Ridicule of the Lakers in their preseason premiere

The Los Angeles Lakers began their preseason on Monday with a home loss and a 30-point difference to the Sacramento Kings (75-105). The Angelenos were leading at the interval (46-41), but sank in the second half undergoing a sensational 29-64 in the past two quarters. The good news for the Lakers was that his three stars (LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook) only played in that first half in which his team dominated the scoring.

With a quarter of an hour of track per capita, Lebrón finished with 4 points (0 out of 7 shots)one rebound and 2 assists; Davis finished with 11 points (shot 4 of 9), 11 rebounds. and 2 assists; Y Westbrook closed his participation with 5 points (2 out of 3 shots), 2 rebounds and 3 assists. Mexican Juan Toscano-Anderson played 22 minutes with the Lakers in which he added 2 points (1 out of 5 shooting), 3 rebounds and an assist. The Lakers only scored 31.2% of their field goals and 23.3% of their 3 points. In the Kings the best was Keegan Murray with 16 points, 6 rebounds and an assist.

Ben Simmons debuts with the Nets

Ben Simmons made his debut Monday with the Brooklyn Nets at a loss in their first preseason game right against his former team, the Philadelphia 76ers (108-127). After a huge and weird soap opera that kept him off the pitch all last season and took him from Philadelphia to Brooklyn, Simmons played again this Monday fifteen months later and scored 6 points (3 of 6 shots), 4 rebounds, 5 assists and a steal against 2 defeats in 19 minutes on the track.

Simmons this Monday was part of the starting lineup of the Networks with Kevin Durant (13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in 19 minutes) and Kyrie Irving (9 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals even in 19 minutes). His two great references did not play in the Sixers: Joel Embiid and James Harden. Thus, the Philadelphia top scorer was Tyrese Maxey with 20 points, one rebound and 3 assists.

Kawhi and Murray return

Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers and Jamal Murray of the Denver Nuggets returned to play This Monday in the NBA preseason after more than a year off the slopes for his serious injuries. Leonard underwent surgery in July 2021 to address his anterior cruciate ligament problems in his right knee and didn’t play a game last season. Already recovered for some Clippers running like a major threat in the Western Conference, Leonard got 11 points (3 of 8 in shots) this Monday, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in 16 minutes in the Clippers’ first preseason game win against the Portland Trail Blazers (102-97). to angelono Point guard John Wall also made his debut, who scored 5 points (1 out of 4 shooting), a rebound and 3 assists in 14 minutes off the bench. Damian Lillard, who missed the second half of last season to recover from an abdominal injury, was the Blazers’ top scorer with 16 points (5 of 13 shots), 3 rebounds, 2 assists and a 23-minute recovery on the track.

For its part, Jamal Murray, also empty last year due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury, returned to the field this Monday and contributed 10 points (4 of 7 shots), 2 rebounds and 2 assists in 15 minutes. with los Nuggets. Denver fell 101-112 to the Oklahoma City Thunder in a match in which the Serbian Nikola Jokic, MVP of the last two seasons, scored 2 points (0 on 1 on shots), 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals in 15 minutes. The most outstanding of the Thunders was Josh Giddey, who came close to triple-double (14 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists).