Toronto skips Indiana and another defeat for the Lakers

At the Scottyabank Arena, the Indiana knot continued in the fortress of Toronto, where it dropped for the 11th time in the second round, despite the lack of organizers Kauhe Lennard, who missed the game to rest, after his absence of the previous six matches. Return

He scored 32 points and 12 rebounds with eight badists, while Norman Powell, 23, Pascal Siacam, 12 and 10 rebounds, and Serag Ibaka 18 with 6 rebounds, also helped to end the six-game winning streak. Indiana, propelling his team to the top of the region. Al-Sharqia has 30 wins in 42 games, including 5 at home and 16 out of 20 in the league so far.

For his part, Indiana, whose last success at Toronto Stadium on March 1, 2013, suffered his 13th defeat in 39 games, despite Croatian striker Bojan Bogdanovic (21 points with 9 rebounds), Domantas Sabunis ( 16, 11) and Victor Oladibo. 16 points).

The Los Angeles and Meni Lakers suffered their fifth defeat in six games in the absence of new star LeBron James, a muscle injury on Christmas Day against the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves 86-108.

Although he has won his fourth biggest win since the start of the season thanks to Carl-Anthony Towns (28 points with 18 rebounds) and Andrew Wiggins, who scored 25 of his 28 points in the first period, Minnesota has decided to dismiss Tom Thibaudo about an hour later.

"We would like to thank Tom for all his efforts and wish him good luck," said club owner Glenn Taylor in a statement, "It's not easy at all, but we think it's necessary to advance the team. "

Tebodo took over Minnesota in April 2016 and combined the coaching and basketball manager positions, but paid the difficult start to the team, which is currently 11th in the West Zone with 19 wins for 21 defeats, but only two games of the Lakers, From Sunday, at the age of 19, James, Rajon Rundo and Kyle Kuzma are missing because of an injury.

In other games, the Brooklyn Nets beat the Chicago Bulls 117-100, the Los Angeles Clippers on the Orlando Magic 106-96, the Atlanta Hawks on the Miami Heat 106-82, the Washington Wizards on the Oklahoma City Thunder 116- 98 and the Charlotte Hornets on the Phoenix Suns 119-113.