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NBA: Los Angeles Lakers fall in Memphis – Basketball – NBA

Bad surprise for the Los Angeles Lakers. The Western conference leaders lost to the Memphis Grizzlies (105-88) on Saturday, ending their seven-game winning streak since February 9. Only eighth in the conference, the Grizzlies, themselves, offered one of their best victories of the season, and thus stopped their own series, of five losses in a row. They had not won since February 13.

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After a balanced first quarter (29-25), Memphis escaped the scoreboard in the next 12 minutes, notably leading by 16 units (49-33, 19th) and reaching the break with a comfortable lead ( 58-46). Returning from the locker room, the Grizzlies did not drop their pace and had a 20-point lead (86-66) at the end of the third quarter.

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Seven minutes from the buzzer, the Lakers managed to return to nine points (90-81). But Memphis did not deconcentrate so far and immediately widened the gap again, to win clearly against one of the best teams of the season. Ja Morant (27 points, 14 assists) and Dillon Brooks (24 pts) were the two best scorers for the Grizzlies, followed by Jonas Valanciunas, author of a nice double-double (22 points, 20 rebounds).

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As for the Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James was limited to 19 points (8/18 in the shoot, 2/8 of which were three points). But he still “doubled”, with 10 assists. Anthony Davis had 15 points and nine rebounds. Californians will not have time to mull over this defeat, since they will play at the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday.

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Victorious golden state

Two other Western conference teams won on Saturday. The Golden State Warriors, who live a nightmarish season (last of the conference, after having been in the final five previous seasons), went to win with the Phoenix Suns (115-99). They stayed on eight consecutive losses and have been waiting for a victory since February 4.

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Phoenix had however started the meeting very well, leading 41-28 after a quarter. But Golden State had reduced the gap at the break (65-61), before passing a 31-16 to the Suns in the third quarter. The Warriors then kept their hand up to the buzzer. From the bench, Eric Paschall was the top scorer for Golden State with 25 points. In the ranks of Phoenix, Élie Okobo stood out, scoring 14 points and taking seven rebounds in 20 minutes of play.

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The San Antonio Spurs imposed themselves at home against the Orlando Magic (114-113). Led in the final seconds, the Texans equalized and then took advantage on shots from Bryn Forbes. Trey Lyles was the top scorer for Spurs with 20 points. On the Orlando side, Evan Fournier shone with 23 points, finishing the game’s best scorer.

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