LeBron James does not lose individual prominence and shone again on the court when he got his third consecutive triple-double. The contribution of James also allowed Los Angeles Lakers to achieve the sixth consecutive victory and get the best mark in the NBA.

James scored 30 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, achieving his third consecutive triple-double and the Lakers, after overcoming the disadvantage of 17 points they had at rest, beat the Chicago Bulls 112-118 at home. James, who played 35 minutes, scored 10 of 19 field shots, including 2 of 6 triples and 8 of 9 from the personnel line. The Lakers lost by 19 points before tampering with Chicago in the fourth period of the game that marked the end of a three-visit tour.

The Lakers' reaction came when James was on the bench at the start of the fourth period and the team made a 16-0 run that made the difference.

James became the first Lakers player to get three consecutive triple-doubles since Magic Johnson did it in 1987, when he achieved four.

His rivals, Bulls (2-6), had as their best scorer the escort Zach Lavine with 26 goals, which did not prevent the second consecutive defeat.

The good streak of the Celtics

The forward Gordon Hayward approached the triple-double as a new figure of the Celtics who achieved their fifth consecutive victory and premiered leadership by beating 113-119 at home to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The victory allows the Celtics to put their mark in 5-1 so far this season and ascend to the first place of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference, tying the Philadelphia Sixers, who had a rest day.

Hayward had 39 points, seven rebounds and delivered eight assists as the Celtics' leading scorer. For the Cavaliers (2-5) the leading encestador was the base Collin Sexton , with 21 points.

Hornets also grow

Reserve Devonte Graham scored 35 points, his best personal mark as a professional, and the Hornets trailed a disadvantage of 14 points in the fourth period and exceeded 122-120 in overtime to the Indiana Pacers.

For the Hornets, the victory is their third consecutive and it came thanks to the fact that they scored 28 of 42 personnel shots for only 6 of 7 of the Pacers, something that the Pacers coach Nate McMillan said he had never seen in all His professional career as a player and coach.

The Pacers (3-4), who continue with the losses of three starting players, saw their winning streak of three consecutive games broken.

Spurs in crisis

The base Trae Young contributed double-double of 29 goals and 13 assists in the victory of the Atlanta Hawks by 108-100 over the San Antonio Spurs, who suffered the second straight defeat.

For the Hawks the victory, which stops them a run of three consecutive losses, allows them to put their mark with equal numbers of 3-3.

Atlanta overcame the absence of starting power forward John Collins , sanctioned with a 25-game suspension without pay for violating the NBA drug program after testing a growth hormone.

The Spurs (4-3), who have lost three of the last four games, were led by forward guard DeMar DeRozan , who scored 22 points.

Canadian baseman Shai Gilgeous-Alexander , 21, scored 17 of his 24 points in the second half of the game and led the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 102-94 win over the Orlando Magic.

The Thunder (3-4) kept their opponent below 100 points for the fourth time in seven games.

Another Canadian baseman, Jamal Murray , scored 21 points and the Denver Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat 109-89, who saw a streak of three straight wins stopped.

For the Nuggets (5-2), forward Will Barton contributed double-double of 15 goals, 10 rebounds and four assists as a starter leader, while reserve power forward Jerami Grant scored 15 points.

The Heat (5-2) had as their best scorer the guard Jimmy Butler , who reached 16 points and this time could not avoid defeat.

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