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Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (r) stole both Lakers superstar LeBron James (m) and Russel Westbrook (l) the show on December 29, 2021 (local time).
The Los Angeles Lakers also lost out against the talented Memphis Grizzlies. The star ensemble around LeBron James apparently ran out of breath towards the end of the NBA game.
The Los Angeles Lakers around basketball star LeBron James (37) are not gaining momentum in the North American professional league NBA. In the night from Wednesday to Thursday (December 30, 2021) the Lakers lost to the Memphis Grizzlies with 99: 104 (54:48).
The Los Angeles team suffered their sixth defeat in the past seven games and are currently only eighth in the Western Conference.
NBA talent Ja Morant better than superstar LeBron James
James led the Lakers with 37 points the day before his 37th birthday, hitting eight threes. Memphis’ development player Ja Morant (22) came up to 41 points and scored eleven of the last 15 points for the Grizzlies. Especially in the final quarter of the game, the team from Tennesee turned it up again. After the third quarter, the Lakers were still leading with 83:78. For Memphis it was the third win in a row.
The currently longest successful run in the NBA show the Chicago Bulls: The team from Illinois has been unbeaten for five games, most recently the Bulls celebrated a 131: 117 (74:53) home win against the Atlanta Hawks. As in the previous two games, the former national basketball coach Chris Fleming (51) was responsible. The actual assistant coach of Chicago currently represents head coach Billy Donovan (56), who is in quarantine.
This continues to apply to national basketball player Dennis Schröder (28) from the Boston Celtics and Maxi Kleber (29) from the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavs lost to the Sacramento Kings 94:95, the Celtics lost to the Los Angeles Clippers 82:91. The team from Los Angeles missed the German center Isaiah Hartenstein (23) due to an ankle injury. (dpa)
