- All Star.Doncic, the youngest European in an All Star, will start
Luka Doncic celebrated with a victory his confirmation for the Western quintet in the next All Star in Chicago. The Slovenian signed 24 points and nine assists and the Mavericks beat Portland by 125-133.
The former Real Madrid player left the Mavericks game on track with the 20 goals he scored in the first quarter and then received all kinds of support from his teammates. Among them, the Latvian pivot Kristaps Porzingis who achieved another 20 goals and captured five balls under the hoops.
The team got 20 triples, sixth time it does so far this season, with special prominence of the bases, the holder Seth Curry , and the reserve Jalen Bruson who had four each, and 17 goals.
The combination of the 20 triples of the Mavericks and the 23 that achieved the Blazers tied the best mark that is established in the NBA.
The base Damian Lillard, who in the previous game had established the best mark of his career with 61 points and the league so far this season, this time reached 47 points, distributed eight assists and captured six rebounds, not prevented the defeat of the Blazers. Lillard became the first player in the history of the Trail Blazers franchise to score more than 100 points in two games.
His incessant inspiration kept the team in the game, but the Mavericks, with 45 points scored in the first quarter, confirmed their team status with the best offense in the league.
LeBron, one step away from Kobe Bryant
Full night that starred and lived the superstar forward LeBron James at the Barclays Center in New York, where he imposed his status as "King" of the NBA by providing a triple-double with which led the Los Angeles Lakers to victory by 113- 128 against the decimated Nets.
James, who before starting the game already knew that fans chose him again as the most voted for the 69th edition of the All-Star Party, the sixteenth that plays as a starter, responded with his tenth triple-double of the season to get 27 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.
In this way he also helped the Lakers to score 19 triples, the best team mark so far this season and, his 27 points, put him only 18 to overcome in third place in the list of top scorers of all the times to the former Lakers escort, Kobe Bryant , who has stated that he is "glad" that James surpassed his individual mark.
The Lakers star can get it on Saturday and nothing less than in Philadelphia, Bryant's birth city, five-time league champion, when the Angelino team faces the Sixers.
James already owns the 33,626 point mark, while Bryant finished his 20-year professional career, all with the Lakers. "It's a surreal thing that may be close to beating Bryant's brand-name brand," said James, 35.
But James, apart from thinking about the new brand that awaits him, was also the leader who led the Lakers to get the victory by leading the streak of four consecutive triples that broke the score in his favor at the end of the third quarter and start from the last period.
Alongside James, power forward Anthony Davis , who will also be in the five Western Conference headline, responded with a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds.
Another tall man, the reborn pivot Dwight Howard , who already announced that he will compete again next February in a math contest, something he had not done since 2009, a year after winning the title after starring in the famous jump and mate Dressed as "Superman," he also contributed a double-double of 12 goals and 12 rebounds.
The Nets, although they had back in the five holder to the star base Kyrie Irving , who contributed 20 points, in the end they could not stand the pace of the Lakers and especially their power within the painting.
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