Los Angeles (AFP)
Greek Yannis Antetokounmpo broke the legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record as the best scorer in the Milwaukee Bucks, following he led the defending champion to beat the Brooklyn Nets by 120-119 points, following extending a conflict that might be renewed in the first round of the playoffs that Los Angeles might miss. Lakers following losing to the Utah Jazz 109-122.
The Bucks defeated Nets in the Eastern Province semi-finals in a breathtaking series that ended following an extension in the seventh game, on his way to winning the title.
The ninth-placed Nets are seeking to advance to the seventh at the end of the regular season in order to obtain a home advantage in the playoff qualifying for the “Playoff”, while the Bucks “48-28” hope to displace the Miami Heat “49-28” from the top of the East of the In order to obtain, in turn, the advantage of reception at home, but in the playoffs.
At Barclays Center, despite losing the ball 8 times, Antetokounmpo imposed himself as the “superman” by scoring 44 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists, to surpass the legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the first place for the best scorer in the history of the Bucks, thanks to a decisive triple before 18.7 seconds from the end, imposed a 110-110 draw and overtime.
Antetokounmpo entered the game 39 points behind Abdul-Jabbar, the best scorer in the NBA, who started his career with the Bucks, before leaving him with 14,211 points between 1969 and 1975.
The Greek giant, who raised his tally to 14,216 points in a Pax shirt, hit two free throws 3 seconds before the end, giving the victory to his team lucky to see Kevin Durant’s hat-trick coming out of the basket at the whistle.
Gro Holiday added 19 points to the winner, while Chris Middleton was sent off “16 points” due to a fatal mistake in the third quarter following he grabbed Bruce Brown’s arm “23”, who fell hard without being injured.
At the loser, Durant starred with 26 points, 11 assists and 7 rebounds, and Kyrie Irving with 25 points.
At the “Vivint Smart Home Arena”, the Lakers suffered a new loss once morest the Utah Jazz, dropping to eleventh place in the Western Region with 31 wins once morest 45 defeats, and finding themselves in danger of not playing the playoffs.
The 2020 champion played the match without LeBron James and Anthony Davis, while the efforts of the duo Russell Westbrook (24 points and 7 assists) and Dwight Howard (21 points and 12 rebounds) failed to avoid the loss.
And starred in the ranks of the winner, Donovan Mitchell, with 29 points, and Frenchman Rudi Goubert, who played his best attacking match this season, scoring 25 points to 17 rebounds.
The Chicago Bulls beat the Los Angeles Clippers 135-130 following extension, thanks to DeMar DeRozan, who scored 50 points, 10 of them in overtime.
Despite the efforts of Reggie Jackson (34 points), Paul George (22) and Nicholas Batum (17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks), the Clippers suffered their sixth loss in seven matches.
The Atlanta Hawks defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 131-107, and the Detroit Pistons defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 102-94.
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Hornets stymie Irving’s comeback – Al Ittihad Newspaper
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
New York (AFP)
The Boston Celtics rose to the top of the Eastern District in the NBA, with a 134-112 victory over its guest Minnesota Nemberwolves, while the Charlotte Hornets disrupted Kyrie Irving’s participation for the first time at home this season, by defeating the Brooklyn Nets 119-110.
Jason Tatum scored 34 points, Jalen Brown added 31 and 10 rebounds, leading the Celtics to their sixth straight win.
Boston ended the first half leading 72-49, which is its highest score in the first two quarters of this season, to achieve its 47th victory once morest 28 defeats, equal to Miami as the best record in the Eastern Province.
Order is very important, Brown said. We definitely want to take advantage of that. But at the same time, we will face whoever the opponent is.
He continued: The battle in Al Sharqiya will be very fierce, so we are not running away from anyone.
The defending champion Milwaukee Bucks III and Philadelphia 76ers IV enjoy the same record (46-28), in an intense struggle for the top spot in the East.
Philadelphia lost 114-104 once morest the Phoenix Suns, the leader of the West and the league, which strengthened its record to 61-14 following its eighth victory in a row.
From the winning side, Devin Booker scored 35 points, while Chris Paul added 19 and 14 assists. Cameroonian Joel Embiid of the Sevens Sixes was the best with 37 points and 15 rebounds.
In Brooklyn, Irving, who was not vaccinated once morest the Corona virus, played his first home game following a change in the rules related to the pandemic in New York, which previously prohibited him from playing matches at home.
However, Charlotte refused to disrupt this comeback led by Lamelo Paul, who scored 33 points, nine assists and seven rebounds.
Kevin Durant was the best in the Nets with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, while Irving contributed 16 points and 11 assists.
In New Orleans, LeBron James’ 39 points with the Los Angeles Lakers were not enough to avoid a 108-106 loss once morest the Pelicans, who rose to ninth place in the West at the expense of the 2020 champion, who became tenth, in the last qualifying positions for the playoff playoffs. .
