Two eastern conference juggernauts clashed in Bean Town as Boston and Detroit fought down to the last second. The Pistons prevailed on Chauncey Billups’ two free throws with .1 seconds remaining as the Celtics finally dropped a game at home. Don’t worry, they still own the league’s best record.

The week saw some of its players getting back on track some All-Stars returned from injury.

All in all, it was an exciting pre-Christmas week in the NBA. Here are the four biggest winners from the week that was in the League:

Crazy, crazy Ron Artest (19.1 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 4.2 APG) had himself a week. He went well over his normal scoring, getting 23.0 per contest on the week.The man is back to leading the Sacramento Kings and doing it well. He might be a little off in the head (I hope he’s not reading this) but let’s be real: the man can flat-out play. Offense, defense, whatever. He also averaged 2.0 blocks per.

In the absence of Gilbert Arenas, someone had to step up for the Wizards. Caron Butler (22.0 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 4.2 APG) has been that guy. He’s getting it done. Butler brings it every night (except that he didn’t play the last couple games). Besides that, the man is a fantasy monster this year and kept it going during the week. He upped his “other” stats, grabbing 8.5 boards and dishing 7.0 assists in his two games. That, of course, included a triple-double. Baller status.

And then there was Allen – Allen Iverson (26.9 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 7.3 APG) of course. I’m not sure what’s more surprising: that Iverson is dishing out more than seven assists per contest or that he’s leading the Denver Nuggets in scoring – more than a free throw better than Carmello Anthony. This past week, Iverson stepped it up even more, dropping a robust 36.0 points in three games. Production.

Dwayne Waaadddeeee, says the commercial. Finally it makes sense as Dwayne Wade (24.3 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 6.6 APG) has reintroduced himself to the league in the last seven days. A slow start to begin, and a dying team, Wade has really come on as of late. This past week he scored 31.8 per, including a last-second big basket against the Utah Jazz that gave Miami another win – one of just a few, unfortunately.

Christmas week coming up. Check in on From Way Downtown next week to see who’s been naughty, who’s been nice and who plays more like a reindeer.