Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors stronger than LeBron James and Los Angeles Lakers, Historical Giannis

A shock at the top between two outsiders to the west, two teams relaunched by a mid-season trade. There was a pack of stars, on the parquet floor and in the stands, to attend the duel XXL between the Warriors of Stephen Curry and the Lakers of LeBron James in Los Angeles. The two future Hall of Famers shone with 37 points and 6 assists for the first and 33 points and 9 assists for the second. But it was well curry and his family who had the last word by winning 116 to 123 in the Angelenos room.

A superb match, especially for the fight made by the two teams to the end of the game. Golden State overall dominated the meeting and even had 14 points ahead in the fourth quarter. But the Lakers came back in power in the last minutes. The meeting unbridled and the spectators were then able to attend some intense sequences, where the two teams responded to three-point.

Obviously, Stephen Curry brought his grain of salt (4 award -winning baskets), just like James (5), but the two pistoleros who most marked the meeting are the young Austin Reaves and Brandin Podziemski. The first almost revived the Lakers on its own by showing a very big success in the Money Time (31 points) while the second had put the Warriors on the right rails at the start of the game. He was also decisive in the final (28 points). The Lakers had an opportunity to pick up two lengths in the last seconds but Dorian Finney-Smith missed his three-point attempt. Well embarrassed by Draymond Green then Jimmy Butler, Luka Doncic (19 points) also lost two key balloons. The Warriors won 20 of the 22 games played by Curry and Butler since the latter's arrival.

There had never been a match at 35+ points, 15+ rebounds and 20+ passed in the history of the NBA. Even Wilt Chamberlain, the man of the absolutely absurd quantified records, did not achieve what Giannis Antetokoun is achieved against the Sixers last night. The Bucks superstar delivered an exceptional performance by compiling 35 points, 17 rebounds and 20 assists for a Milwaukee victory in Philadelphia (113-126). It is obviously his personal record for the pass.

The Greek has put its teammates in the best dispositions throughout the evening and the latter took advantage of the defense's attention on it to stack open shots. Especially behind the arc (16 out of 31). Antetokounmpo has thus greatly contributed to relaunching his own in the game after a first quarterly in favor of the Sixers (39-25) of Guerschon Yabusele (22 points). The Wisconsin franchise takes advantage of this victory to recover fifth place from the Eastern Conference.

Memphis beat Miami (108-110) thanks to a basket of Ja Morant at the Siren. A decisive shooting of the All-Star leader who thus drops the Heat, winner of his last six outings. Grizzlies also took advantage of it at the same time to get out of bad dynamics since they remained on four consecutive setbacks. It is even the first victory of the Tennessee franchise since the appointment of Tuomas Iisalo, the former coach of Paris Basket, on the bench following the dismissal of Taylor Jenkins last week. MORANT finished with 30 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter.

Second match in a row at 30 points or more for Shaedon Sharpe. Author of 33 points against Atlanta, he scored 36 in his native Canada to help Portland to overcome Toronto (103-112). Rayan Rupert scored 5 points for the Blazers.

9 out of 10. This is not the note for the performance of Rudy Gobert but his success in shots in the Timberwolves victory against the Nets (90-105). The tricolor pivot was excellent and decisive in the racket, combining 21 points but also 18 rebounds in 36 minutes. He added 2 blocks.

Alex Sarr finished with 10 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists during a Washington defeat against Orlando but his overall performance is attenuated by his great clumsiness. Indeed, the rookie of the Wizards missed 12 of its 16 attempts (0 out of 5 in three points in particular).

Wizards – Magic : 97-109
Sixers – Bucks : 113-126
Nets – Timberwolves : 90-105
Heat – Grizzlies : 108-110
Raptors – Trail Blazers : 103-112
Lakers – Warriors : 116-123