Star forward LeBron James was once again overwhelming in Michael Jordan’s team fiefdom and was exhibited with a triple-double that helped the Los Angeles Lakers to be second in the Pacific Division and fourth in the Western Conference.
James contributed a triple-double as the leader of the Lakers who beat the Hornets 100-128. He added 24 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, in just three quarters of a game, he exposed all the deficiencies that the Hornets team has under the direction of Jordan, who continues to make no progress in rebuilding the team and is back on track loser (14-15) after suffering the second consecutive defeat.
The Lakers star continued his dominance in the confrontations against the Charlotte teams by placing his mark at 27-1 in 28 games played.
James was unstoppable against one of the worst defenses there is in the NBA as demonstrated by the 17-40 part of the third period and a partial advantage of 30 points for the Lakers.
Meanwhile, James had already secured his second triple-double of the season and number 75 as a professional to then remain seated throughout the fourth period and make everything that happened on the court even more humiliating.
Without James on the field, point guard Lonzo Ball also shone with another triple-double of 16 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, which made him the other figure of the Lakers’ triumph, the third in the last four disputed.
In addition, James and Ball became the two Lakers players who had achieved two triple-doubles in the same game since the legendary, point guard Magic Johnson, and center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, on January 22, 1982. .
The figure of guard James Harden once again shone in a special way in the attack of the Houston Rockets when they achieved their second consecutive triple-double and gave them a 97-105 victory on the road against the Memphis Grizzlies.
Harden, who made history last Thursday by getting the fourth triple-double with at least 50 points scored, this time contributed 32 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists that helped the Rockets achieve their third consecutive win.
The Rockets star last Thursday beat his former teammate Russell Westbrook (3) in the exclusive list of triple-doubles and 50 points, where Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor are also, in third place with two each. Abdul-Jabbar and Richie Guerin each achieved one.
In addition, Harden also has the mark of being the only player in the history of the NBA with a triple-double and 60 points scored in the same game.
The combination of power forward Blake Griffin, center Andre Drummond and Spanish point guard José Manuel Calderón was the key in the attack of the Detroit Pistons who beat the Boston Celtics 113-104 and ended an eight-game winning streak. followed.
Griffin contributed 27 points as the leader of the Pistons attack, who also snapped a six-game losing streak, in addition to having the support of Drummond who achieved a double-double of 19 points and 20 rebounds and prevailed in the inside game.
The Pistons franchise player maintained his nine-game streak with at least 20 points scored, the first in the franchise since forward Richard Hamilton did it in the 2008-09 season. He also surpassed the 12,000 mark as a professional.
Along with Griffin and Drummond, four other Pistons players also had double-digit numbers, while Calderon emerged as the director of the Detroit team’s balanced attack by dishing out eight assists and scoring five points.
The base Kyrie Irving with 26 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three ball recoveries, was once again the leader of the attack of the decimated Celtics (18-11), who also had the support of guard Marcus Smart, who finished with 21 so many, despite having personal problems.
For his part, forward Jason Tatum had 17 points and eight rebounds as the Celtics’ third highest scorer, who dropped back to third place in the Atlantic Division.
Forward Paul George contributed 33 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who beat the Los Angeles Clippers 110-104.
Star point guard Russell Westbrook came close to hitting another triple-double and although he didn’t have his best scoring inspiration, he finished the game with 13 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds, including seven that were defensive.
Westbrooks has already surpassed the legendary Kobe Bryant (6,306) at number 30 in the list of assists in the history of the NBA with 6,313.
Italian power forward Danilo Gallinari had 28 points with seven rebounds, two assists and two ball recoveries to lead the Clippers, who lost the third straight game.
In other results of the day, Chicago rallied 21 points and beat San Antonio 93-98 at home; Orlando, in Mexico, beat Utah 96-89 and Phoenix beat Minnesota 107-99.