The Lakers do not stop: they reached eight victories in a row

In an exciting and explosive duel from beginning to end, Los Angeles Lakers of LeBron James and Luka Doncicwith comeback and in the extension, New York Knicks beat this Thursday By 113-109 and sealed their eighth triumph followed to reach an impressive 20-4 in their last 24 games.

Lakers 113-109 Knicks

Tremendously physical, very intense and concentrated in each play, the Knicks (40-22, third parties of the East) approached the ideal they imagined in the offices of the Big Apple when they signed the Dominican Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges and dominated the score during practically the entire evening.

But the Lakers (40-21, seconds of the West) tightened their teeth, waited for their moment and ended up awarding one of the most spectacular games of what is going from the NBA season.

Doncic (32 points with 9 of 23 in shots, 7 rebounds and 12 assists) and Lebron (31 points with 11 of 23, 12 rebounds and 8 assists) formed a leal pair but had in front of a sensational brunnson jalen with 39 points (13 of 26), 4 rebounds and 10 assistance.

The worst news for New York was not defeat but Brunson twisted ankle in extra time and rengated on the court.

Towns returned in the Knicks and got 12 points and 14 rebounds. Og Anunoby added 20 points and Josh Hart achieved 18 points and 10 assists. In the Lakers, Austin Reaves returned with 8 points and 6 rebounds.

The Lakers started with good feelings and reached a +9 in the Ecuador of the first quarter with maiden pulling the car (13 points in the first chapter).

But little by little the Knicks began to impose their law in both hoops, they turned the scoreboard in the second quarter suffocating the Lakers and reached the break with a +9 (51-60). Between Brunson (16), Anunoby (13) and Hart (10) added 39 of the 60 points of their set.

In the resumption, this sharp clash continued in which each possession fought to life or death. Neither the Knicks distanced themselves or the Lakers reduced the margin, so with a triple in the last seconds of Dalton Knecht, everything was to be decided for the last period (76-84).

Thus, the Lakers had not said their last word and with a spectacular ‘Alley-Oop’ of Doncic for Jaxson Hayes and a triple of LeBron were placed on the edge of the comeback (87-91 with 4.58 for the end).

The two teams released heavy artillery with a Brunson basket and a triple LeBron to tie the game, but it was Gabe Vincent, with a shot of three, which finally gave the Lakers the advantage (99-96 with 1.21 for the end).

Brunson did not give up and with a two more providential one matched again by 99-99. In the last possession, Brunson received a two against one and Hart did not get the shot in time so the extension came.

In extra time it was already Brunson against the world but the great base was twisted the right ankle with 1.24 for playing. He put the two free throws almost unable to support the leg and retired limping, which left the suffered but fantastic triumph of the Lakers.

The last time Knicks and Lakers had faced was February 1 with an exhibition at the Madison Square Garden de LeBron (33 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists) and only a few hours before the shocking transfer of Doncic to the purple and gold franchise was announced.

The next Lakers game will be nothing less than in Boston this Saturday against the Celtics. For their part, the Knicks began with this match in Los Angeles a tour of five clashes in the west.

Nets 119-121 Warriors

The Nets of the Spanish coach Jordi Fernández touched on Thursday a heroity but finally the Warriors took the victory with 40 points of Stephen Curry (12 of 20 in field shots, including a 7 of 13 in triples, and a 9 of 9 from the personnel line).

The stellar base also gave the night play with an extraordinary triple from the center of the court.

Brooklyn gained 22 points (27-5 with 4.39 on the clock) in a first sensational quarter, landed at the break ahead (60-55) and also faced the last quarter with a small margin (89-86).

However, Golden State (35-28) took out his power in the outcome to avoid surprise before the Nets and extend his magnificent moment reinforced by the arrival of Jimmy Butler. The Warriors (35-28) accumulate an imposing 10-2 in their last 12 games.

For the Nets (21-41), who have suffered six defeats in a row, the top scorers were Cameron Johnson (26 points and 6 rebounds) and Cam Thomas (23 points and 7 assists).

Celtics 123-105 Sixers

The Celtics (45-18) spoke their third victory in a game full of absences both in Boston (Kristaps Porzingis, Jaylen Brown, Jrue Holiday, Al Horford and Sam Hauser) and in Philadelphia (Kyle Lowry, Eric Gordon, Paul George, Joel Embiid, Jalen Hood-Schifino, Tyrese Maxey and Jared McCain).

Jayson Tatum (35 points and 7 rebounds) headed the Celtics and Kelly Oubre Jr. (27 points and 6 assists) did the same in Sixers aimless (21-41).

Magic 123-125 bulls

Coby White beat his personal score record with 44 points (16 of 28 in shots with 7 of 15 in triples) so that the Bulls (25-38) certified the fifth defeat followed by some Magic (29-35) at a very worrying moment of his campaign.

Paolo Banchero, who failed the triple winner in recent seconds, and Cole Anthony contributed 20 points per head in Orlando.

In the other two games of the day, the Houston Rockets bent to the New Orleans Pelicans (97-109) and the Atlanta Hawks submitted to the Indiana Pacers (124-118).