Kyrie Irving breaks multiple records with 60 points in Orlando and leads Brooklyn Nets to victory
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Kyrie Irving has set a new franchise record with 60 in-game points with the Orlando Magic. In the Nets’ 150:108 success, the guard played a first half that had not been seen in almost 20 years.
Orlando Magic (18-52) – Brooklyn Nets (36-33) 108:150 (BOXSCORE)
For his 60 points in 35 minutes, Irving only needed 31 throws (20 hits), the 29-year-old converted eight of his twelve three-pointers and twelve of his 13 free throws. It’s the second 60-point game of the season, the other just the day before Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves) played once morest the San Antonio Spurs.
Irving already had 41 points at the break, the last with more following 24 minutes was Kobe Bryant in March 2003 once morest the Washington Wizards. Irving was just plain hot, hardly anything was forced. “It was a game at its finest,” said Kyrie himself. “We were efficient on both sides of the field and won the game.”
In the end Irving might have scored even more points, but in the end the game was too one-sided. 8:33 minutes before the end, Kyrie sank his eighth three-pointer of the game, following which the man of the day was over. The shot chart looked like something out of a video game, Irving scored 13 of the 20 field goals outside the zone and only missed six attempts there.
Kyrie Irving breaks Deron Williams’ Nets record
“When someone runs that hot, nothing can go wrong,” said center Andre Drummond, and it was an easy success for the Nets. The lead was already 30 points at the break, and in the meantime it was even 44. Irving also broke the franchise record set by Deron Williams (57) from 2012, and it was also a new record for Irving personally. In March 2015, while still wearing the Cleveland Cavaliers jersey, Kyrie scored 57 points in an OT game in San Antonio.
Magic coach Jahmal Mosley was also impressed. “Sometimes he just threw over two people. We tried to pressure him but is smart enough to understand when he can and can’t throw.” So Kevin Durant didn’t need it that evening, who put up a comfortable 19 points (6/9 FG, 7/8 FT, 7 assists) in 30 minutes. Patty Mills (15) hit five of his seven threes coming off the bench, backup center Nicolas Claxton put on a double-double.
The Nets hit 60 percent from the field – and also from the line of three (16/27), the hosts had to be content with 38 percent. Cole Anthony was the best scorer with 19 points and 7 assists, Franz Wagner (16, 5/13, 2 assists) sunk his two long-range shots. Moritz Wagner (17, 7/15, 11 rebounds) recorded a double-double coming from the bench.
The deficit for the Nets in sixth place is still 3.5 games, the play-in tournament is threatened. But Irving didn’t want to know anything regarding it and was accordingly self-confident: “This evening showed everyone that we are on the way to making our mark in the history books.”
Kyrie Irving: His points following quarters
| quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| minutes | 10:40 | 12:00 | 08:48 | 03:28 |
| Points (FG) | 16 (6/8) | 25 (8/11) | 10 (3/8) | 9 (3/4) |
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The Brooklyn Nets thrashed the Philadelphia 76ers 129-100 in the NBA, in the first meeting between the two teams since the big swap a month ago.
After problems that extended since being knocked out of the playoffs last season, Ben Simmons finally left the Sixers for the Nets, while James Harden moved in the other direction.
Seth Krey and Andre Drummond have also moved to the Nets in one of the most notable deals of the season.
Kevin Durant was furious that Harden was leaving the team a year following he joined.
After Durant was injured in January and Kyrie Irving only played in the Nets’ away matches due to coronavirus restrictions for unvaccinated people, Harden found himself alone in the Nets.
After his strong start to the season and topping the Eastern Conference, the Nets collapsed and fell to eighth place, so Harden decided to leave.
The Sixers won all five of Harden’s matches, but the first loss came once morest his former team and one of the title candidates.
Simmons attended the match on the field and was mocked by the Sixers fans, when he scored two points during the warm-up but was still not ready to participate in the matches.
The Nets had an impressive performance in the first quarter, with Durant and Irving each scoring 11 points to take the visitors 40-27 ahead.
The Sixers relied on Cameroonian Joel Embiid, who scored 16 of the team’s 27 points.
The Nets did not decline in the second quarter and the team seemed to want to send a message to everyone that despite its decline, it is still a candidate for the title.
Nets finished the first half in his favour, by 21 points.
The first half witnessed Harden’s personal achievement, when he jumped to third place in the list of the most recorded three-pointers in the history of the tournament, surpassed only by Stephen Curry and retired player Ray Allen.
The situation did not change permanently in the third quarter, but only worsened, following the Nets succeeded in consolidating their advantage by 32 points amid the disappearance of Harden, who finished the match by scoring all 11 points before the break.
Sixers coach Doc Rivers succumbed to the loss, and did not involve Embiid and Harden in the entire fourth quarter, while the difference reached 36 points.
Durant led the Nets scorers list with 25 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists.
Cree added 24 points and snatched the ball on five occasions, while Irving scored 22 points in addition to five assists.
Embiid was the Sixers with 27 points and 12 rebounds.
The Nets remained in eighth place in the East with 34 wins and 33 losses, while the Sixers came in third place with 40 wins and 25 defeats.