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The Los Angeles Lakers regained their balance by drawing 1-1 with the Houston Rockets, beating them 117-109 in the semifinals of the NBA West Region, while the Milwaukee Bucks lost the efforts of Greek star Yannis Antitokunembo, the best player of the tournament , due to his sprain. On the ankle during the 118-115 overtime win over the Miami Heat in the Eastern Province.
The victory for the Lakers is thanks to the two Anthony Davis (36 points and 10 rebounds) and LeBron James (28 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists).
After a quarter of the Lakers’ first dominance (36-20), Houston managed to keep the difference unchanged in the second quarter after finishing tied (31-31) and falling behind in the first division as a whole by 16 points ( 51-67).
Khamis Harden entered the Rockets’ best scorer in the ranks (27 points and 7 assists) and his teammates after the break in a different spirit, as they not only reduced the difference or a draw, but also outscored their opponents (41- 23) to become the result (92-90), taking advantage of their brilliance in 3-point shots after they scored 9 of 13 attempts.
James said he couldn’t tolerate a strong attack like the Rockets’.
The last quarter saw the return of the preference of LeBron’s teammates, who managed to finish it in their favor (27-17) to win the game in their favor.
James said: “We dominated in the fourth quarter of the last game, and after the wave of hat-tricks that we had in the third quarter, I knew the Rockets wanted to make a big difference to get the rhythm of the game in the fourth quarter like what did in the first game. I’m happy to have helped my team win from During the registration and posting to my colleagues. “
The two teams will play Game 3 on Tuesday.
The fall of the Miami Heat in overtime
The joy of the Bucks did not culminate in returning to the competitive environment after reducing the difference with the Miami Heat to 1-3 in the appropriate way, since they lost the efforts of Antitokounembo, who left the stadium in pain due to the severity of the injury , which will likely keep you away from the rest of the season’s games, knowing your opponent needs a win. In the last three games to resolve, he qualified for the Eastern Region final.
The two teams will play Game 5 on Tuesday.
Giannis Antetokounmpo injured his ankle again and, after taking two free throws, left the court. pic.twitter.com/CUNpWnrVKH
– ESPN (@espn) September 6, 2020
Antitokounembo had sprained his right ankle in the third game of the semifinal series against Hit, but he damaged his injury and participated in the game and managed to score 19 points until his exit in the second quarter after suffering a new sprain, to limp out of the locker room amid emotional support. From his colleagues and technical staff.
Jimmy Butler (17 points and 5 rebounds) of Miami Heath said that Antitokounembo’s absence gave comfort to his team, but that had a negative reaction that made them lose the game: “I thought we relaxed a bit. We thought it would be easier. , but it was not like that”.
He confirmed that his team will avoid the mistakes of this match in the fifth match, expressing their confidence that it will be the decisive match to qualify for the final in the Eastern Province.
With the departure of Antitokounembo, Chris Middleton took the team on himself, and achieved his mission after leading it to victory by scoring 36 points, 8 assists and the same rebounds.
On his Greek colleague’s injury, he said: “Keep fighting is what we had to do. (Yannis) did that too, he tried to fight for us despite his ankle injury. We wanted to support him and fight for him.”
The results of the basic quarters were equal, since the preference was for Miami in the first and third (31-22 and 40-34), while it leaned in favor of Bucks in the second and fourth (28-17 and 22 -19), highlighting that the game almost tied in favor of Miami 107-106 after scoring. Thaler Hero scored a hat-trick in the final seconds, but Donette Di Vicenzo scored one of two free throws that counted in his favor.
With the end of the four quarters tied (107-107), the two teams contested extra time and Antitokounembo’s teammates managed to defeat them 11-8.
“Yannis put everything in for us. We wanted to win playing,” said Eric Bledso (14 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists).
Pam Adebayo was the best scorer in the Heat ranks with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists.
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