ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Without Luka Doncic on one side and Stephen Curry on the other, taking the scene between Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warrios, in the Italian night of the NBA regular season, was LeBron James. With its triple double only touched (20 points despite 35% from the field, 7 rebounds and 10 assists), the hosts impose 105-99 and win the fourth game in the last five, the third in a row. There are also 44 points from Austin Reaves bench (16) against the 28 Warriors.
Also in the west, the head of Oklahoma City falls for the second consecutive time, this time against Houston: the Thunder are still without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and, after a good start, undergo the overtaking of the Rockets in the third quarter (22-34), until the 106-112 final. For Houston, over 20 Tari Eason points (26), Jabari Smith (22) and Kevin Durant (20).
And now the Thunder see the San Antonio Spurs approach, which in fact command the game against the Dallas Mavericks from the beginning to the end (138-125, 81 points scored in the first half) with an amazing Stephon Castle, which will show off its best performance ever by scoring 40 points (career-high) with 79% from the field, 12 rebounds and 12 assists.
As for the Mavs, Cooper Flagg plays just 26′ and the top scorer is Klay Thompson with 19 points from the bench. Charlotte’s comeback in the Eastern Conference doesn’t stop. in the field of the Atlanta Hawks, in fact, comes the ninth consecutive victory of the Hornets, as it did not happen for over 26 years.
A 119-126 matured mainly in the central phase of the game (especially in the third quarter) thanks to the 26 points of Miles Bridges with 71% from the field and 23, with eight rebounds, of Kon Knueppel, to cancel the triple double touched by Jalen Johnson (31-9-8).
Outer victories also for the Denver Nuggets (120-136 against the Chicago Bulls with the usual double triple of Luka Doncic from 22-14-17 that allows the Serbian giant to overcome Oscar Robertson and to climb second all-time in the ‘speciality’), the Philadelphia 76ers (103-109 against the Phoenix Suns) and the Cleveland Cavaliers (126-132 against the Sacramento Kings), while they win 120 Orlando.
Finally, the Brooklyn Nets, which, thanks to a first half of the 80-point race, surpass the Washington Wizards for 127-113.
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