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Memphis (United States) (AFP)
The star LeBron James had another stellar day in the NBA by guiding the Los Angeles Lakers this Sunday in an away win over the Memphis Grizzlies with a score of 108-94, in the first of two games at the same venue.
With great astuteness, the star canastero finished with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists of the 24 achieved by the team, which has three consecutive victories.
LeBron picked up the pace early in the fourth quarter to score the team’s 10 goals in that stretch, including a 3-pointer with 2:34 left that turned the scoreboard in his favor 101-90.
Anthony Davis escorted him with 17 points and nine sacks, followed by Montrezl Harrell with 16 points off the bench.
Another backup who also rolled over for Los Angeles was Wesley Matthews, who came off the bench to score 14 points in 27 minutes.
The Spanish center Marc Gasol left with seven goals, six rebounds and four serves for scoring.
Gasol, who began his NBA career in Memphis, returned for the first time since the Grizzlies traded him to the Toronto Raptors two seasons ago.
The Grizzlies, without reigning Rookie of the Year Ja Morant, and Jaren Jackson Jr., through injury, had used a 17-0 offense to take an 11-point lead late in the first quarter and led by as many as 12 in the first. half.
– Wizards command respect –
In Brooklyn, the visiting Wizards fiercely beat the Nets 123-122, thanks to a sink with 14 seconds left by Thomas Bryant.
Bradley Beal led the Wizards with 27 points and 10 rebounds and assisted in Bryant’s decisive basket, which held its ground when Nets stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant failed in the final minutes of the game.
It was a drama-filled finale at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot put Brooklyn ahead 122-121 with a layup with 28.2 seconds left. After a timeout, Beal found a pass to Bryant under the basket for the decisive sink.
Irving, who led all scorers with 30 points, missed a triple with less than six seconds to go.
Brooklyn captured the offensive rebound, but Durant’s latest effort also missed the basket.
Star Russell Westbrook finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds for the Wizards.
Bryant scored 21 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for Washington, which has won two in a row after a dire start to the season with a 0-5 record.
– Tatum and Brown lift the Celtics –
In Detroit, Jayson Tatum led the Boston Celtics to a 122-120 victory over the Detroit Pistonst with a decisive basket with 2.9 seconds left that made the difference as the Celtics recovered from a tight loss to the Pistons in the same court on Friday.
With the game tied 120-120, Marcus Smart carried the ball onto the court and found Tatum, who with a swift movement to the left sent Detroit defender Blake Griffin back after missing a game with a concussion, stumble.
Tatum took a jump shot and then blocked Griffin’s effort at the other end to seal the victory. Tatum finished with 24 points and 12 assists.
Jaylen Brown led the Celtics with 31 points from an impressive performance.
Brown shot five of eight from three-point range, his 22 points in the first half giving the Celtics a 61-57 lead at halftime.
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