The basketball players of Milwaukee defeated Philadelphia 90:88, and the Los Angeles Clippers team was better than the city rival LA Lakers with 103:97, so the guests celebrated in both matches in last night’s games of the first round of the NBA League.
In a very equal duel with Philadelphia, the Bucks won at the very end with a three-pointer by Wesley Matthews 24 seconds before the end, although they had the advantage for most of the match, they failed to secure it until the very end.
James Harden led the home team excellently and finished the match as the most efficient player with 31 points, but it was not enough because the rest of the team did not follow him well.
Joel Embiid scored 15 points with 13 rebounds and four assists in 36 minutes on the floor.
On the other side, the winning team was led by Giannis Antetokounmpo with 21 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists.
In the city derby of Los Angeles, the Clippers won (103:97) despite the excellent performance of LeBron James, who finished the match with 20 points and showed that he can still lead the Lakers team.
In the defeated team, Walker was the most effective with 26 points, Anthony Davis scored 25, while Russell Westbrook was disastrous with only two points and 0/11 shooting from the field, where for the first time since 2016 he finished the match without hitting a shot from the field.
The Clippers were led to victory by the duo of John Wall and Kawhi Leonard, who successfully returned to the field.
Wall, who was last seen on the field in April 2021 due to huge problems with the tendon, scored 15 points, and Leonard, who recovered from an anterior cruciate ligament injury, scored one less.
