LeBron led the Lakers to a hard-fought victory, Doncic came back "weird" and won

LeBron scored 26, the Lakers came back from a lag to 103: 108 over the missing Minnesota.

Doncic returned after 22 days and nearly completed a triple-double, 50 points to Jaylen Brown in the Celtics' comeback

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03/01/2022

Monday, 03 January 2022, 06:50

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Clay Thompson is training with Golden State ahead of returning to the pitches (from YouTube)

A seven-game NBA season kicked off with an early game between the Raptors and the Knicks, which ended in a Canadian victory.

Later tonight (Sunday through Monday) there will be six games, with Phoenix vs. Charlotte and the Lakers against the Timberwolves in focus.

Toronto (17:16) - New York (20:17) 105: 120

Boston (19:18) - Orlando (30: 7) 111: 116 (overtime)

Cleveland (16:21) - Indiana (23: 14) 104: 108

Sacramento (22:16) - Miami (14:23) 113: 115

Oklahoma City (23:13) - Dallas (18:18) 95:86

Charlotte (18:19) - Phoenix (8:28 ) 133: 99

LA Lakers (19:19) - Minnesota (20:16) 103: 108

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He is again.

LeBron (Photo: Reuters)

LA Lakers (19:19) - Minnesota (20:16) 103: 108

Second straight win for the Lakers, and third in the last four games: LeBron James was once again above them all with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Russell Westbrook did finish with 9 turnovers and 0 of 5 from the three but also scored 20 points and shared 5 assists, Malik Monk scoring 22, Carmelo Anthony scoring 14 (including a 4-point move in a tie in the closing minutes), and the Lakers pulling off a not-so-easy win, despite an unusual lag under the baskets: Minnesota dominated the rebound (28:56) and point points (32: 58). The game included 10 advantage changes and 9 draws, Minnesota mimicked a lag and was already leading by 4 in the final quarter, but in the end the Lakers won 23:30 in the fourth quarter to decide the deal. Naz Reid stood out in Minnesota with 22 points and 11 rebounds, Patrick Beverly was again there to provide a trash talk with LeBron Varas and enthusiasm on defense, but his 12 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists were not enough for the Wolves who played without Dangelo Russell and Carl Anthony Towns .

During the game LeBron rose to fourth place at all times on the point-scoring list from the penalty line, and rose to 16th place on the list of players with the most games in league history.

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Oklahoma City (23:13) - Dallas (18:18) 95:86

Luca Doncic was absent for 22 days too long, missed ten players (five due to an ankle injury, five because of Corona), returned to pitches he is still not at his best, and in 30 minutes of play still ended with almost a triple double: 14 points, 10 assists and 9 rebounds - including a spectacular assist behind the back for a three that decided the game in the last minute.

"It was weird," Doncic said of the comeback, "I haven't played 5 on 5 in 4 weeks. The feeling is weird, my chest is burning. When I threw in the basket I felt weird. I did not know if it would go in or not. There was one amazing shot. I said "I got it's in, 'and it was an airball. But I'm just so happy to be back."

But he was not the only star in the game: Josh Gidi of Oklahoma City finished with 17 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds, and at 19 years, two months and 23 days he became the youngest player ever in NBA history to finish with a triple-double. In addition, he also became the youngest ever to deliver a game in which he excelled in the three categories - points, rebounds and assists.

Celtics came into the game with three losses in the last four games, and were on the verge of another loss when they trailed by 14 in the final quarter, but then Jaylen Brown took over : Brown scored 21 points in the final quarter to lead an impressive comeback, opened the overtime with his fifth three-pointer to gain momentum, and overall finished with a career-high 50 points (19 of 29 tackles, including 11 rebounds) to extract a win. Marcus Smart added 17 for the Celtics, who recorded a 2:11 run in the final minutes to force overtime. Dennis Schroeder added 21 points and seven assists.

Phoenix came into the game with a missing roster, after losing three of its last four games, but this time Devin Booker did not let the decline continue: Western champion star scored 24 points, Jaylen Smith Equaled his career high when he scored 19 points and added 12 rebounds (and finished off with a powerful dunk on Flamely's face, while bouncing the entire Phoenix bench), and Chris Paul finished with 16 assists to lift Phoenix to an 8:28 balance, half a game behind Golden State .

The Suns, without four players due to Corona (including Diandra Eyton and Jay Crowder), signed Bismak to Yombo for a short contract and received 11 points and 6 rebounds from him.

Only health friend.

Luca (Photo: Reuters)

Led from start to finish.

Vanavit and Siakam arrest Barrett (Photo: Reuters)

Toronto (17:16) - New York (20:17) 105: 120

A second straight win for the Canadians, who took full advantage of the Knicks' lackluster roster and the paucity of their available inside players.

The Raptors dominated the rebound (31:44), fed Pascal Siakam who did whatever he pleased on the way to a double-digit lead in the first half, and maintained the lead until the end as they inflicted a second consecutive loss on the Knicks.

Fred and Anvilit were passionate with 35 points including 7 threes, Siakam had 20, 14 rebounds and 7 assists, and Scotty Barnes also came back not bad from isolation with 13 points and 4 rebounds.

The Knicks, on the other hand, got 20 from Owen Fournier and will at least be comforted by the good play of Obi-Wakin, who got the stage from Tom Thibodeau under the auspices of the subtraction and finished with 19, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

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