Le Journal

L'ailier des Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James a encensé le jeu offensif de l'intérieur des Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic.

Le duo Luka Doncic - Austin Reaves continue d'affoler les compteurs sous les couleurs des Los Angeles Lakers.

Voici ce qu'il fallait retenir des 11 matches de la nuit en NBA, celle de la star de l'Oklahoma City Thunder Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

The Dallas Mavericks (5-15) and the Los Angeles Lakers (14-4) treated fans to an unexpected barn burner on Friday at Crypto.com Arena, but Dallas didn’t have the firepower to keep up the pace down the stretch as the Lakers finally pulled away for the 129-119 win. Luka Dončić torched the Mavericks for 35 points, 11 assists and five rebounds, and Austin Reaves did him one better to finish with a game-high 38 points and eight boards. Eight Mavericks scored in double figures as Dallas did everything they could to hang with one of the best teams in the Western Conference, but the Lakers outscored the Mavs 18-9 in the last 7:40 of the game to hand Dallas its fourth straight loss. The good news is that the Mavs played about as good a game as they have all season. The bad news is that the Mavs played about as good a game as they have all season, and still lost. Let’s get to the individual marks. Max Christie: C+ 13 PTS / 1 REB / 1 AST — 27 MIN Cooper Flagg found Max Christie open in the right corner after a baseline drive-and-kick for a 3-pointer to tie the game at 5-5 early on. He gave his defender a convincing pump fake and side-stepped for another 3-ball, this time from the left corner, two minutes later. Christie’s mid-range jumper near the elbow gave Dallas a 50-49 lead as part of a 12-2 run late in the second quarter. He hit his third 3-pointer of the first half from the left corner with 30 seconds left before the break to give Dallas its largest lead of the half, up 62-58, to match P.J. Washington as the team’s leading scorer to that point, with 11 points. The Mavs took a 62-60 lead into the break. He would score just two more points in the second half. Cooper Flagg: A- 13 PTS / 7 REB / 11 AST / 3 STL – 36 MIN Flagg got discarded by Deandre Ayton on his way to the rack early in the first quarter as the Lakers had little trouble getting to the rim to start the game. He went to the bench for a rest without attempting a shot, which is continued game plan malpractice on Mavs’ head coach Jason Kidd more than anything wrong with Flagg’s game. He eventually knocked down his first jumper of the game to pull the Mavs to within 23-21 late in the first. He rose up and hit his first 3-ball of the game from way downtown near the top of the key with 2:13 left in the first half to give the Mavs a 57-55 lead. He shot the ball just five times in the first half, but made the most of his opportunities. Flagg charged into Dončić midway through the third after an offensive board, which immediately led to yet another bucket from Dončić on the other end to extend the LA lead to 84-77. After getting just two shots in the third quarter, Flagg sealed James off on a baseline cut and scored inside to bring the Mavs to within 101-98 early in the fourth. While he wasn’t getting consistent shooting opportunities, he found open teammates all night and made the plays the game presented him with. Anthony Davis: B+ 12 PTS / 5 REB / 5 AST / 3 BLK – 28 MIN Anthony Davis was a near non-factor in the first quarter of his first game back after missing the team’s last 14 with a calf injury, scoring two points and grabbing two rebounds in his first six minutes on the floor as the Mavericks trailed 28-22 after one. He made a nice drive through the teeth of the LA defense with 7:30 left in the second quarter for a slam to bring Dallas back to within one, down 39-38, and force a Lakers timeout. He moved pretty well for his first game back and didn’t re-injure anything, so we’ll take that. He got lost on double teams and switches against Luka Dončić a couple times and bricked his first 3-point attempt of the game early in the third quarter, but nothing too egregiously negative for the most part. Davis scored in the lane over James with 7:50 left to put the Mavs up 110-109. He blocked James’ shot on the other end in perhaps his biggest sequence of the night. Ryan Nembhard: A 17 PTS / 2 REB / 4 AST / 1 STL – 23 MIN Ryan Nembhard nailed the first shot attempt of his first…

The Minnesota Vikings’ rumor mill is a bit hotter than usual, as the club owns an underwhelming 4-7 record. Some […]