Los Angeles (AFP)
The Boston Celtics frustrated its guest, the Los Angeles Lakers, and its star, “The King,” LeBron James, who scored 41 points, when he decided the “El Clasico” in his favor, 125-121, following extension, in the NBA.
The hot summit between the two most crowned teams in the history of the league, with 17 titles each, fulfilled its promises, and the two teams exchanged control of its result 19 times. The Lakers advanced by seven points in the middle of the last quarter, but Jaylen Brown scored a hat-trick, equalizing 105-105 with 4.1 seconds remaining.
And Jason Tatum committed “30 points, 11 rebounds” a mistake on James “9 rebounds, 8 assists,” when the latter was on his way to scoring a basket before the final whistle, but the referee did not count him, which sparked the king’s anger, and a technical foul was counted once morest his teammate Patrick Beverley. Because he brought a camera to the judges to show them evidence of their bad decision.
Beverley, who had 15 points, was close to being the California hero in the evening, in the last minute, by scoring a hat-trick and crushing “Dunk” before committing a foul once morest Brown, which the latter took advantage of to tie the game.
Brown continued his brilliance in the overtime, scoring 11 points, raising his lead in the match to 37 points, and Malcolm Brogdon added 26 points.
And the “King” tweeted following the match regarding the referees’ decision, saying: “This hurts a lot! I don’t understand”.
James did not find enough support from his colleagues to strike the final blow to the Eastern Region leaders and last season’s runner-up, as Anthony Davis scored only 16 points with 10 rebounds, and Russell Westbrook with 12 points, but the king’s consolation remains that he is 117 points away from breaking the record in The number of points in the history of the league registered in the name of Hakim Abdul-Jabbar.
The Brooklyn Nets, fourth in the Eastern Province, regained their balance following two consecutive losses, by defeating the New York Nets 122-115, thanks to 32 points by Kyrie Irving.
In Atlanta, the Los Angeles Clippers achieved its fifth successive victory, when it defeated its host Hawks 120-113, thanks to its star Kawhi Leonard, who scored 32 points, and rose to fourth place in the Western Region.
In San Antonio, the Phoenix Suns spoiled Spurs coach Gregg Popovich’s 74th birthday celebration, when he beat him 128-118 following extension, in a match in which Chris Paul starred by scoring 31 points with 11 assists.
