NBA. LeBron James joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar! The number 6 Los Angeles Lakers has exceeded the 37,000 career points mark despite his franchise’s loss last night against the Minnesota Timberwolves (116-108).
37 years and more than 37,000 points on the clock! Despite the loss last night of the Los Angeles Lakers against the New Orleans Pelicans (116-108), LeBron James made history at the Smoothie King Center. In addition to his 39 points, “King James” became the second player in history to pass the 37,000 career point mark after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Author of a 14/27 in shooting and a 7/13 in three points, it was on a very distant winning basket that he wrote his legend again.
The Eastern Conference has a new leader. Thanks to their success at home against the Minnesota Timberwolves (132-114) last night, the Boston Celtics take the lead in the East ahead of the Miami Heat. The Celtics were able to win for the sixth time in a row thanks to Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, authors of 34 and 31 points in the game. The Eastern Conference is tighter than ever, the gap between the Celtcis, 1st and the Philadelphia Sixers of Joel Embiid is 0.5 wins.
Note the good performance of LaMelo Ball with the Charlotte Hornets against the Brooklyn Nets where Kyrie Irving played his first game of the season at home. Author of 33 points, the playmaker guided his franchise to victory (119-110).
- Detroit Pistons 102-104 New York Knicks
- Boston Celtics 134-112 Minnesota Timberwolves
- Phoenix Suns 114-104 Philadelphia Sixers
- Washington Wizards 123-115 Golden State Warriors
- New Orleans Pelicans 116-108 Los Angeles Lakers
- Dallas Mavericks 114-100 Utah Jazz
- Brooklyn Nets 110-119 Charlotte Hornets
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- Cleveland Cavaliers – Orlando Magic
- Indiana Pacers – Atlanta Hawks
- Charlotte Hornets – Denver Nuggets
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- Miami Heat – Sacramento Kings
- New York Knicks – Chicago Bulls
- Toronto Raptors – Boston Celtics
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- Houston Rockets – San Antonio Spurs
- Memphis Grizzlies – Golden State Warriors
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- Portland Blazers – Oklahoma City Thunder
The 30 NBA franchises are divided into two conferences: the Western conference and the Eastern conference, here is the ranking in the West: NBA finalist last year, Phoenix continues its momentum this season. The Suns first in the Western Conference with 61 wins and 14 losses have already qualified for the NBA playoffs. They are ahead of the Memphis Grizzlies who have also just obtained their place for the playoffs and the Golden State Warriors. With 55 losses, the Houston Rockets are eliminated from the NBA playoff race (like Oklahoma City Thunder) and seem on track to finish last in the West.
15 franchises make up the Eastern Conference standings, here is the latest ranking: With 47 wins and 28 losses, the Boston Celtics dominate the Eastern Conference, tied with the Miami Heat which has long dominated. The Milwaukee Bucks of Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Philadelphia Sixers of Joel Embiid complete the podium. At the end of the rankings, Orlando Magic and the Detroit Pistons, who are vying for last place, have already been eliminated from the playoff race like the Indiana Pacers.
Each NBA franchise plays 82 games in the regular season. At the end of this regular season, the top eight franchises in each conference are ranked from 1 to 8. 1st faces 8th, 2nd is opposed to 7th,… The winners of the first round advance to the conference semi-finals , the winners of the second round advance to the conference finals. The champions of each conference meet in the NBA Finals. The series are played in the best of 7 games which are played in a 2-2-1-1-1 format, since the 2013-2014 season.
Since the 2020-2021 season, the play-in has made its appearance in the NBA in which the teams ranked from 7th to 10th place play a mini tournament. The 7th and 8th of each conference face each other in a match, where the winner is qualified in 7th position of the playoffs. The loser plays the winner of the match between 9th and 10th in each conference, where the winner of the game advances to the playoffs in 8th place.
In the NBA, there are 30 franchises divided into two conferences:
Western Conference:
- Dallas Mavericks
- Denver Nuggets
- Golden State Warriors
- Houston Rockets
- Los Angeles Clippers
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Memphis Grizzlies
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- New Orleans Pelicans
- Oklahoma City Thunder
- Phoenix Suns
- Portland Blazers
- Sacramento Kings
- San Antonio Spurs
- Utah Jazz
Eastern Conference:
- Atlanta Hawks
- Boston Celtics
- Brooklyn Nets
- Charlotte Hornets
- Chicago Bulls
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- Detroit Pistons
- Indiana Pacers
- Miami Heat
- Milwaukee Bucks
- New York Knicks
- Orlando Magic
- Philadelphia Sixers
- Toronto Raptors
- Washington Wizards
Prestigious event of the NBA, the best players come together for a weekend. Several events are organized such as the three-point contest, the dunk contest, the “skills challenge” and at the end, a gala match between the superstars of the American basketball league.
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Who will succeed Nikola Jokic? The Denver Nuggets center won the title of best regular season player last season. Among the favorites this year, Joel Embiid, pivot of the Philadelphia Sixers, top scorer of the season with 29.8 points on average. Nikola Jokic is also among the favorites at his own estate where the Serbian tops all stats in his franchise except for three-point shooting percentage (Bryn Forbes) and steal percentage (Facundo Campazzo). Stephen Curry with the Golden State Warriors or Giannis Antetokounmpo with the Milwaukee Bucks are also among the contenders for the MVP title for this 2021-2022 season.
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