Africa-Press – Botswana. The Los Angeles Lakers lost for the second time in a row, this time, against neighbors, the Los Angeles Clippers, in the LA classic, by 97-103, in the early hours of Friday, in what was the match that marked the return of Kawhi Leonard, who was out of court due to torn ligaments in his right knee for more than a year and who started the match from the bench.
After the defeat against the Golden State Warriors, Darvin Ham’s team still doesn’t know what it’s like to win, Lebron James, who completed a double-double again, with 20 points and 10 rebounds, also saw Anthony Davis score 25 points and catch 8 rebounds, while Lonnie Walker would go on to total 26 points.
However, the Clippers’ collective effort was enough to defeat the neighbors, the double-doubles of 15 points and 10 rebounds for Paul George and 17 points and 14 rebounds for Ivica Zubac, adding to the 14 points of the returnee, Kawhi Leonard and the 15 points from John Wall, allowed Tyronn Lue’s men to emerge victorious in the Los Angeles classic.
In the other duel, the Milwaukee Bucks also inflicted the second consecutive defeat to the Philadelphia 76ers, by 90-88, with Giannis Antetokounmpo leading the Wisconsin franchise, with a double-double, of 21 points and 13 rebounds, with the contribution of Bobby Portis’ double-double, with 11 points and 11 rebounds and having been able to count on Brook Lopez’s 17 points to close out the scorecards.
In turn, the Philly team had as its most dissatisfied element, James Harden, who scored 31 points and made 9 assists, Tyrese Maxey, who scored 15 points and with Joel Embiid, who made a double-double, with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
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