ROME (ITALPRESS) – If he weren’t there, he would have to be invented. LeBron James makes an overbearing comeback on the Italian night of the Nba regular-season: he is the one who takes the Los Angeles Lakers by the hand, making them re-emerge from a match that had become very complicated until the 111-102 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. In front of nearly 19,000 spectators at Crypto.com Arena, the 40-year-old star from Akron was once again decisive with his 33 points, topped by 17 rebounds. There is another Californian laughing with gusto, dragged by his ‘totem’ par excellence. Steph Curry literally immarcable on the Orlando Magic’s parquet: the Golden State Warriors in corsair version impose themselves 121-115 with the super haul of 56 points in the sack of his bomber, who wins the long-distance duel with the ‘failed blue’ Banchero, who stops at 41. The moment of deep crisis continues for the Phoenix Suns, who in front of their supporters succumbed 124-116 to the New Orleans Pelicans despite the ‘hot hands’ of two sharpshooters like Booker and Durant, who scored 36 and 28 points respectively (27 by Williamson for the guest quintet). It was the Mvp challenge, and it certainly did not disappoint expectations: the Milwaukee Bucks knocked out the Denver Nuggets 121-112 even though the face-off between Antetokounmpo and Jokic had exactly the opposite outcome, with the Serb capable of his umpteenth triple-double (32 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists) and the Greek still decisive with 28 points to his credit. Home affirmation, finally, for the Dallas Mavericks, who folded 103-96 the resistance of the Charlotte Hornets with 25 points by Irving and 20 by Brown (but the top-scorer of the night was their ‘head coach’ Williams, who scored 26).- Photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
