Los Golden State Warriors They are going to have to suffer and last night they placed the Lakers a little more on the brink of that suffering. Destined for the play-in no matter what, the Bay team made life more complicated for those in purple and gold despite the return of LeBron James Give them a 120-134 at the Crypto.com Arena despite The King’s 33 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists. In vintage style once more, Klay Thompson He led the Warriors with 27 points to the 23 of Stephen Curry.
It is not only that the best NBA team of the last decade dragged the Lakers a little further into play-in purgatory, but it also brought the possibility of the Los Angeles team sharing that suffering with the team from the Bay a little closer. We say those of Steve Kerr with 44-35 and ninth those of Darwin Ham At 45-35, a dramatic Lakers-Warriors in the play-in is a scenario that is getting closer.
And the worst thing is that not even winning that tremendous duel, one of the series of Conference Semifinals last year, it guarantees access to the playoffs, since the ninth and tenth have to win another game in the play-in. With one more game than the Pelicans, the Lakers make it extremely difficult to directly enter the postseason and are beginning to get used to the idea of the play-in like last year. With the difference that this year they will have to win two games.
The Warriors took advantage of the nonsense that is the Lakers’ defense without Anthony Davis, comes down due to headache and nausea. The titanic effort of a LeBron who returned following missing the last game due to flu symptoms was in vain once morest some Warriors who looked like their usual counterparts and in which he even participated Usman Garubawith minutes for the second game in a row with 1:47.
The San Francisco team arrived calmly in the last quarter, up 89-107 and with their trio at full speed, with Curry nailing 6/6 in triples, Thompson 5/10 and Draymond Green influencing in all facets with a double-double of 15 points, 10 assists plus 6 rebounds. The bustling interior joined the three-point party, scoring all their points from the perimeter with a 5/7.
Chris Paul He rounded off the night with 11 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists from the bench while the 22 points of Austin Reaves and the 20 of Rui Hachimura were insufficient to complement LeBron, who sees himself balancing the fine line between success and failure with the imminent threat of a double-game play-in, much closer now to an upset that might be discouraging to his 39 years.
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