The firing of Jeff Hornacek didn’t change much for the Phoenix Suns. Monday, on the floor of the Los Angeles Clippers, the Suns conceded their 7th consecutive defeat since the arrival of Earl Watson at the head of the team. Worse, Phoenix suffered the biggest gap of the season with this loss of forty points … Read more
After two games and two away wins, James Harden wore the Philadelphia 76ers jersey for the first time in his career at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The reception there was phenomenal with a sold-out meeting and fans who had made it big with false beards and signs galore. “It was a play-off atmosphere, … Read more
After two matches postponed due to the Covid-19 which prevented them from lining up enough players (up to 10 absent), the Chicago Bulls found the courts at home on Sunday night against the Los Angeles Lakers. Despite a LeBron James in form (31 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists), the Bulls managed to win thanks to … Read more
Seventh win in a row for Milwaukee Nothing has stopped the Milwaukee Bucks for ten days. Sunday on the floor of the Indiana Pacers, the defending champions obtained their seventh victory in a row (118-100) in a match controlled from start to finish, where they were no longer led to the score beyond the third … Read more
Coincidentally, the Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit Pistons met in California just seven days after their heated duel in Michigan. This time, no expulsion, bloodied face for Isaiah Stewart or willingness to do a physical fight with LeBron James (who had struck him a blow to the arcade during a free throw). On the other … Read more
The Los Angeles Lakers won with authority the first game of the Western Conference final against the Denver Nuggets (126-114). Specialists in reversals of the situation in the second half of the previous round against the Clippers, the Nuggets were this time powerless, even after the break against the Lakers who were able to rely … Read more
“How do you judge this convincing victory in match 1?We wanted to be the team that puts pressure on their opponents, especially since they had won all their matches 1 (during the first three laps), when we had lost two. We started very slowly for five or six minutes. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope saved us a bit … Read more
8 LeBron James (unanimously elected) is the 8th player to win the final MVP trophy for the Lakers succeeding Jerry West (1969), Wilt Chamberlain (1972), Magic Johnson (1980, 1982, 1987), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1985), James Worthy (1988), Shaquille O’Neal (2000, 2001, 2002) and Kobe Bryant (2009, 2010). James and Abdul-Jabbar are the two who also won … Read more
The game between the Utah Jazz and the Sacramento Kings could have gone to oblivion of the NBA regular season as soon as its end (an easy victory for the Jazz, 123-105) known. After all, there was not the slightest surprise in this end result nor the performance of the Jazz stars. Donovan Mitchell scored … Read more
This Saturday morning, the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks have the same average record of seven wins and six losses since the start of the season. And the two franchises also share a big headache after their Friday night setback. – – On the one hand, the Lakers were humiliated at home … Read more