This is his stats for 7 games;
Games Played: 7
Mins: 30.7
Pts: 26.4
3-pts%: 60.6
Rebounds: 8
Assists: 7.6
Steal: 1.6
This could be a sign for things to come this season for the LA Lakers and after the tournament, the Lakers may be one of the team that we can consider as a title contender!
The Los Angeles Lakers are the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament Champions, this is after a dominant performance the Lakers Stars Anthony Davis with his 41 points, 20 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks. Lakers also had a lot of help from Austin Reaves, who came off the bench, he scored 28 points, Lebron James also helped with his 24 points and 11 rebounds.
The Lakers controlled the tempo of the game, even though Indiana are in striking distance until Los Angeles went on a 15-3 run late in the fourth quarter to secure the win for good. Lakers went old school by scoring in the paint at will, exploiting Indiana’s lack of size. This was also evident in the Rebounds, where the Lakers grabbed 55 rebounds versus Pacers 33 rebounds.
Pacers’ PG Tyrese Haliburton had 20 points and 11 assists, Bennedict Mathurin also scored 20 points and Aaron Nesmith had 15, but they could not contain AD for wreaking havoc in the paint. As for tournament awards.
Pacers will visit Detroit on Monday night to start a four-game road trip, while the Lakers will go to Dallas on Tuesday night for their three-game road trip.
Denver Nuggets are 1-win away for their first NBA Finals appearance after defeating the LA Laker in the game 3 of the Western Conference finals. This is the first home lost of the Lakers in the post-season. No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in NBA playoff history but Lebron James remain optimistic in his postgame interview.
For second straight games, Jamal Murray led the Nuggets with 37 points, 7 rebs and 6 assists, followed Nikola Jokic scoring 24 points with 8 assists but was plague by foul trouble in the game. the Nuggets due received a lot of help from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope who finished with 17 points, scoring 12 points in the second half, while Michael Porter Jr. chipped-in 14 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high of 6 assists.
Anthony Davis scored 28 points and 18 rebounds for the Lakers but was -12 in the plus/minus column, while James made 23 points with 12 assists and Austin Reaves added 23 points and 7 rebounds but they could not counter Nuggets balanced offence in the clutch. Five Nuggets players are in double figures which includes Bruce Brown’s 15 pts with 5 rebounds and 5 assists; Michael Porter Jr. with 14 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.
Game 4 will still be in LA which is a must for Lakers so they can extend the series to Game 5.
The Los Angeles Lakers are in full control of the series putting the Golden State Warriors on the brink of elimination and spoiling Curry’s triple-double, this is his third career in the postseason.
It was a close game even in the closing minutes and despite a monster game from Anthony Davis and Lebron James, the LA Lakers needed a career 4th qtr game from Lonnie Walker IV, who took control of the 4th qtr. The Warriors did not have any answer to Walker’s drives and jumpers, he even made a 3-pts at one point in the 4th. Walker scored all his 15 points in the 4th quarter, he also made grabbed 3 rebs and dished 2 assists.
Anthony Davis contributed scored 23 pts, 15 rebs and 3 steals. Lebron chipped in 27 points, 9 rebs and 6 assists but was -8 in the plus/minus column. James did made 2 crucial free throws that gave the Lakers a 3 point lead with just 1 mins 19 seconds remaining in the game.
On the Golden State side, it was just Curry against the whole Lakers roster, after scoring 31 pts, 10 rebs and 14 assists, and the second leading scorer for the Warriors is Andrew Wiggins who scored 17 points but was limited to just 4 rebs and 2 for 6 from beyond the arc. Klay Thompson, the hero of game 2, is also a non-factor in the game and only scored 9 points with 5 rebs even though he played for the 41 minutes.
Steph Curry left it all out in the floor in Game 4!
31 PTS | 14 AST | 10 REB | 3 STL
The series shifts back to San Francisco for Game 5… Wednesday, 10pm/et on TNT. pic.twitter.com/VVda2nt32c
With this win the Lakers will just need to win 1 game in order to advance to the Conference Finals while the Warriors needs to defeat the Lakers 3 games in a row and the series in game 7.
Game 5 will be this Wednesday night at the Chase Center, San Francisco.
