NBA: LeBron James and the Lakers beaten at Portland – Basketball

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Published on Friday, October 19, 2018 at 07:39
| Updated 19/10/2018 at 07:56

The LeBron James era at the Los Angeles Lakers started with a defeat at the Portland Trail Blazers (128-119).

LeBron James could not win his first game in the Los Angeles Lakers. Thursday night, in Portland, the 'King' and his team fell to the Trail Blazers, who recorded a sixteenth straight victory against the Lakers (128-119). The longest series in the history of the franchise against the same opponent.

The difference was in the fourth quarter when the visitors experienced several small empty pbadages. At the beginning of the period with this against Kyle Kuzma that no one had warned of the presence of a defender behind him, then this pbad from LeBron James in the back who got lost in the front row (98-91, 39th ). And then four minutes later, when "Beat L.A." fed down the stands, CJ McCollum planted a three-point basket that pushed the franchise California to ten units (114-104) and forced Luke Walton to take a time-out.

Worn by an unlikely duo Nick Stauskas (24 points) -Zach Collins (6 points, 6 rebounds, 6 blocks) in addition to the usual stars (Damian Lillard with 26 points, McCollum with 21), the Trail Blazers did not let slip the win despite a last scrum of LeBron and his teammates.

James – Lillard, from dunk to dunk

Before this epilogue, the game remained undecided throughout the first three quarters. And the opening match allowed LeBron James to sign his debut with the Lakers. After mainly trying to play his partners during the first possessions, he found himself alone in the counterattack and was able to offer a monstrous dunk to open his meter with his new team (3rd). The fringes of Lakers supporters present at the Moda Center have appreciated. But the show was just beginning. Damian Lillard responded in the following action with a dunk in his turn. But LeBron was not finished because he had another under the sole from the possession of after. Enough to electrify the 19441 spectators of an arena that showed complete.

James finished with 26 points, 12 rebounds, 6 badists (but also 6 losses) for a first that confirmed the main gaps of the team. There is three-point shooting (0 out of 15 in this area to start the game) and then how to handle the periods when James is sitting on the bench. On his first outing, the Lakers went through a stern 4-12 in three minutes.

Even if Houston, probably upset by his setback against New Orleans in opening, loomed in the second game at the Staples Center on Saturday, it is of course too early to worry Lakers side. In 2014, for his return to Cleveland, the Cavaliers had fallen at home against the New York Knicks (90-95) … before reaching the NBA final at the end of the season.

Maxime Malet, in Portland