VIDEO: John Wall and Liam Neeson parody Taken 3 in NBA Christmas Day ad

The NBA is beginning to ramp up the promotion for its slate of Christmas Day  games, an annual holiday tradition that always delivers.

It's delivering early this year, with an excellent commercial to hype the Washington Wizards against the New York Knicks, the first of five back-to-back games on the docket. In the ad, Knicks fan Liam Neeson tells Wizards star John Wall that the team he cheers for has a very specific set of skills that will see Wall come out on the short end.

Sound familiar?

Someone should probably let Neeson know that the Knicks' particular set of skills don't leave them in good shape to beat the Wizards, and certainly don't include defending themselves, as the Taken 3 star suggests.