Philadelphia and Nikola Vucevic spoiled Kobe Bryant's celebratory night. The ace of the Lakers passed Shaquille O'Neal (28.596) for fifth place in the NBA history (28.601 points) on the floor of the "Wells Fargo Center", but the home team won 95:90 in an uncertain ending.
"I'm honored to have overtaken O'Neill, my former great teammate. As many grueling battles as we fought together in the playoff series, all those matches are our little history. The trophies we won together are much more important than all the individual records." , the currently leading active NBA scorer (career average 29,4 points) said after the match.
Only Wilt Chamberlain (31.419), Michael Jordan (32.292), Karl Malone (36.928) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38.387) are ahead of Bryant.
And last night, Bryant played as he did during most of his career (scored 28 points), but in the second half he scored only four baskets, which was one of the reasons for Philadelphia's turnaround.
"Since the beginning of my basketball career, as far as I can remember, I have always played the best games in the last quarter. I know that is the most important period of the game during the game," Philadelphia guard Lou Williams, who came off the bench and scored 14 of his 24, boasted after the game. points scored in the last quarter.
Montenegrin representative Nikola Vučević made a strong contribution to Philadelphia's third consecutive celebration. In 25 minutes spent on the field, Vucevic scored eight points, caught six balls and assisted once.
Chicago dismantled New Jersey away (108:87), despite the weak contribution of last year's season MVP Derrick Rose, who scored only four points.
New York beat Utah in "Madison Square Garden", although it was deprived of the services of two leading players - Amar'e Stoudemire left the team and urgently traveled to Florida, where his brother Hazel died in a car accident, while Carmelo Anthony pulled a muscle after only six minutes. and the rest of the match was watched by the benches.
In one of the derby nights, the LA Clippers celebrated in Orlando after overtime, just like Oklahoma did when visiting Portland.
The results:
Portland - Oklahoma 107:111
Aldridge 39p, Camby 18sk - Durent 33p, Westbrook 28p, 11sk
Denver - Houston 90:99
Gallinari 14p - Skola 25p, 8sk, Lori 20p
New Orleans - Sacramento 92:100
Vasquez 20p, 9as - Kuzins 28p, 19sk
Memphis - San Antonio 84:89
Gasol 22p, 9sk - Parker 21p, 7as, Duncan 19p, 14sk
Atlanta - Phoenix 90:99
Smith 18p - Nash 24p, 11am
New York - Utah 99:88
Lin 28p, 8as, Novak 19p - Jefferson 22p, Millsap 13sk
New Jersey - Chicago 87:108
Williams 25p - Boozer 24p, Deng 19p, Watson 14p, 11as
Orlando - LA Clippers 102:107
Howard 33p, 14sk, Nelson 15p, 12as - Paul 29p, 8as, Griffin 18p, 10sk
Washington - Toronto 111:108
Wall 31p, Young 29p - Clayza 30p, Bayless 30p
Philadelphia - LA Lakers 95:90
Williams 24p, Vucevic 8p, 6sk, 1as - Bryant 28p, Banum 20p, 20sk
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