New York (AFP)

The Milwaukee Bucks, backed by a 50-point double-double Giannis Antetokounmpo, and the LeBron James Lakers tied for an eighth straight win on Monday at the North American Basketball Championship (NBA). Toronto Raptors corrected the Philadelphia Sixers (101-96)

. Milwaukee: Intractable Antetokounmpo

Milwaukee was nearly surprised by Utah (122-118), the last franchise to beat the Bucks on November 8.

But NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo led his franchise to an eighth straight win, scoring a 17th double-double in a row, with 50 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists.

"I'm just trying to get better, I'm doing it day after day, game after game, and I'm ready for the most important games," said Giannis Antetokounmpo, whose double-double run is the longest at the beginning of the season since the 34 consecutive ones of Bill Walton in 1976-77.

Utah, though NBA's second-best defense, had dominated the first two quarterbacks (48-57), before the Milwaukee woke up to third. The Bucks then scored 42 points, the best score of the franchise in a quarter-time this season. They confirm their first place in conference East, with 14 wins and 3 losses.

. The James Lakers dominate the Spurs

In the West, it was the Lakers who dominated the conference, with 15 wins and 2 losses, and LeBron James (33 points, 14 assists and 3 rebounds) who led his franchise to an eighth victory in a row, against the Spurs of San Antonio (104-114).

Anthony Davis (19 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists) also made a name for the Lakers, two days before a reunion that promises to be piquant with his former franchise Pelicans New Orleans. Anthony Davis, who was traded in exchange for Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball and Josh Hart, said he expects those players to try "to make us fall just to score."

. Raptors-Sixers: Toronto advantage

Their last meeting was in the East conference semifinals last season, when Kawhi Leonard gave the win to Toronto, who finished the NBA championship.

In the meantime, he left Toronto for the Clippers, but the Scotiabank Arena offered a great show, enjoyed by Toronto fan Jim Naismith, who is none other than the grandson of the basketball inventor. ball.

Pascal Siakam (25 points, 3 assists, 7 rebounds), Fred VanVleet (24 points, 8 assists, 3 rebounds) and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (16 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists) did him honor, wearing the Raptors to a 14th straight win at home in the regular season against the Sixers.

They seemed so uninvolved, like the pivot Joel Embiid, who did not score a single point, for the first time in his NBA career (0/11 in shots, 0/4 to 3 points and 0/3 to free throws).

"I can not afford that kind of thing," he said at the end of the game, "I never thought I'd be here talking about making zero in an NBA game, but That's the way, some nights you shoot, some do not, sometimes you're on fire, sometimes you're off. "

Ben Simmons (10 points, 14 assists and 9 rebounds), who finished the first period just 2 points, made a point: "Everybody has bad games, nobody is Superman. evening to Jo, but he will come back, "he said.

. The Frenchies

For the Orlando Magic, defeated 103-88 by Detroit, Evan Fournier scored 17 points, offered 2 assists and took 2 rebounds.

Still an injured ankle, pivot Rudy Gobert (Utah) did not play against the Milwaukee Bucks.

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