The resumption of the NBA began to leave surprises and marks like those experienced in the past day in which the current league champions, the Toronto Raptors, reminded the Los Angeles Lakers with a great victory, and forward TJ Warren was he became the first player in the Orlando bubble to break the 50-point barrier.
The point guard Kyle Lowry contributed a double-double of 33 points with 14 rebounds and six assists that left him in front of the attack of the Raptors, who continued with their dominance over the Los Angeles Lakers, whom they beat 107-92 in what it was his debut in the Orlando bubble.
Along with Lowry, English guard-forward OG Anunoby also shone by scoring 23 points after scoring 8 of 9 shots from the field, including his three 3-point attempts, and became the winning factor of the Raptors, the reigning champions. league, who beat the Lakers for the eleventh time in a row, with whom they have not lost since the 2014-15 season.
Lowry had a good second half to block a comeback attempt by the Lakers, the current leaders of the Western Conference, who are now 1-1 at the restart of the regular season in the Orlando bubble.
This time the contribution of the star forward LeBron James, a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds did not save the Lakers inferiors in their team game to the current league champions and without their individualities such as center Anthony Davis and wing -Pivot Kyle Kuzma could help them.
Warren scored 53 points, his best as a professional, and the Indiana Pacers beat the Philadelphia Sixers 127-121 in both teams’ debut game at the restart of the NBA regular season.
The franchise guard, Victor Oladipo, who before the competition restarted said that he would be low in order to better complete the recovery of his knees, in the end he changed his mind and went out to play with the Pacers to whom he contributed 15 points.
A sixth-year player acquired from the Phoenix Suns in an offseason trade, Warren made 20 of 29 shots from the field and 9 of 12 from outside the perimeter, in what was his first professional game with at least 50 points.
All of the offensive stats that Warren achieved during the game made them the best of his professional career.
The Pacers (40-26) took control of fifth place in the Eastern Conference by breaking a tie with the 76ers and winning the season series.
Cameroonian center Joel Embiid stood out with a double-double of 41 points and 21 rebounds as the leader of the Sixers, who, like the Pacers, are already classified for the playoffs.
Forward Paul George confirmed that he has arrived in great form at the resumption of the regular season and with eight triples he led the Los Angeles Clippers scoring exhibition against the New Orleans Pelicans, who beat them 126-103.
George made three consecutive triples in the opening minutes and added 28 points as the Clippers’ leading scorer, who set a new record for shots and hits from outside the perimeter.
The Clippers broke the franchise record by scoring 25 of 47 3-point attempts.
George scored 8 of 11. The Clippers also tied the team record for 3-pointers in the middle of the game and lived up to the NBA record by shooting 16 of 24 with a 77-45 partial lead at halftime.
Forward Kawhi Leonard added 24 points as the second leading scorer for the Clippers, who bounced back from a 101-103 loss to the Lakers on Thursday’s opening day.
The victory was the 939th in the career of coach Doc Rivers, who leads the Clippers, and he surpassed the legendary Red Auerbach for 11th on the NBA’s all-time list.
The backup point guard, rookie Nickeil Alexander-Walker, scored 15 points as the leader of a Pelicans who lacked scoring inspiration and his star power forward Zion Williamson, seven points, couldn’t help either.
Center Bam Adebayo, guard Jimmy Butler and Canadian reserve Kelly Olynyk showed their best scoring inspiration and the Miami Heat beat the Denver Nuggets 125-105 in the restart of both teams of the regular season.
Adebayo and Butler finished with 22 points each, in addition to combining with 13 rebounds, 13 assists and three ball recoveries, while Olynyk had another 20 points.
Serbian center Nikola Jokic and reserve power forward Jerami Grant finished with 19 points each as leaders of the Nuggets, who did not have their best scoring inspiration with 3s, failing 27 of 35 attempts.
The Canadian guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 19 points and led the balanced attack of the Oklahoma Thunder that beat the Jazz 110-94, the game that both teams should have played on March 11 when the COVID-positive test was known. 19 of the French center Ruddy Gobert, from Utah, who forced the indefinite suspension of the NBA competition. EFE (HN)