The Portland Trail Blazers failed to resist the Los Angeles Lakers pair of concessions with 108: 116 (29:25, 28:28, 29:40, 22:23).
James also had 12 rebounds and eight assists, while Anthony Davis scored 23 of his 29 points in the second half, leading the Lakers to a 2-1 lead in the NBA quarantine bubble in Orlando. Davis also has 11 rebounds and eight assists.
Kentevius Coldwell-Poups stood out with 13 points, Alex Carouso added ten points and seven assists in favor of the Lakers, and Dwight Howard added five points and ten rebounds.
The fourth game in the series is scheduled for Monday.
James said Saturday that it would be more convenient for him to share the burden with Davis in the offense.
“We’re trying to replace each other,” James said. “There will be times when he gets better, so then I try to do other things, like keep up the pace of the attack.”
“We both had opportunities tonight. We just tried to make the most of them,” James added. “There is no ego. We both want to succeed.”
James overtook former San Antonio Spurs player Tim Duncan in the battle for second place in the most-won playoffs (158).
“He lived in the playoffs,” James said of Duncan. “That was his address. My connection to the Great Fundamental means a lot.”
Portland player Damian Lilard scored 34 points and seven assists.
Christian James McCollum finished with 28 points and eight rebounds in favor of the Trail Blazers, while 36-year-old Carmelo Anthony played a quarter and finished the match with 20 points and five personal notes.
The Lakers threw out of the game with 50 percent accuracy and realized ten of the 30 “thirds.” The Los Angeles unit scored 28 of the 43 free throws, while the Trail Blazers scored 18 of the 19.
“It happened in the fourth quarter. They threw their shots from the perimeter, and we too often allowed them to do so from vacant positions,” said Portland club coach Terry Stots. “I hate it was that simple, but it was.”
Milwaukee Bucks are already starting to look more like the team with the best NBA balance in the main event, in the third game of the series with 121: 107 (31:23, 39:20, 29:34, 22:30) defeating Magic, taking the lead in the playoffs series. ar 2-1.
Jannis Adetokunbo, in preparation for his second consecutive NBA Most Valuable Player Award, scored 35 points and scored 11 rebounds, leading the way for the first time in a series.
Adetokunbo took the lead 30 minutes into the game, making the score 12 – 1 after some elegant movement down the middle.
“It was a lot easier because we played defense,” Adetokunbo said. “When we play on defense, we are able to operate in a quick attack, and that makes the game easy.”
Chris Middleton added 17 points to Milwaukee after scoring just two in the second game of the series, and Brook Lopez scored 16 points.
The Bucks were already ahead at 53:34 when Marwin Williams of the Bucks and Orlando player James Anis were kicked out of the game in the second quarter after a fight that began under the basket.
Such a turnaround was probably more expensive for the already injured Magic, and the Bucks ended the halftime with a 25: 9 break.
In another Eastern Conference playoff game, the Miami Heat came just victorious from entering the next round, beating the Indian Pacers by 124: 115 (34:27, 40:29, 20:34, 30:25).
Jimmy Butler scored 27 points in favor of the Heat, Goran Dragich finished the game with 24, including five baskets from the three-point throw line, while Bamam Adebajo had 22 points and 11 rebounds while the Miami unit took the lead in the series 3-0.
Miami basketball players forced their opponents to make several mistakes on Saturday, not allowing the Pacers to equalize the score.
“Heat” in the first half was in the lead with 20, in the third quarter – with 18 points, the rest of the time allowing the Pacers to reduce the gap.
However, as the Pacers approached the court of one basket four minutes before the end of the match, the Heat closed the match with a 13: 6 break.
Malcolm Brogdon finished with 34 points and 14 assists for “Pacers”, while Lithuanian Domants Sabonis could still not play.
The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Houston Rockets 119: 107 (23:29, 34:34, 21:19, 26:22, 15: 3) in the overtime, starting with a 12: 0 breakthrough. However, the Rockets are in the lead despite the injury to Russell Westbrook, who was not playing at the edge of the field with 2-1.
Once again, the “missile” leader James Harden was great, who, in addition to 38 points, also scored eight assists and seven rebounds. 22 points for Jeff Green, 18 for Erik Gordon and “double-double” – 15 points and ten rebounds – Danuel Haus junior.
However, in the ranks of the opponents, four players scored at least 20 points. 29 points for Denis Schröder, 26 for Chris Paul, 23 for Shay Gilles-Alexander and 20 for Danilo Galinari, while Steven Adams (13 balls) and Luguenz Dort (eight balls) scored well in the bounced balls.
NBA teams played eight matches before the playoffs to determine the final place distribution before the playoffs began.
