After their heartbreaking 101-99 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series on Monday night, the Lakers criticized the officiating. Lakers star LeBron James was the most direct with his comments. “I don't understand what's going on in the replay center, to be honest,” James said. The play James appeared to be referring to was when Michael Porter Jr. was assessed a foul for hitting Russell across the face on a drive to the basket with 40 seconds left in the third quarter.
Jamal Murray fired the game-winner at the buzzer as the NBA champion Denver Nuggets erased a 20-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 101-99 on Monday and take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference playoff series.The drama in Denver followed a scintillating comeback by the New York Knicks, who scored eight points in the final half-minute to stun the Philadelphia 76ers 104-101 for a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference set.
According to NBA players, the GOAT debate consists of only two players and everyone else is in a distant rearview mirror. Michael Jordan edged out LeBron James as the greatest player in NBA history, according to a poll of 133 players conducted by The Athletic. Jordan received 45.9 percent of the vote, while James came in at 42.1 percent. Kobe Bryant was a distant third place at 9.8 percent, while Stephen Curry, Magic Johnson and Paul Pierce each received 0.8 percent—the equivalent to one vote apiece.
No | Player | P |
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14 | C | |
10 | SG | |
3 | PF | |
26 | PG | |
20 | C | |
28 | PF | |
11 | C | |
0 | SG | |
23 | SF | |
21 | SF | |
4 | SG | |
12 | PF | |
15 | SG | |
5 | SF | |
1 | PG | |
2 | PF | |
7 | PG | |
35 | PF |