The player: LeBron James takes care of everything
In the oven and in the mill, LeBron James has just proven for the second time in three matches that he is capable, on his own, of keeping the Los Angeles Lakers at arm’s length. After his 56 points slammed once morest the Golden State Warriors last Saturday (124-116 victory), “King James”, 37, broke 50 points Friday once morest the Washington Wizards. His success rate (18 out of 25 in shooting), along with 7 rebounds and 6 assists, thus allowed the Angelins to succeed in a big second half (70-50) and thus recover following conceding two defeats in a row – including one in San Antonio in which the Akron native did not participate -.
2006-2007
We must go back to the 2006-2007 season to find traces of a Lakers player who scored at least 100 points in two consecutive home games. What Kobe Bryant had achieved in April 2007, scoring 50 points twice.
The leaders: Miami assures, Phoenix falls at home
In the wake of its interior Bam Adebayo (30 points, 17 rebounds), the Miami Heat returned to victory, following their large defeat conceded in the shock of the leaders once morest the Phoenix Suns at home earlier in the week (90-111 ). Friday night, Erik Spoelstra’s men built their success once morest the Cleveland Cavaliers (117-105) in two stages: thanks to a serious start (28-18, 12th) then a controlled third quarter (27-15). On the visitors’ side, the 18 lost balls ended up being paid for. This 45th success for the Heat this season allows the Florida franchise to keep three wins ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks (42 wins, one game less) at the top of the Eastern Conference.
On the other side of the country, the Suns fell once morest too hard in the person of Gary Trent Jr., author of 42 points, two units from his personal best in the NBA. The back of the Toronto Raptors, winners 117 to 112, particularly skilful at three points (8 out of 11 in the exercise), emphasized the importance of the presence of the leader Fred VanVleet on the floor (10 points) , game facilitator. At the leader of the Western Conference (and the League), the only team officially qualified for the play-offs to date, he lacked a bit of success (30.6% at three points) and depth of the bench (19 points for the substitutes) to hope to win the match, while Phoenix was only led by one point 52 seconds from time (113-112). Devin Booker (22 points) missed two long shots on time, sending his team to a second loss in four games.
The series: Boston passes the fifth
The second-best running streak – behind the Milwaukee Bucks’ six-game winning streak – currently belongs to the Boston Celtics, in tremendous form. Because if they validated once morest the Detroit Pistons (114-103) a fifth victory in a row in the regular season, the men of Ime Udoka have in fact lost only two of their last eighteen matches, which has earned a superb rise in the Eastern Conference standings (41v-27d, 5th). As often, Jayson Tatum (31 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists), Jaylen Brown (22 points, 8 rebounds) and Marcus Smart (20 points, 5 assists, 5 steals) did most of the work for their franchise.
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Jayson Tatum has just validated a fifth game in a row with at least 30 points to score. It is his best personal series, equaled.
