Basketball, Nba: LeBron James eliminates Curry: the Lakers beat the champions Golden State and fly to the final in the West

Domain Lakers in race-6. LeBron James and teammates maximize the field factor – three wins out of three in Los Angeles and one in San Francisco – and eliminate the Golden State Warriors Of Stephen Curry, ending the series 4-2 with a score of 122-101. In the Western Conference Finals of NBA they will find i Denver Nuggets Of Nikola Jokic. Shock start for the defending champions, down 27-10 in the first quarter. After apparently returning to the game, in the third quarter i Lakers they touch +19, reaching over 20 lengths in the last partial.

Overpowering LeBron, Curry isn’t enough for the Warriors

At the Crypto.com Arena the absolute protagonist is the timeless LeBron James, who comes close to the triple double by scoring 30 points, 9 rebounds and as many assists. Valuable also the contribution of Anthony Davis (17 points and 20 rebounds) and Austin Reaves (23 points) in a match dominated by the hosts. To the Warriors the usual is not enough Steph Curry (32 points) on a night with more shadows than lights for Klay Thompson, which closes with a meager score of 8 points. For the outgoing champions there is already talk of the end of an era: led by Curry they have won the ring four times (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022). With LeBron – together the two most influential basketball players in recent history – it was the fifth meeting in a playoff series, after the final four NBA consecutive between 2015 and 2018, when King James wore the shirt of Cleveland Cavaliers. The first act – in 2015 – was awarded Steph Currywhile the second – the following year, in which the Warriors record the season win record (73), better than Jordan’s Bulls – LeBron, in a spectacular comeback crowned in race-7. In 2017 and 2018 – that year in race-1 James recorded best performance ever in a Finals loss (51 points) – i Golden Statereinforced by the arrival of Kevin Durantthey won without history.

Eastern conference, Miami in the final

In the East, the first finalist comes out of the confrontation between New York and Miami. The Heat, who close the series at 4-2 by winning game-6 at home with a score of 96-92. Leading coach Erik Spoelstra’s team to the Conference finals are Jimmy Butler (24 points) and Bam Adebayo (23 points), while the Knicks they capitulate despite a super Jalen Brunson (41 points). You love mepassed from the play-ins, now awaits the winner of game 7 between Boston And Philadelphia.