In the Lakers’ loss to the Pelicans, LeBron narrowed his gap from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s legendary points record to 36. Triple doubles for the two European champions, while the leader of the Warriors gets hurt again
“I just wanted to win“. This is how LeBron James replied to someone who, at the end of the game lost by the Lakers against the Pelicans, pointed out that he was only 36 points behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s legendary record: “I’m bloody tired, but I’ll be ready by Tuesday“, he assured. Against New Orleans, which ended its negative streak of ten defeats, King James recorded 27 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, but they weren’t enough.
Nikola Jokic
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Convincing victory, however, for the Nuggets who, driven by the 41 points of Jamal Murray and the 19th triple double of the season (94th in the regular season) by Nikola Jokic (14p 18r 10a), overcame the Atalanta Hawks without problems. Thanks to this triumph, Denver reaches Boston at the top at 37-16.
From two former MVPs to three others. Starting with Giannis Antetokounmpo, star performer in the seventh consecutive victory of the Milwaukee Bucks. With his triple-double (35p 15r 11a), the Greek center crashed the ambitions of the Miami Heat.
A bitter triumph, however, that of the Golden State Warriors who got the better of the Dallas Mavericks orphaned by Luka Doncic, but who recorded yet another seasonal injury to Stephen Curry who, after scoring 21 points, was forced to leave the parquet for an injury to the left leg: “We have to wait for the outcome of the results to understand the seriousness“, underlined the coach of the reigning champions Steve Kerr at the end of the match.
Stephen Curry
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The other mvp protagonist of the NBA evening has the profile of Kawhi Leonard who scores 35 and, with the collaboration of the 30 put on the scoresheet by Chris Paul, leads the Clippers to victory in overtime over the New York Knicks.
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