Lakers survives Timberwolves in a thrilling Play-in tournament that went overtime. The win will give the Lakers the 7th seed in the Western conference. To keep their hopes alive to be the NBA Champions, LA Lakers will face the Memphis Grizzlies, who are the 2nd seed in the West in the 1st round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs.
Min. Timberwolves are without Rudy Gobert who was suspended for punching teammate Kyle Anderson during Minnesota’s regular-season finale against the NO Pelicans, while Jaden McDaniels is out indefinitely with a broken hand after punching a wall during the same gamae against the Pelicans.
It looks like Lebron will now be 5-1 in the 2023 NBA All Star when chosen as a team captain, since Team Giannis just handed Lebron his first L, since NBA change the format in 2018. It was not Giannis who led the game but instead it was Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics as he scores All-Star record 55 points and taking home the 2023 Kobe Bryant All-Star MVP trophy. The previous All-Star record was by Anthony Davis after scoring 52 points in 2017.
It was not all Tatum, since teammate Damian Lillard and Donovan Mitchell contributed as well, contributing 26 points and 40 points respectively. On Team Lebron, Joel Embid, Kyrie Irving and Jaylen Brown are the biggest contributors. Embid and Irving both scored 32 points, while Brown had 35 points.
Checkout the game highlights of the top scorer of this years 2023 NBA All Star Game;
Jayson Tatum – 55 Points
Damian Lillard – 26 points
Donovan Mitchel – 40 points
Joel Embid – 32 Points
Kyrie Irving – 32 points
Jaylen Brown – 35 Points
Because of injury, team captains of each team have to leave the game early; Lebron James for his right hand contusion and just played for 14 minutes, while Giannis Antetokounmpo injured his sprained right wrist and played for just 20 seconds before leaving the game.
It’s unclear if NBA will still use the “playground style” next year but not knowing who will be in the team sure made the game much more exciting. The 2024 NBA All Star will be in Indianapolis.
#NBAAllStar 2024 is in Indianapolis, IN! The 73rd annual NBA All-Star Game will be played on Sunday, Feb. 18, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, home of the Pacers. pic.twitter.com/kXDmqRhZpI
Laker’s Lebron James just broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA scoring record Tuesday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder. It was a 14-foot fadeaway jumper late in the third quarter, when James scored his 38,388th career points and breaking Abdul-Jabbar’s record that remained unbroken since April 5, 1984.
James ended the game with 38 points, 7 rebs and 3 steals, and a loss to the 11th seed Oklahoma Thunders.
After much anticipation, NBA has officially announce the 2023 NBA All-Star reserves. There will be a total of 14 reserves, who will join the player pool for Team LeBron and Team Giannis.
The 2023 NBA All-Star Reserves is headlined by Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers, who can – arguably, be one of the starters.
The 14 reserves were selected by 30 NBA coaches by voting for two guards, three frontcourt players and two players at any position in their respective conferences.
Western Conference
Paul George (LA Clippers)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder)
Jaren Jackson Jr. (Memphis Grizzlies)
Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers)
Lauri Markkanen (Utah Jazz)
Ja Morant (Memphis Grizzlies)
Domantas Sabonis (Sacramento Kings)
Eastern Conference
Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat)
Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics)
DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls)
Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers)
Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers)
Jrue Holiday (Milwaukee Bucks)
Julius Randle (New York Knicks)
As reported last month, the NBA All-Star Draft will take place just hours before the actual game. Team Captains, Lebron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo, will select from the pool of players voted as starters and reserves in each conference.
The NBA All-Star Game will happen this 19th Feb. in Salt Lake City, Utah.
All-Star captains LeBron James and Kevin Durant just drafted their respective starters and reserves for the 2022 NBA All-Star Game in Cleveland. There were a number of awkward moment, especially the 2022 All-Star Draft happened right after the trade deadline and specially at the end where Kevin Durant choose Rudy Gobert over James Harden, who was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Kevin Durant and former-teammate Draymond Green, where named All Star but will be unable to play because of injury. They will be replaced by Jason Tatum (Celtics) and Dejounte Murray (Spurs), respectively.
