Los Angeles (AFP)
Greek Yannis Antetokounmpo broke the legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record as the best scorer in the Milwaukee Bucks, following he led the defending champion to beat the Brooklyn Nets by 120-119 points, following extending a conflict that might be renewed in the first round of the playoffs that Los Angeles might miss. Lakers following losing to the Utah Jazz 109-122.
The Bucks defeated Nets in the Eastern Province semi-finals in a breathtaking series that ended following an extension in the seventh game, on his way to winning the title.
The ninth-placed Nets are seeking to advance to the seventh at the end of the regular season in order to obtain a home advantage in the playoff qualifying for the “Playoff”, while the Bucks “48-28” hope to displace the Miami Heat “49-28” from the top of the East of the In order to obtain, in turn, the advantage of reception at home, but in the playoffs.
At Barclays Center, despite losing the ball 8 times, Antetokounmpo imposed himself as the “superman” by scoring 44 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists, to surpass the legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the first place for the best scorer in the history of the Bucks, thanks to a decisive triple before 18.7 seconds from the end, imposed a 110-110 draw and overtime.
Antetokounmpo entered the game 39 points behind Abdul-Jabbar, the best scorer in the NBA, who started his career with the Bucks, before leaving him with 14,211 points between 1969 and 1975.
The Greek giant, who raised his tally to 14,216 points in a Pax shirt, hit two free throws 3 seconds before the end, giving the victory to his team lucky to see Kevin Durant’s hat-trick coming out of the basket at the whistle.
Gro Holiday added 19 points to the winner, while Chris Middleton was sent off “16 points” due to a fatal mistake in the third quarter following he grabbed Bruce Brown’s arm “23”, who fell hard without being injured.
At the loser, Durant starred with 26 points, 11 assists and 7 rebounds, and Kyrie Irving with 25 points.
At the “Vivint Smart Home Arena”, the Lakers suffered a new loss once morest the Utah Jazz, dropping to eleventh place in the Western Region with 31 wins once morest 45 defeats, and finding themselves in danger of not playing the playoffs.
The 2020 champion played the match without LeBron James and Anthony Davis, while the efforts of the duo Russell Westbrook (24 points and 7 assists) and Dwight Howard (21 points and 12 rebounds) failed to avoid the loss.
And starred in the ranks of the winner, Donovan Mitchell, with 29 points, and Frenchman Rudi Goubert, who played his best attacking match this season, scoring 25 points to 17 rebounds.
The Chicago Bulls beat the Los Angeles Clippers 135-130 following extension, thanks to DeMar DeRozan, who scored 50 points, 10 of them in overtime.
Despite the efforts of Reggie Jackson (34 points), Paul George (22) and Nicholas Batum (17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks), the Clippers suffered their sixth loss in seven matches.
The Atlanta Hawks defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 131-107, and the Detroit Pistons defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 102-94.
