The Los Angeles Lakers rallied to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 120-114 in the NBA (NBA) division with 36 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists. LeBron James added 26 points, and eight assists.
The Lakers won the game’s opener at 128-121 on Friday with a second one on Sunday, and Jake LaRavia added 26 points. Deandre Ayton added 15.
Los Angeles won four of their previous five games, earning the most victories in succession.
Cedric Coward added 16 points and nine rebounds to Memphis’ 23-point scoring effort, but Jaylen Wells missed half-time due to an ankle injury.
The Grizzlies, who lost their fourth game in a row, lost their fourth straight game by Jaren Jackson Jr., who added 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Over the past 21 games, Memphis guard Ja Morant has suffered a calf injury for the 15th time.
The Phoenix Suns rallied to silence the NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder 108-105 on Sunday with Devin Booker making the game-winning three-pointer in the closing seconds.
The Phoenix Suns defeated the Thunder to overthrow an early 18-point deficit.
With a score of 108-105, the Suns rallied to silence the league’s leaders and scored the game-winning three-pointer in the final second.
With 36 seconds left, Booker added 24 points and nine assists while Dillon Brooks added 22 with a three-pointer over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the reigning NBA MVP for Oklahoma City, over his Canadian teammate and MVP.
Phoenix held on to a 105-101 lead, but Oklahoma City held it at 105-105 with 8.2 seconds to play before Booker connected.
The Suns snapped Oklahoma City’s four-game winning streak with 25 points led by Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams with 23.
Detroit improved to 26-9 overall with a 114-110 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers, while the Thunder’s 30-6 record is still the best in the league.
In a brilliant second half for Detroit, reserve Daniss Jenkins added 25 points, including 21.
Tobias Harris, Jalen Duren, and Caris LeVert, key players who were injured, were replaced by star guard Cunningham, who added six rebounds, seven assists, two steals, and a blocked shot.
But Jenkins stole the show with a monster second quarter, which featured six three-pointers and all of Jenkins’ shots.
With 3.8 seconds left, the Cavs cut their 13-point deficit to two, led by Donovan Mitchell, who had already cut it to 30 with one more. Jenkins then made two free throws to make the final two.
The Cavaliers, who had been positioned as East contenders at the start of the season, were overtaken by the Miami Heat, who defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 125-106 to finish the day eighth.
The Indiana Pacers lost to the Orlando Magic for the 12th straight time with a score of 135-127, breaking a franchise record for futility.
The Pacers have been a shadow of the team that lost in the NBA Finals last year, with a number of injured players following Tyrese Haliburton’s torn Achilles tendon in the championship series.
Pascal Siakam, the Pacers’ forward, had 34 points in the opening half, but the Magic, who had 31 points from Desmond Bane, held on in the face of a late Pacers surge, took control with a 17-0 run in the second quarter.
The Brooklyn Nets defeated the Denver Nuggets 127-115 to make up for Nikola Jokic’s absence.
The Nuggets lost in their third game since Jokic’s injury despite Christian Braun and Aaron Gordon returning from lengthy absences.
Denver finished with 27 points and added 16 assists, which is the best ever for Jamal Murray. Gordon added 20 points in 21 minutes while Braun added three in 24 while Gordon added three.
However, it was insufficient to replace three-time Most Valuable Player Jokic, who was also largely credited with Michael Porter Jr., a former Nugget who had 27 points and 11 rebounds in his first game with the Nuggets since he was traded in July.
Source: Aljazeera
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