The Lakers began their counterattack for qualifying for the playoffs. In the first game after the All Star Game break easily beat the Warriors 124-111.
Neither LeBron James (13 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists), nor Anthony Davis (12 points, 12 rebounds) was the star, but the newly acquired Malik Beasley who had 25 points on 7/11 3-pointers. The Lakers, who lost DiAngelo Russell to an ankle problem in the first period, finished the game with 16/30 three-pointers.
The LA team went 28-32 and remains 13th in the West, but is now closing in on the champs who are 10th at 29-30. Klay Thompson had 22 and Ty Jerome 20 points for Steve Kerr, who is still playing without Steph Curry.
In the other matches, the Celtics traveled to Indiana, where they faced the Pacers and managed to win in overtime with 138-142.
The game had tremendous turnoversespecially in the final minutes of the 4th period when there were many changes in the score swing, and Halliburton answered the points scored by Brogton, Brown for the visitors.
It was Jayson Tatum who essentially cleaned up the game for the Celtics, when he hit two shots and then hit the winning basket for the “green” on the other side of the Atlantic.
The leader of the Celtics along with his traveling companion, Jaylen Brown, scored 31 (12 rebounds, 7 assists) and 30 points (11 rebounds, 3 assists plus 1 steal), respectively. Brogton, for his part, added 24 points (he also had 7 assists) and White, Smart had 17 and 15 points, respectively.
On the other side, Myles Turner became the first center in NBA history to score 40 points on 8/10 three-pointers, 10 rebounds and 2 assists. For his part, Halliburton had a double-double with 22 points, 14 assists and Mathurin had 19 points and 7 rebounds.
New triple-double, which was accompanied by a win of the Nuggets, Nikola Jokic scored early in Denver’s 109-115 victory over the Cavaliers in Cleveland.
The Serbian star scored 24 points, collected 18 rebounds and handed out 13 assists, continuing his triple-double tradition from the third period of the match. Porter J., for his part, had 25 points (6 rebounds), Caldwell-Pope 17 and Murray 16. Reggie Jackson in his debut stopped at 7 with 4 rebounds.
For Cleveland, the one who stood out was Mobley who had 31 points and 9 rebounds, out of 22 Garland and Mitchell scored, with 5 assists and 4 steals, respectively.
Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving celebrated their first victory with them Mavericksin the comfortable 142-118 over the Spurs. The Slovenian had 28 points, 10 assists and 7 rebounds, while his newly acquired partner had 23 points and 6 assists for Dallas, who was 22/42 from three.
The The Sixers beat the Grizzlies 110-105 with James Harden counting 31 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists and Joel Embiid raging with 27 points, 19 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 blocks.
NBA results in detail
Cavaliers-Nuggets 109-115
Pacers-Celtics 132-142
Magic-Pistons 108-106
Sixers-Grizzlies 110-105
Raptors-Pelicans 115-110
Kings-Blazers 133-116
Jazz-Thunder 120-119
Lakers-Warriors 124-111
Mavericks-Spurs 142-116
Source: Sport Fm
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