The Los Angeles Lakers suffered their third consecutive defeat in the NBA League, and were defeated by the Houston Rockets 96-119 in front of their home fans.
The Texas team dominated from the first minute to the last in the Crypto.com Arena. They were the most effective Amen Thompson with 26 points and Kevin Durant with 25 points and nine assists, and a total of six players reached double-digit points.
He did not help the Lakers in the Christmas game nor the return of Luka Dončićwho returned after a two-game absence to score 25 points. LeBron James had 18 points, five assists and two rebounds for the Lakers, while Austin Reaves, who played only in the first half and then missed the game due to a hamstring injury, added 12 points.
Lakers strategist JJ Redick he was extremely dissatisfied with today’s game of his team.
It takes effort and performance to win. We are a good team only when we have both of those components and execute them at a high level, and when we don’t, we are a terrible team. Even today we were defeated from the very beginning of the gameRedick said after the game.
The Los Angeles Lakers have so far achieved 19 wins and suffered ten losses and are in fifth place in the Western Conference.
Golden State Warriors in front of the home fans they were better than Dallas Mavericks 126-116. Despite his poor shooting (6-18 from the field, including 2-10 on 3-pointers), Stephen Curry he scored 23 points for the Warriors, while he is 19 years old Cooper Flagg contributed 27 points for the Mavs.
The match Denver Nuggets – Minnesota Timberwolves it got its epilogue only after overtime, and in the end the home team won 142-138. Serbian Nikola Jokić was shiningscoring 56 points in 42 minutes while grabbing 16 rebounds and dishing out 15 assists.
Anthony Edwards contributed 44 points for the Wolves.
(Hina | Photo: Denver Nuggets)
