Escribr de LeBron James It has long since become an impossible task for any chronicler. The forward from Ohio has exhausted all the adjectives and hyperboles in Spanish and has managed to leave the history books without pages to gloss over a number of deeds and records with which the forward has defied the laws of time.
The player has even achieved mask the crisis of the Lakers and his poor results this season behind his numbers and his superhuman performances. The last one, moreover, came accompanied by victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers (120-131) which serves as an oxygen balloon for the Los Angeles team, which will always have a lifeline left as long as LeBron continues to wear yellow.
James destroyed his former team with a new exhibition and a new triple-double from 38 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists. Stratospheric figures for a player who reached the age of 37 last December and who has endeavored to destroy all longevity records as he passed. for now leads the league in scoring (30 points per game) being the oldest player to achieve it four years apart on Stephen Curry and Michael Jordan.
I’m having a great time playing basketball. I’m really having the time of my life
Is the oldest player with a triple double exceeding 35 points and it’s his sixth triple-double above 30 points since LeBron turned 35. Something that until now Kobe Bryant and Larry Bird had only achieved… once each! Numbers that speak of a unique player for whom an end is not yet intuited.
And less now that, as he himself admits, he is in one of the best moments of his career. “I’m having a great time playing basketball. I’m really having the time of my life right now. I’m working on it and that’s all that matters.” Well, if now, at his 37th, he is in the best moment of his career, what can we expect from him?
Kevin Durant He is still determined to show that he is enough and more than enough to sustain the climb of the Brooklyn Nets. The forward pulled off a very complicated game ante los Utah Jazz (114-106) with a new display of efficacy at the end of 37 points and 65% shooting from the field after scoring 15 of 23. He also added nine rebounds and eight assists to give victory to a team that hit 54.2% of their shots.
Juancho Hernangmez I witnessed firsthand Durant’s new scoring recital in his fourth game as a starter for the Utah Jazz. The Spanish forward is taking advantage the casualties of Bojan Bogdanovic and Danuel House and against the Nets dispute 16 minutes and finished with two points (one of three shooting from the field), two rebounds, one assist and one block.
For his part, his older brother, Willyhad no better luck and the Pelicans were defeated in their visit to the Charlotte Hornets (106-103) in a game in which the Spanish pvot once again left good feelings coming off the bench. hernangmez dispute 19 minutes and signed nine points (four of nine in field goals), seven rebounds and a steal of the ball.
Few joys are having the Houston Rockets this season and these usually always have the same proper name: Christian Wood. The power forward signed an excellent game to knock down the Washington Wizards with 39 points (14 of 18 from the field and eight of nine from the triple) and 10 rebounds. He is the second player in Texan franchise history to reach 35 points, 10 sacks and eight 3-pointers after James Harden.
They arrived Heat to Philadelphia to face some 76ers sin Joel Embiid ni James Harden. And not even so were they able to take the victory of the Wells Fargo Center (113-106) that saw one of the worst nights in the shots of his ex Jimmy Butler. Despite finishing with 27 points and six assists, the forward continues denied from the triple (zero of three) and has only scored three of his last 91 attempts.
The Celtics began the season with numerous doubts, which fell mainly on Jayson Tatum, who has now become the driver of this steamroller that is the greens. A roller that has made his victories (123-132 against the Thunder) stop being news beyond the records of a Tatum (36 points) that carries three games in a row exceeding 30 points with 55% effectiveness.
After several games without finding the north, the Bulls They have finally returned to the path of victory after beating the Toronto Raptors (113-99) in a match in which the duo formed by Zach Lavine y DeMar DeRozan He returned to work with 26 points to lead the victory of the Illinois after three games in a row savoring defeat.