Aurélien CANOT, Media365, published on Sunday February 13, 2022 at 09:01
With the Lakers looking set to avoid a third straight loss on Saturday against Golden State, three consecutive award-winning shots from Klay Thompson gave the Warriors the win. Brooklyn, beaten in Miami, recorded his eleventh defeat in a row despite a huge end to the game from Kyrie Irving, while Denver ended Toronto’s good series and Luka Doncic’s huge game (45 points ) was not enough this time in Dallas, to tame the Clippers.
The evening had everything to be perfect for the Lakers. Become as expected during this match between his team and Golden State on the San Francisco floor the best scorer in NBA history, with now 44,157 career points, LeBron James did not even imagine that this meeting coming to further mark his legend can end other than with a victory, synonymous with renewed success for the Lakers after two defeats in a row again. Unfortunately for the “King”, Klay Thompson had decided otherwise. And while the Californians gave the impression of holding their victory, the other “Splash Brother” (Stephen Curry, not in a great evening, settled for 24 points) investigated three baskets at three points in a money time marked with his mark (16 points out of his 33 of the evening) to allow the Warriors to shower James and his family (117-115).
Doncic was not enough, Jokic brings down Toronto
Kyrie Irving also gave everything in the last moments to try to finally stop this spiral of defeat for Brooklyn. Unfortunately for the Nets, beaten Saturday for the eleventh time in a row (115-111), the 18 points in a row scored by their star point guard in the third and fourth quarters were not enough to prevent Miami from aligning a fifth straight win. In the same way, Luka Doncic, yet still monstrous (45 points, including 23 in the last quarter, for 96 points in total on his last two outings for the Slovenian) did not allow Dallas to continue his good series, at the expense of the Clippers (99-97) of Nicolas Batum, yet unable to return the slightest basket in this meeting (0 point). End of series also for Toronto. Best team of the moment in the NBA with eight straight wins before receiving Denver and its MVP Nikola Jokic (28 points, 15 rebounds in this game), the Raptors fell (110-109) against the Colorado men. As a symbol, the last action of the match saw Anunoby, winning ball in his hands, being countered by Jokic.
BASKETBALL – NBA / REGULAR SEASON
Saturday February 12, 2022
Charlotte Hornets – Memphis Grizzlies : 118 – 125
Washington Wizards – Sacramento Kings : 110 – 123
New Orleans Pelicans – San Antonio Spurs : 114 – 124
Philadelphia 76ers – Cleveland Cavaliers : 103 – 93
Toronto Raptors – Denver Nuggets : 109 – 110
Miami Heat – Brooklyn Nets : 115 – 111
Chicago Bulls – Oklahoma City Thunder : 106 – 101
Dallas Mavericks – LA Clippers : 97 – 99
>>> Frank Ntilikina’s stats (DAL): 12 minutes, 2 points (1 of 4 on shots, including 0 of 2 on three points), 1 rebound, 1 lost ball, 1 interception, 1 foul
>>> Stats of Nicolas Batum (CLI): 20 minutes, 0 point (0 out of 2 on shots, including 0 out of 2 from three points), 2 rebounds, 1 lost ball, 1 foul
Golden State Warriors –Los Angeles Lakers: 117-115
Phoenix Suns – Orlando Magic : 132 – 105
