would rather vote for a Democrat in the 2018 midterms and for the GOP, it may likely be going down the same road as the Dems did in 2010. The affects of the new bill come right away but once you know who sings it, there's not turning back for people with financial issues, so 2018 could be a turning point for all of the USA and for the Democratic Party. For more, brace yourself for the tweets you are about to see and they might as well explain the outcome of the TCJA.

Paul Ryan @SpeakerRyan

Today, Congress approved a once-in-a-generation tax reform bill. Now, this historic legislation will be sent to the president’s desk so Americans can start 2018 with a new tax code.

Kyle Mazza @KyleMazzaWUNF

.@NYCMayor on GOP Tax Plan: 'It’s going to hurt working families and seniors. It’s going to hurt cities and towns – not just on the coasts – but everywhere across our country'

NBC News @NBCNews

JUST IN: Speaker Ryan: “Today, Congress approved a once-in-a-generation tax reform bill. This is the end of a long journey to deliver major tax relief to the American people."

ABC News @ABC

NEW: Pres. Trump: "I promised the American people a big, beautiful tax cut for Christmas. With final passage of this legislation, that is exactly what they are getting."

ABC News @ABC

Pres. Trump on repeal of individual mandate in tax bill: "When the individual mandate is being repealed, that means Obamacare is being repealed...Obamacare has been repealed in this bill."

Garrett Haake @GarrettHaake

"Second time's the charm" @SpeakerRyan tells me on his way into house chamber to see tax bill pass. Again.

The Associated Press @AP

BREAKING: Republicans in Congress deliver epic overhaul of tax laws, bringing big cuts for business, smaller ones for middle class.

Emily C. Singer @CahnEmily

Trump literally just said that he quietly repealed Obamacare and told Republicans not to publicize it because they didn't want backlash

Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs

Asked if Trump will sign the tax bill the week between Christmas and New Year's, Trump aide Marc Short said on MSNBC: "It's a possibility."

(But he didn't answer specifically when asked if the bill signing would happen *at* Mar-a-Lago.)

Eric Trump @EricTrump

Congratulations Dad on this historic moment! #MerryChristmasAmerica #TaxCuts @realDonaldTrump 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Moving on to a more lighter story, the WWE was indeed on a roll this year bringing us the best action from Raw, SmackDown, NXT and 205 Live. They gave us the United Kingdom Championship Tournament and the first Women's Money in the Bank Ladder match, and next month at the first WWE pay-per-view of 2018 we will bare witness to the first ever Women's Royal Rumble match. The NXT TakeOver events this year have been most special because the people who lid up the fire of the developmental brand early in the year have now gone on to make names for themselves on the main rosters. Last night, the Evolution of NXT continued with three matches on its WWE Network series, Lars Sullivan, the newest and baddest big man earned the last spot in the upcoming Fatal 4-Way match that will determine the #1 Contender for the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia. Also, Pete Dunne successfully defended the WWE United Kingdom Championship again against former UK Title holder Tyler Bate, but the biggest news of all is that we have new NXT Tag Team Champions in Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish of the Undisputed Era. Web Choice is present its last videos of the year with these three videos that will highlight each match as they had happened.