When the planets align, surprising things happen.
Although in this case it is not about planets, but about people, sports stars revered by fans of each sport.
This Sunday morning, the Serbian tennis player
Novak Djokovic
and the basketball player
Stephen Curry
had their
GOAT's meeting
.
Greetings, mutual respect and an exchange of 'special' gifts after an NBA
game
.
The thing is that the top winner of Grand Slam titles (24) gave him one of his rackets with a special dedication, in his own handwriting, on the grip.
Faced with this situation, Curry took off the jersey that he had finished wearing to give the
Golden State Warriors
victory over
the Los Angeles Lakers
to give it to the Serbian, after signing it in one of the numbers that make up 30, his iconic number. .
Curry x Djokovic 🏀🎾 pic.twitter.com/IGqLraurlI
— NBA (@NBA) March 17, 2024
Djokovic was not the only personality who was on the Lakers court on Saturday night, because, among others, Bad Bunny
,
Ben Affleck
along with his partner
Jennifer Lopez
and
Kim Kardashian
also attended
.
And Curry didn't leave them without a show.
In his return after three games absent, the four-time NBA ring winner (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022) gave his Warriors the victory against the Lakers by 121-128.
The locals were doomed when they lost
Anthony Davis
after the first quarter.
They were a team with Davis at the start of the game and a very different one afterwards, weak in defense, without the power forward, who had to leave the field after suffering a blow to the eye.
LeBron James had 40 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists and was about to give the surprise at the end of the game, but it was not enough.
LeBron left it all on the floor tonight in LA.
40 PTS (ties season high)
15-23 FGM
8 REB
9 AST pic.twitter.com/HwWecKJY0M
— NBA (@NBA) March 17, 2024
For the Warriors, not only Curry (who suffered a sprain) returned, but also Draymond Green.
Curry, who did not score in the first quarter, finished with 31 points and Green with a double-double of 12 rebounds and 13 assists.
There was controversy at the closing
.
Lebron converted an almost impossible triple that made the score 120-124, but after reviewing the play, the referees annulled it for having stepped on the line.
Various reviews and a problem with the scoreboard that they could not resolve
stopped the game for more than 15 minutes due to the obvious frustration of the players
.
When the game finally restarted, Curry stole the ball from James and the Lakers declared the game lost.
The final score was 121 to 128.
All love between two of the NBA's best 🤝 pic.twitter.com/bAM5GT46c8
— NBA (@NBA) March 17, 2024
The two teams entered the decisive match in Los Angeles after losing their last games.
The Lakers (36-32 overall) against the Sacramento Kings and the Warriors (35-31) against the Dallas Mavericks.
The Warriors and Lakers now occupy ninth and tenth position, respectively, in the Western Conference, the last places with access to play-in in the postseason.
Agencies