Team LeBron
Starters:
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
DeMar DeRozan, Chicago Bulls
LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers (captain)
Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets
Reserves:
Jimmy Butler, Miami Heat
Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks
Darius Garland, Cleveland Cavaliers
James Harden, Philadelphia 76ers
Donovan Mitchell, Utah Jazz
Chris Paul, Phoenix Suns
Fred VanVleet, Toronto Raptors
Team Durant
Starters:
** Kevin Durant, Brooklyn Nets (captain)
Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers
Ja Morant, Memphis Grizzlies
Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
Andrew Wiggins, Golden State Warriors
Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks
** = injured
Reserves:
LaMelo Ball, Charlotte Hornets
Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns
Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz
Zach LaVine, Chicago Bulls
Khris Middleton, Milwaukee Bucks
Dejounte Murray, San Antonio Spurs
Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota Timberwolves
** Draymond Green, Golden State Warriors
** = injured
The matchup between Team LeBron and Team Durant in the 71st NBA All-Star Game will take place on Sunday, Feb. 20 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, airing live at 8 p.m.
NBA has officially announced the starters for the coming 2022 NBA All-Star which will be held in Cleveland this February 20, 2022.
2022 NBA All-Star: Western Conference starters
Lebron James will be the All-Star Game captain, with first-time All starts Ja Morant and Andrew Wiggins. The reigning MVP Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets and Warriors superstar Stephen Curry to complete the roster for the Western Conference starters.
2022 NBA All-Star: Eastern Conference starters
As for the Eastern Conference, Nets’ Kevin Durant, Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid are named Easter frontcourt, with Atlanta’s Trae Young and Chicago’s DeMar DeRozan.
2022 NBA All-Star: Western Conference starters
LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) – Captain (18th All-Star)
Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets) – 4th All-Star
Andrew Wiggins (Golden State Warriors) – 1st All-Star
Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors) – 8th All-Star
Ja Morant (Memphis Grizzlies) – 1st All-Star
2022 NBA All-Star: Eastern Conference starters
Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets) – Captain (12th All-Star)
NBA just release the games for the first 4 days of the season and the Christmas day match-up, which will surely hyped-up even the most casual fan.
The nationally televised games will be on TNT, ESPN and ABC for opening week and Christmas Day for its landmark 75th Anniversary Season. It’s also worth noting that the there will be a Play-In Tournament that will be held on April 12-15.
The first four days of the league’s 75th Anniversary Season (Oct. 19-22) will feature eight national television games as part of Kia NBA Tip-Off 2021, with TNT and ESPN airing two doubleheaders each. Those games will showcase 12 different teams, the last eight players to win the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award and three rematches from last season’s playoffs.
The 2021-22 regular season will run Oct. 19, 2021 – April 10, 2022. The 2022 NBA All-Star Game will take place on Sun., Feb. 20 in Cleveland and air on TNT. The 2022 NBA Play-In Tournament will be held April 12-15, followed by the start of the 2022 NBA Playoffs on Sat., April 16. https://t.co/2I1QxRe6cc
Brooklyn Nets @Milwaukee Bucks – 7:30 p.m.,,, on TNT
Golden State Warriors @Los Angeles Lakers – 10:00 p.m.,,, on TNT
October 20, 2021
Boston Celtics @New York Knicks – 7:30 p.m., on ESPN
Denver Nuggets @Phoenix Suns – 10:00 p.m., on ESPN
October 21, 2021
Dallas Mavericks @Atlanta Hawks – 7:30 p.m., on TNT
LA Clippers @Golden State Warriors – 10:00 p.m., on TNT
October 22, 2021
Brooklyn Nets @Philadelphia 76ers – 7:30 p.m., on ESPN
Phoenix Suns @Los Angeles Lakers – 10:00 p.m., on ESPN
As for the Christmas day games, NBA will feature arguably the top teams in both conference but the key matchup for the Christmas day games is the Brooklyn Nets visiting Los Angeles Lakers, Kevin Durant versus Lebron James. Stephen A.’s reaction probably summed up all our excitement for the upcoming NBA season.
The NBA will feature five games on Christmas Day (Saturday, Dec. 25) for the 14th year in a row, with ESPN or ABC televising each matchup. pic.twitter.com/IEvOgFkXCQ
Warner Bros. just release the first official trailer of Space Jam: A New Legacy, which features NBA Star Lebron James with his Looney toon pals; Bugs Bunny, Lola Bunny, Tasmanian Devil, Tweety Bird, the Road Runner, Speedy Gonzales and many more.
