LeBron James won his duel with Luka Doncic.

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Picked cold at the opening of the championship by their rivals "angelenos" of the Clippers, the reigning champions rectified the situation at the expense of Dallas (138-113) at Staples Center. 22 points author (10 assists, 7 rebounds), James took the opportunity to climb to 2nd place in the top scorers in Christmas matches (383 pts in 15 appearances), just behind Kobe Bryant (395 in 16 games).

Above all, with the help of Anthony Davis, author of 28 points (8 rebounds, 5 assists), he put his team back on track, which has appeared in break-in so far and which has shown the best collectively, like from the bench (50 points, including 22 for the only Montrezl Harrell).

Opposite, the defense of the Mavs took the water and Luka Doncic, not yet in his best form (27 pts, 7 assists all the same), was never able to really weigh to prevent a second loss in a row.

LeBron James doesn't take holidays off.



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- Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) December 26, 2020

Batum in double-double with the Clippers

Eliminated in the Western Conference semifinals (4-3) to the surprise of Denver, after leading 3-1, the Clippers were keen to take revenge on the Nuggets.

What they did with authority (121-108).

But they got scared when Kawhi Leonard was nudged in the mouth from teammate Serge Ibaka.

An impressive laceration but not so serious, according to the medical staff, which still required eight stitches.

Before the incident at the end of the 4th quarter, the winger had time to register 21 points (7 assists).

Paul George added 23 (9 assists) and the French Nicolas Batum had a solid performance (13 pts, 10 rebounds, 4 assists).

Denver, who returned to eight lengths after having counted twenty before the last quarter, believed to redo the blow of their series of September, but the blows of Jamal Murray were too late (23 pts) anyway. moment Nikola Jokic (24 pts, 10 assists, 9 rebounds) was down.

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