Jokic score 34, Porter adds 24 as Nuggets use strong second half to defeat lakers 127-102

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Nikola Jokic scored 34 points and Michael Porter Jr added 24 as Denver Nuggets used strong second half to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 127-102 on Saturday night.

Austin Reaves scored 19 points and LeBron James added 18 for the Lakers who lost consecutive home matches after starting the season 7-0 at home.

Rui Hachimura back in lineup after missed five matches with left ankle sprain scored 10 points in 22 minutes.

Russell Westbrook had 14 points 11 assists and seven rebounds for Denver against former team.

Nuggets host New York Knicks on Monday and Lakers visit Phoenix to open a road back to back.

Denver trailed by six points at halftime but outscored Los Angeles 37-15 in third quarter and 70-39 for second half while dominating inside and outside.

The Lakers led 63-57 at halftime and let match get away from them in a third quarter.

It shows they have much work to do to get out from Denver control.

Nuggets even in playing on second of back to back and traveling Denver still had the legs for long range shots.

Denver was 16 for 32 on 3 pointers.

The Nuggets outscored the Lakers 20-4 in paint in third quarter Jokic had nine points in third in which denver score 37 points.

 

LeBron James makes 4th straight triple double in Lakers win

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LeBron James made history when he was named MVP of the opening in season tournament Friday night Los Angeles Lakers opened their tournament defense.

It was 1504th regular season game of James career tying him with john Stockton for fifth most of all time as 39 year old star ticked past 57,000 career regular season minutes.

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Lakers coach JJ Redick credited James setting example for rest of team by being physicals on boards a goal of coaching staff for group.

Now 12 games into 82 game season with the Lakers sitting with the fifth best record in Western Conference at 8-4 James presence make it easy for Redick to implement his playbook with team.

Reddick said

“I think the biggest thing that we have seen as a staff is as we continue to build out the offensive system and play calling sheet, it is easy to then get him and AD the ball in right spot”.

James scored the Lakers last four points in 120-115 group stage win more the San Antonio Spurs and finished with 15 pints 12 assists and 16 rebounds for his fourth straight triple double he has had in row during his 22 season career.

He did it on a night where he said he played like s and was not in a good rhythm after taking season low 12 shot tried and committing a season high seven turnovers.

James is averaging 9.6 assists the second highest mark of his career and the third best in NBA this season only Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic 11.7 and Atlanta Hawks Trae Young 11.3.

James said

“The best thing about my game is I can have rhythm offensively and still have impact on game. I was able to do that tonight.”

James tied the Lakers franchise record for consecutive triple doubles set by Russell Westbrook Dec 25 to Dec 31, 2021 and Magic Johnson who did it twice March 28 to Nov 3 1981 and March 31 to April 5,1987.

Davis led LA with 40 points and 12 rebounds Austin Reaves Dalton Knecht D Angelo Russell and Max Christie scored in double digits.

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“I think when Bron in that mindset of dominating the game in that way it just empowers everybody else to step up make shots” Reaves said

“And obviously AD is going to do What AD does. He is done it every night so far this year”

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How Jaylen Brown Feels about Playing in Celtics 76ers Rivalry

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The Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics are going to compete each other Friday night continuing a traditional arch rivalry that start before the days of Joel Embiid and Jayson Tatum. boston celtic rumor news are high on thursday.

Inspite of famous record the Celtic, the 76ers successful to give Boston a nail biting clashes. However this Friday night, the possible outage of Embiid who was marked as doubtful on Thursday could play a key role with the Celtics also missing Kritsaps Prozingis for 3rd continous matches.

Boston heading the East with an NBA super 14-4 record is unbeaten through its early eight matches at home so far this season.

Boston has upper edge . The Celtics have won their previous six playoff series against the 76ers. Philadelphia previously edge out Boston in a playoff clash 41 years before in 1980. At that time Moses Malone and Julius Erving were mega star in the NBA. Embiid was born after 12 year of that battle.

Both side have split their first two competition this season however the sesaon series moving towards Boston for the first time. The Celtics will found a third continous victory. Brown has been a key part of the competition with Philadelphia since his first match NBA in 2016.

Brown said “Several playoff contest we have been able to win but we wanna continue to maintain that in the future.”

“I think the Celtic Sixers rivalry goes back probably before I was even alive” Brown told media. at Thursday practice.

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