LeBron’s Lakers took the first game against Curry’s Warriors

When two of the best teams in the league meet in a postseason series, basketball fans get excited. But this time there is a different scent: the confrontation between los angeles lakers of LeBron James and the Golden State Warriors of Steph Curry boosted the madness, and after the victory of the Los Angeles team in game 1 by 112-117, it is likely that more than one is glued to the screen waiting for the next game.

LeBron against Steph, Steph against LeBron. Two great players who will enter the pantheon of legends, but all in due time and there will be another time to recognize them. Two of the best to ever step foot on a basketball court face off in a new series that has fans going wild.

The first game between the Warriors and Lakers was this Tuesday night, where The Los Angeles team, on their visit to the Chase Center, managed to win an important victory and make sure, at least, to return with a tie to play at home.

In San Francisco they have already witnessed unique games, series and championships. But welcome to all the games you want, between one of the greatest individual rivalries in recent times in basketball and sports in general. The two boys from Akron who played four -yes, four- consecutive NBA finals in what was the legendary Warriors – Cavs duel and in which Curry can boast of having a positive record of 3-1 against the King.

But things will not be so easy. LeBron wants to match the postseason record against Curry and the Warriors, and this Tuesday he started on the right foot. With a form that flies under the radar, for the numbers that he has accustomed us to, James finished the game with 22 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 assists. While Curry added 27 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Curiously, the performance of the night was not for either of the two born in Ohio. The most important player of the match was Anthony Davis, that in a duel with Kevon Looney, he took over the match and finished with 30 points, 23 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks.

The key in the game for the Lakers was in their defense. Strong and sticky, more than anything to skillful shooters like Curry, Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole, added to a better field goal percentage in the visiting team and who also had the mettle to define the last minutes of the game, a factor that remained pending at the Warriors after a questionable shot by Poole.

The second game of this exciting series will be this Thursday at 10:00 p.m.

The other series that takes place in the Western Conference Semifinal is between the Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns, in which the latter have not found the cryptonite to stop center Nikola Jokic. In Denver, the local team won the first two games and leads 2-0 but now it is Phoenix’s turn to play at home.

The moment is now, for the Suns if they want to continue in the fight. And led by Kevin Durant and Devin Booker they will have to stand up to the Nuggets, who after so many frustrated seasons seem ready to make noise and big time in the Western Conference.

In the Eastern Conference, the Philadelphia 76ers lead the matchup 1-0 against the Boston Celtics. On their visit to TD Garden, the Sixers played a great game and with a spectacular James Harden, who added 45 points, they managed to stay in the first game. And beware, those of Philadelphia hope to recover the recently named MVP of the league Joel Embiid.

A wake-up call must be made to the Celtics, who had doubts to close the game and in a key play they gave the orange to Tyrese Maxey, who sentenced a game that was stick and stick. This Wednesday from 9:00 p.m. Game 2 will be played, again at the home of the Boston team.

The other duel that appears in the semifinals of the Eastern Conference is that of the New York Knicks against the Miami Heat. Two very even duels were seen during the first two presentations at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York and the series was 1-1.

Now, with the spotlight on Florida, the Miami team hopes to have superstar Jimmy Butler back, who wouldn’t be surprised if he decided the series in favor of the Heat. But it is not necessary to anticipate and it is better to wait until Saturday, the day in which the game number 3 will be played between those from New York and those from Miami.