James leads the Los Angeles Lakers into the playoffs (JONATHAN BACHMAN)
The Los Angeles Lakers around basketball superstar LeBron James are in the NBA play-offs. The Lakers won their play-in duel at the New Orleans Pelicans 110:106 and moved into the championship round. As the seventh seed, LA will face champions Denver Nuggets led by Nikola Jokic in the first round starting next weekend. Last year the Lakers and Denver met in the conference finals. The Nuggets won 4-0.
Superstar Stephen Curry, on the other hand, failed. With the former series champion Golden State Warriors, Curry, who scored 22 points, lost the second play-in to the Sacramento Kings 94:118 and was eliminated. The final playoff ticket in the West will be played between the Pelicans and the Kings. The winner will play the Oklahoma City Thunder at the start of the playoffs.
James, who is in the play-offs for the 17th time, led the Lakers to success with 23 points as his team’s top scorer. D’Angelo Russell (21) and Anthony Davis (20) were also reliable. New Orleans had its best thrower in Zion Williamson (40), who was injured late. The Lakers had an 18-point lead at one point, but squandered it in the weak final quarter and allowed the Pelicans to equalize. In the end, the Californians still prevailed.
2024-04-17 04:20:08
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