LeBron James

Los Angeles (AFP)
The Boston Celtics frustrated its guest, the Los Angeles Lakers, and its star, “The King,” LeBron James, who scored 41 points, when he decided the “El Clasico” in his favor, 125-121, following extension, in the NBA.
The hot summit between the two most crowned teams in the history of the league, with 17 titles each, fulfilled its promises, and the two teams exchanged control of its result 19 times. The Lakers advanced by seven points in the middle of the last quarter, but Jaylen Brown scored a hat-trick, equalizing 105-105 with 4.1 seconds remaining.
And Jason Tatum committed “30 points, 11 rebounds” a mistake on James “9 rebounds, 8 assists,” when the latter was on his way to scoring a basket before the final whistle, but the referee did not count him, which sparked the king’s anger, and a technical foul was counted once morest his teammate Patrick Beverley. Because he brought a camera to the judges to show them evidence of their bad decision.
Beverley, who had 15 points, was close to being the California hero in the evening, in the last minute, by scoring a hat-trick and crushing “Dunk” before committing a foul once morest Brown, which the latter took advantage of to tie the game.
Brown continued his brilliance in the overtime, scoring 11 points, raising his lead in the match to 37 points, and Malcolm Brogdon added 26 points.
And the “King” tweeted following the match regarding the referees’ decision, saying: “This hurts a lot! I don’t understand”.
James did not find enough support from his colleagues to strike the final blow to the Eastern Region leaders and last season’s runner-up, as Anthony Davis scored only 16 points with 10 rebounds, and Russell Westbrook with 12 points, but the king’s consolation remains that he is 117 points away from breaking the record in The number of points in the history of the league registered in the name of Hakim Abdul-Jabbar.
The Brooklyn Nets, fourth in the Eastern Province, regained their balance following two consecutive losses, by defeating the New York Nets 122-115, thanks to 32 points by Kyrie Irving.
In Atlanta, the Los Angeles Clippers achieved its fifth successive victory, when it defeated its host Hawks 120-113, thanks to its star Kawhi Leonard, who scored 32 points, and rose to fourth place in the Western Region.
In San Antonio, the Phoenix Suns spoiled Spurs coach Gregg Popovich’s 74th birthday celebration, when he beat him 128-118 following extension, in a match in which Chris Paul starred by scoring 31 points with 11 assists.

The Boston Celtics beat the Chicago Bulls 107-99 in the NBA.

Boston player Jason Tatum scored 32 points, while Grant Williams added 20 points.

This is Boston’s 29th win this season, compared to 12 losses.

Meanwhile, the Denver Nuggets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, 122-109.

Denver player emerged Jamal Murray, who missed all of last season with a knee injury, scored 34 points, as his team won its 11th consecutive game.

On the other hand, the Lakers suffered their first loss following 5 consecutive victories, in the absence of star LeBron James due to an ankle injury.

Greek star Yannis Antetokounmpo scored 22 points as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the New York Knicks, 111-107.

The Memphis Grizzlies defeated the San Antonio Spurs, 121-113.

Jayson Tatum: “Credit to Al. It was a big-time shot that sealed the game.”https://t.co/upzNt2Yihj

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) January 10, 2023

Los Angeles (DBA-Stats Perform)
LeBron James scored 37 points and Russell Westbrook added 23 points and 15 assists, following participating from the bench, to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to an exciting victory over the Sacramento Kings 136/134 at dawn Sunday in the NBA.
The Lakers scored their fifth consecutive victory and their 19th this season, compared to 21 defeats, despite the absence of Anthony Davis due to a foot injury. Dennis Schroeder scored 27 points, including four three-pointers, and Thomas Bryant added 29 points and 14 rebounds for the Lakers.
Westbrook participated in 34 minutes and became the second player to score 20 points, five rebounds and 15 assists following his participation from the bench since the 1970/1971 season. D’Aaron Fox scored 34 points for the Kings, and Domantas Sabonis added 25 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists.
In other matches, the Dallas Mavericks defeated New Orleans 127/117, the Boston Celtics defeated the San Antonio Spurs 127/116, the Chicago Bulls defeated the Utah Jazz 126/118, and the Orlando Magic defeated the Golden State Warriors 115/101.

Washington (AFP)

Veteran star LeBron James celebrated his 38th birthday in the best way, when he scored his highest score this season in the NBA, achieving 47 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 130-121 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.
This is the first time during the season that LeBron scored 40 points or more, the 70th in his rich two-decade career in the NBA.
He was the best player in the league four times and promised his colleagues before the match to score forty points in the Hawks basket: I asked for it, I told them before the match, I had to do it, following I scored a try out of five, I thought it was difficult to achieve.
Despite scoring an orphan basket from the first six attempts in reality, LeBron, who played his third match in four evenings, finished the match with 18 attempts out of 27.4 out of 6 three-pointers and 7 out of 9 on the free throw line.
The player nicknamed “The King” continued: I was not aware of the fact that if it was three matches in four evenings, I realized that I needed to be mentally and physically ready, making sure that my body was ready and the most important thing was my mind.
James became the fourth player in league history to score 45 points or more at the age of thirty-eight, joining Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jamal Crawford.
Led by Tray Young, the Hawks advanced by 15 points in the first half, before James Lakers carried him on his shoulders, scoring 16 points in the second and final quarters and 13 in the third.
And the Atlanta confrontation in 2009 was the only one in which LeBron scored more points on his birthday (48).
James is following in the footsteps of breaking the record for the best scorer in the history of the league held by Karim Abdul-Jabbar, and he may achieve this achievement next February.
And the Lakers, who ranked thirteenth in the Western Region (15-21), missed its other star, Anthony Davis, due to a foot injury.
His wife, his mother and a number of his relatives were present on the field, and he said: Their presence here and my support outside our stadium, on my birthday, is an important thing for me, because they are the rock in everything I do, my mother, my husband and my family.