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NBA roundup: Cavs down Lakers for 8th straight win
  + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
[1/5] Nov 6, 2022; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward Troy Brown Jr. (7) guards Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell (45) as he drives to the basket in the first half at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY SportsNovember 7 - Behind 33 points from Donovan Mitchell and a dominant fourth quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers scored their eighth consecutive win with a 114-100 defeat of the host Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. Los Angeles held an 80-77 lead with less than four minutes to go in the third quarter. Mitchell's backcourt mate, Darius Garland, added 24 points, while Jarrett Allen scored 16 with a team-high 11 rebounds for a double-double. Anunoby added 22 points and Scottie Barnes had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Raptors, who visit Chicago for a rematch on Monday.
CNN —Just a week after Halloween, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers continued their scary start to the season, losing 114-100 to a hot Cleveland Cavaliers team and falling to 2-7 on the year. The Lakers have only won a single third quarter this season, and that poor post-intermission trend came back to haunt them once again. The Cavs blew away the Lakers, starting the half with a 13-4 run and outscoring Los Angeles 29-16 in the quarter. “We were playing catch-up.”James shooting against his former team in what was to be the Lakers' seventh loss of the season. “They did a great job in the offseason of picking up a big-time player,” James said after the game about Mitchell and his former team.
NBA roundup: Short-handed Warriors cap 0-5 trip
  + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +9 min
Jusuf Nurkic recorded 14 points and eight rebounds, and Justise Winslow had 12 points, nine rebounds and nine assists. Nic Claxton recorded 18 points and nine rebounds while Cam Thomas contributed 17 points and six assists off the bench. Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 24 points, while Karl-Anthony Towns had 22 points, 11 rebounds and five assists. RJ Barrett finished with 22 points and nine rebounds while Cam Reddish added 11 points off the bench. Kelly Oubre Jr. led the Hornets with 17 points, while James Bouknight had a season-high 14 points.
CNN —Nikola Jokic broke new ground on Thursday as he recorded yet another triple-double in the Denver Nuggets’ 122-110 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The back-to-back MVP scored 15 points with 13 rebounds and 13 assists to overtake Wilt Chamberlain for the most triple-doubles ever recorded by a center. Now on 79 for his career, Jokic sits sixth in the all-time list behind LeBron James, Jason Kidd, Magic Johnson, Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook. Jamal Murray also added 24 points for the Nuggets, who bounced back from defeat against the LA Lakers. We didn’t panic.”The Nuggets will host San Antonio Spurs on Saturday in its next game with Jokic chasing down James, who sits fifth in the all-time triple-double list on 105.
The Los Angeles Lakers won their first game of the new NBA season after beating the Denver Nuggets 121-110 on Sunday. The win, inspired by top scoring performances from LeBron James and Anthony Davis, ends a disappointing run of five consecutive defeats. The Lakers showed a unity which has been missing so far this season. “It’s day by day,” Davis said on his recovery. “I love seeing my teammates flourish, honestly,” Westbrook told reporters after his impressive performance.
Rookie Jaden Ivey added 15 points in the Pistons' first win since opening night. Stephen Curry topped Golden State with 32 points and Jordan Poole had 30 points. Doncic recorded his sixth consecutive outing of at least 30 points after making 17 of 26 shots from the floor. The Spurs were up by 15 points heading into the fourth quarter before Minnesota pulled to within three early in the period. Keita Bates-Diop scored 18 points for San Antonio, while Tre Jones hit for 10 and Jakob Poeltl grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds.
CNN —LeBron James made history on Friday but could do little to stop the LA Lakers’ nightmare start to the season from continuing. A mark of his greatness is that the four-time MVP has never averaged fewer than 20 points in a season since being drafted in 2003. David Berding/Getty ImagesThe Lakers remain winless, however, matching their worst start to a season in 65 years after falling to 0-5 following Friday’s 111-102 loss to the Minneapolis Timberwolves. Russell Westbrook came off the bench for the Lakers to score 18 points, eight rebounds and three assists. Couple possessions here, couple possessions there didn’t go our way, but just keep hammering on.”
With the game tied at 54-54 at halftime, the Nuggets pulled away in the third quarter of Wednesday’s game as they outscored the Lakers 32-17. “I felt that third quarter was one of our best quarters in a very short season,” Nuggets head coach Mike Malone told reporters after the game. “We got the win, but more importantly, we got the win playing how we need to play,” he added. “We gotta make some shots,” Lakers superstar James said after the game, “Some of it is early season stuff, obviously. The Lakers next play the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday in a bid to turn their season around, while the Nuggets host the Utah Jazz.
The star forward shot 16 of 25, grabbed 14 rebounds, added five assists and also hit 10 of 14 free throws. Bruce Brown scored 18 points, Jamal Murray scored 13 points and Jeff Green scored 10 for the Nuggets. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope also had 13 points before spraining his left ankle on a drive late in the third quarter. John Collins supplied 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Hawks while De'Andre Hunter tossed in 17 points before fouling out. Washington, Kelly Oubre Jr. and reserve Jalen McDaniels all added 17 for the Hornets.