Here’s the premise of the film as written in the description of the video;
Welcome to the Jam! NBA champion and global icon LeBron James goes on an epic adventure alongside timeless Tune Bugs Bunny with the animated/live-action event “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” from director Malcolm D. Lee and an innovative filmmaking team including Ryan Coogler and Maverick Carter. This transformational journey is a manic mashup of two worlds that reveals just how far some parents will go to connect with their kids. When LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny and the whole gang of notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to victory over the A.I.’s digitized champions on the court: a powered-up roster of professional basketball stars as you’ve never seen them before. It’s Tunes versus Goons in the highest-stakes challenge of his life, that will redefine LeBron’s bond with his son and shine a light on the power of being yourself. The ready-for-action Tunes destroy convention, supercharge their unique talents and surprise even “King” James by playing the game their own way.
Directed by Malcolm D. Lee, Space Jam: A New Legacy features LeBron James, Don Cheadle, Zendaya and Sonequa Martin-Green. The film is scheduled to be in theaters and on HBO Max this July 16th.
Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat forces a game 6 by winning a very close game against the LA Lakers (111 – 108).
Jimmy Butler, who played all 47mins of the game is best player of the night, filling up the stat sheet with another triple-double, with 35 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, He out-duel Lebron James in what can be considered a classic game between future Hall of Famers.
“I left it all out there on the floor.” – @JimmyButler
Butler had a lot of help from the other Miami Heat players; Duncan Robinson contributing 26 points, Kendrick Nunn chipping in 14 points, Bam Adebayo had 13 points, Tyler Herro had 12 and Jae Crowder 11. The seventh player, Andre Iguodala, didn’t score but was a big defensive contributor in the game.
🏆🏀 GAME 5 FINAL SCORE 🏀🏆
Jimmy Butler's 35 PTS, 12 REB, 11 AST help the @MiamiHEAT win Game 5 and send the #NBAFinals to a Game 6 on Sunday at 7:30pm/et on ABC! (LAL leads 3-2)
The LA Laker got another big game from James with 40 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists but without Anthony Davis, who is already playing through a bruised heel and was limping down the stretch.
Game 6 will be Sunday night (4:00 AM, Monday, Riyadh time).
The LA Lakers are one win away to bring the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy back to Los Angeles and the franchise’s 17th championship.
Game 4 was a tight game until Kentavious Caldwell-Pope hit a corner three then a block by Anthony Davis on a Jimmy Butler drive. Davis later sealed the game with a 3-pointer with 39.5 seconds left in the game.
⚡️ Recap Game 4 of the #NBAFinals presented by YouTube TV ⚡️ @Lakers take a 3-1 series lead behind LeBron James' 28 PTS, 12 REB, 8 AST in the win… watch Game 5 Friday at 9:00 PM ET on ABC!https://t.co/yrgdPTFkS5
Lakers take a commanding 3-1 lead in NBA Finals, the only team to come back from a 1-3 deficit in NBA Finals history, are the 2015 Cleveland Cavaliers, led by Lebron James, who is in a Laker uniform.
"I don't know if it'll be a career highlight for him, but maybe it will be for me for the pass."@kevinlove on his backdoor dime to LeBron 🤣 pic.twitter.com/TC1nfNFau7
TEAM LeBron rallied from double-digits down in the fourth to beat Team Stephen 148-145 on Sunday in the NBA All Star Game in Los Angeles (Monday, Manila time).
LeBron James got huge support from Kevin Durant, Paul George, Andre Drummond and Bradley Beal, taking victory in the new-look midseason show as the NBA used a playground-style selection process over the traditional East-West format.
The game between Team LBJ and Team Steph Curry was basically offensive play after offensive play and the team who decided to play defense won the game which what Team Lebron did in the last 2 mins of the game.
In a post game interview, James said that the post was to “psych” himself out. I guess, without the post game interview explanation,its a little weird for someone with Lebron’s status to congratulate himself. 🙂
Lebron James will join Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points), Karl Malone (36,928), Kobe Bryant (33,643), Michael Jordan (32,292), Wilt Chamberlain (31,419) and Dirk Nowitzki (30,808). James is the youngest to reach the mark.
