Lakers still ko, first victory of the Nets – Basketball

The Lakers do not engage and start to get nervous. Second outing of the season and second defeat for the yellow and purple, never victorious even in the preseason, beaten 115-105 by Phoenix where Chris Paul (23 points and 14 assists) breaks through 20,000 in his career. Quarrel on the bench between Davis and Howard, even if the two clarified (“we disagreed about what was happening on the pitch, we didn’t want to lose but there are no problems between us”, ‘Superman’ guaranteed) but the problems remain of the Lakers (25 points James, 22 Westbrook and Davis), who also went down 32 in the third quarter.

Another great contender is released, Brooklyn, who after the defeat at the debut overcomes Philadelphia 114-109 dragged by Durant (29 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists) and Harden (20 points) while among the Sixers Embiid grits his teeth and closes with 19 points, 23 each for Harris and Seth Curry.

New York, which had not won the first two regular season games since 2012, knocks Orlando down with a shower of triples (24): 121-96 the final with 21 points and 10 rebounds from Randle, 18 points for the former Fournier.

Washington also made a strong start, winning the overtime on Indiana (135-134) with 34 points from Dinwiddie (40 for Turner among the Pacers) while Scott Barnes, fourth overall pick in the last draft, shows up with 25 points and 13 rebounds in Toronto’s win over Boston (115-83).

Last season’s MVP, Nikola Jokic, makes it clear that he wants to aim for an encore: 32 points and 16 rebounds after Wednesday’s 27 + 13 in Phoenix and Denver rules San Antonio 102-96.

Two out of two wins for the Nuggets as for Utah, which ruined Sacramento’s first outing in a sold out Golden 1 Center (hadn’t happened since March 8, 2020, when the pandemic broke out): 110-101 over the Kings with 27 points Mitchell and Gobert’s 17 points and 20 rebounds.

First home winning season for Houston (124-91 on OKC, 31 + 14 for Christian Wood), Charlotte has the better of Cleveland (123-112), LaVine (32 points) and DeRozan (26 points) drag Chicago against New Orleans ( 128-112).