The two Los Angeles teams had a rather quiet final 2020 outing. The Clippers swept Portland (128-105) in a ultimately disappointing poster. And the Lakers assured without a hitch a success in San Antonio (121-107) where the event was the historic accession of a woman, in this case, Becky Hammon, to coaching, after the expulsion in the second quarter. -time of Gregg Popovich, doubly sanctioned for a technical fault.
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LeBron James celebrated his thirty-sixth birthday in Texas with a still very complete game (26 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists). He completed a 1,000th game in a row with at least 10 points scored in the regular season, a record obviously, to extend a series started in January 2007. His lieutenants Anthony Davis (20 points, 8 rebounds) and Dennis Schröder (21 points ) were in tune as rookie Wesley Matthews brought in 18 points coming off the bench with a perfect 6 of 6 from long distance.
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Opposite, point guard Dejounte Murray broke his career point record (29) but Spurs have never been able to challenge the success of the defending champions.
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The leader of the franchise scored 28 points (9 of 17 shooting, 7 assists) and was well supported by Paul George (23 points, 7 assists) or Nicolas Batum (11 points to 4 of 6 shooting, 5 rebounds, 3 assists in 26 minutes).
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Obviously well recovered from the huge slap suffered against Dallas on Sunday (73-124), the Clippers showed their best face and settled at the top of the Western Conference. Portland did not exist Wednesday at Staples Center (57-76 at the break), starting with Damian Lillard (20 points mainly on free throws, a small 3 out of 14 success in the shoot).
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