Grizzlies with strong NBA streak
Lakers win thanks to outstanding LeBron James
1/17/2023 at 8:18 am
The Los Angeles Lakers keep up with the playoff places in the NBA. They owe that mainly to the brilliant LeBron James. Meanwhile, the Memphis Grizzlies continue their winning streak in the American basketball league.
Led by the extremely strong LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers around DBB captain Dennis Schröder have once once more enjoyed a sense of achievement in the professional basketball league NBA. After the last three defeats in a row, the Californians clinched a 140:132 victory once morest the Houston Rockets. With 48 points, eight rebounds and nine assists, superstar James was the outstanding player, Schröder contributed nine points, among other things.
It was only on Sunday that James was only the second player in NBA history to reach the 38,000 point mark. Schröder contributed 9 points to the win in 33 minutes, Russell Westbrook scored 24 points. However, LA once more revealed problems on the defensive and is 13th in the table following their 20th win of the season. well away from the playoff ranks in the West. The Rockets are the weakest team in the league following their 11th straight loss.
Previously, Ja Morant’s Memphis Grizzlies won for the tenth straight season in the NBA and remain the most in-form team in the league. The top team in the Western Conference won 136-106 once morest the struggling Phoenix Suns, with Morant recording 29 points. For the Suns, who once once more played without their injured top performers Chris Paul and Devin Booker, it was their ninth defeat in the past ten games.
Like the Denver Nuggets, the Grizzlies now have 30 wins and 13 losses this season, no team in the Western Conference is better. Only the Boston Celtics have more wins this season in the NBA. The leaders of the Eastern Conference won his away game at the Charlotte Hornets 130:118 and benefited from a great Jayson Tatum. The 24-year-old excelled with his season bests of 51 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. It was the seventh win in a row for the Celtics. While Boston consolidated its lead in the East, Charlotte remains at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.
Setback for Hartenstein
The Milwaukee Bucks, without Giannis Antetokounmpo, clinched a 132-119 win over the Indiana Pacers in the third game to retain third place in the East. Jrue Holiday had a season best of 35 points.
Thanks to 41 points from Steph Curry, defending champions Golden State Warriors recorded a 127:118 once morest the Washington Wizards. The team is still just outside the direct playoff places.
After the last three wins in a row, Isaiah Hartenstein suffered a setback with the New York Knicks. In front of a home audience, the team of the 24-year-old center lost in a close game once morest the Toronto Raptors with 121:123 following overtime. Despite the bankruptcy, the Knicks are still on the playoff course in sixth place in the east. New York’s RJ Barrett with 32 points and Toronto’s Fred VanVleet with 33 traded blows while Hartenstein added two points, five rebounds and an assist in just under 16 minutes on court.