CNN —LeBron James missed a buzzer-beater to tie the game as the Los Angeles Lakers lost 106-104 to the Portland Trail Blazers, taking the LA team’s season record to 0-3. Both missed points were immediately punished by a brilliant Damian Lillard, whose three-pointers took the game away from the Lakers. After his step-back three-pointer put the Trail Blazers up by two, James responded with an easy dunk. But he was immediately beaten by Jerami Grant, who turned James and beat Davis with his lay-up to put the Trail Blazers 104-106. From three games, the team is averaging 21.2% from three-point range and hit only six from 33 attempts against the Trail Blazers.
Be the first to know about the biggest and best luxury home sales and listings by signing up for our Mansion Deals email alert. Professional basketball player and fashion icon Russell Westbrook has listed his Los Angeles home for $29.995 million.
The Lakers star's decision to sell his LA home for $30 million comes amid rumors of a trade. The Brentwood Park mansion is nearly 13,500 square feet in one of LA's exclusive communities. Lakers star Russell Westbrook is listing his Los Angeles home for $30 million as whispers of a potential trade continue to spread. In true Westbrook fashion, the listing boasts "two separate walk-in (closets) that rival any luxury department store." Whoever ends up purchasing the athlete's mansion will have Lebron James, Judd Apatow, and sports commentator Al Michaels as neighbors, the LA Times reports.
Russell Westbrook, starul echipei Washington Wizards, şi-a trecut în cont a 182-a triplă dublă din carieră și a doborât un record vechi de 47 de ani.Baschetbalistul american a reușit această performanță în meciul din NBA în care echipa sa l-a pierdut în fața formației Atlanta Hawks, scor 124-125.Astfel, Westbrook l-a depășit pe legendarul Oscar Robertson, care a reuşit a 181-a triplă dublă pe 24 martie 1974, pe când evolua la Milwaukee Bucks, în ultimul din cele 14 sezoane ale sale în NBA.În actualul sezon, Westbrook şi-a trecut în cont 36 de triple duble reuşite în 62 de meciuri disputate, la mare distanţă de următorul clasat în această ierarhie, sârbul Nikola Jokic, care joacă pentru Denver Nuggets.
Persons: Russell Westbrook, Westbrook, Oscar Robertson, Nikola Jokic Organizations: Washington Wizards, Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets Locations: american, Atlanta, Denver
Starul lui Washington Wizards a egalat recordul de triple-double-uri în liga profesionistă nord-americană de baschet. Westbrook a acumulat 33 de puncte, a făcut 19 recuperări și 15 assist-uri în meciul cu Indiana Pacers, câștigat de echipa sa cu 133-132. Astfel, jucătorul de 32 de ani a ajuns la 181 de triple-double-uri în NBA și l-a egalat pe legendarul Oscar Robertson. Anterior, vedeta lui Washington Wizards a mai doborât un record al lui Oscar Robertson. În sezonul 2016/2017, Westbrook a înregistrat 42 de triple-double-uri, cu unul mai mult decât Robertson în stagiunea 1961/1962.
Persons: Russell Westbrook, Oscar Robertson . Russell Westbrook, Oscar Robertson, Westbrook, Robertson Organizations: NBA, Washington Wizards, Westbrook, Washington Locations: americană, Indiana, Atlanta
Russell Westbrook scrie istorie în NBA. Astfel, Westbrook a devenit primul jucător care reușește un triple-double cu cel puțin 35 de puncte marcate și 20 de assist-uri. După meci, Westbrook a fost felicitat de coechipieri în vestiar. Mereu încerc să dau totul pe parchet, în fiecare meci", a menționat Russell Westbrook. În stagiunea 2016-2017, când a jucat la Oklahoma City Thunder, Russell Westbrook a stabilit recordul de cele mai multe triple-double-uri într-un sezon, cu 42 la număr.
Persons: Russell Westbrook, Westbrook Organizations: NBA, Washington Wizards, capitala, Oklahoma City Thunder, All Locations: Washington, Indiana, capitala Statelor Unite, Oklahoma
Giannis Antetokounmpo, vedeta lui Milwaukee Bucks, a semnat cel mai valoros contract din istoria ligii profesioniste nord-americane de baschet şi a devenit cel mai bine plătit jucător.Grecul de origine nigeriană a acceptat să-şi prelungească acordul pe cinci ani cu echipa din Wisconsin. În această perioadă el va câștiga 228 de milioane de dolari. Dacă va dori să plece de la Bucks, jucătorul o va putea face după patru ani.Noul contract semnat de Antetokounmpo depășește cel mai mare acord semnat anterior în NBA, cel dintre Russell Westbrook şi Oklahoma City Thunder, în valoare de 206,8 milioane dolari pe cinci ani, parafat în 2017.În vârstă de 26 ani, Giannis Antetokounmpo a dominat ultimele două sezoane din liga profesionistă de baschet. Jucătorul născut la Atena a câştigat anul acesta titlul de MVP-ul competiţiei, precum şi pe cel rezervat celui mai bun apărător, cu medii de 29,5 puncte şi 13,6 recuperări pe meci, performanță reușită doar de Michael Jordan și Hakeem Olajuwon.Până a ajunge în NBA, sportivul a evoluat în campionatul elen la Zografou.
Persons: Giannis, nigeriană, Russell Westbrook, Michael Jordan Organizations: Milwaukee Bucks, Oklahoma City Thunder, NBA Locations: americane, Wisconsin, NBA, Oklahoma, Atena, Zografou
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