Lakers guard Kobe Bryant insists that there is no rivalry between his team and the Cavaliers.

Los Angeles and Cleveland will face off on Christmas Day and the matchup will feature arguably the NBA's two best players in Bryant and LeBron James.

"There's nothing there," Bryant said. "It's about putting LeBron and myself on national TV. Outside of that, there's nothing. ... We were really using that game last year as a measuring stick. This year, it's a little different."