Donovan Mitchell destroyed the Boston Celtics this Sunday with twenty points in a magnificent fourth quarter that allowed the Cleveland Cavaliers to overcome a fourteen-point deficit and win 115-111 to confirm themselves as the best team in the NBA so far in the regular season. .
Mitchell led the Cavs’ victory with 35 points and seven rebounds, with 12 of 21 shooting from the field and six triples, supported by Darius Garland’s 22 points, five rebounds and eight assists. He was perfect in the fourth quarter with six of six field goals and four three-pointers.
The Cavs snapped the Celtics’ seven-game winning streak, which paid for the losses of Jaylen Brown and Derrick White, and recovered after suffering two consecutive losses, both in matches against the Atlanta Hawks. They lost 135-124 last Wednesday, when Trae Young overwhelmed them with a double-double of 20 points and 22 assists, and they fell again on Friday in the NBA Cup.
Kenny Atkinson’s team took advantage of the last-minute loss of Jaylen Brown, due to a health problem, which was added to that of Derrick White. With this result they confirmed themselves as the team with the best record in the NBA with 18 wins and three losses. They are the leader in the East ahead of the Celtics, who won 16 and lost four.
Joe Mazzulla’s team fell in Cleveland despite 33 points, eight rebounds and four assists from Jayson Tatum, who had also led the victory two days ago against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center in the Windy City.
Payton Pritchard, who had scored 29 points off the bench in Chicago, contributed 24 points in Cleveland, in 36 minutes, again coming off the bench. The Latvian Kristaps Porzingis, in his third game of the season, had 21 points and eight rebounds for the Celtics.
Another record for LeBron James: 15,000 shots attempted
LeBron James, leader of the Los Angeles Lakers, this Sunday became the second player in NBA history to reach 15,000 field goals made, in the Los Angeles team’s victory at the Utah Jazz field (105-104) .
LeBron, who will turn 40 on December 30, is the second player with the most field goals made, behind Kareem Abdul Jabbar, who added 15,837. The leader of the Lakers has been the NBA’s all-time leading scorer since last year.
Against the Jazz, LeBron finished the game with 27 points and fourteen assists and his Lakers left behind the last defeat suffered against the Oklahoma City Thunder to increase their balance to twelve wins and eight losses.
Anthony Davis contributed to the victory with 33 points and eleven rebounds against the Jazz in which the top scorer was the Finnish Lauri Markkanen with 22 points.
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