Los Angeles Lakers kicks off season with losing NBA champion – breaking news
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The Los Angeles Clippers beat the final champion Los Angeles Lakers 116-109 on the first day of the American Basketball League (NBA) 2020-21 season.
The new season in the NBA started with 2 matches. The players and technical team of the Lakers received their championship rings at the season opening, as per tradition. But the other team of Los Angeles, the Clippers, who they faced in their first game, became the winner of the field.
Paul George and Kawhi Leonard scored a total of 59 points in the Clippers, where 6 people produced double digits. George had 33 points, 6 rebounds, Leonard had 26 points.
The star players of the host Lakers, LeBron James, competed with 22 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and Anthony Davis with 18 points and 7 rebounds. Montrezl Harrell scored 17 points, 10 rebounds, Dennis Schröder scored a “double double” with 14 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists.
DURANT RETURNED TO THE PARK WITH VICTORY
Brooklyn Nets, who has not played in any official game since June 2019, when the Achilles tendon was broken, was the first to wear the shirt after the transfer of Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry’s team, Golden State Warriors, who played only 5 games last season due to a fracture in his hand and wrist.
Nets won the match 125-99 in which Durant scored 22 points, 5 rebounds, Kyrie Irving 26 points and Caris LeVert 20 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists.
In Warriors, Stephen Curry’s 20 points, 10 assists and rookie James Wiseman’s 19 points, 6 rebounds performance could not prevent the defeat.
