Clippers with the seventh-consecutive win and the best start from 21 years, Lakers fell again
20.08.2013
Los Angeles Clippers reached a seventh consecutive win in the NBA championship, defeating with 94:89 over Chicago Bulls as a guest.
Chris Paul scored an important basket in the last minute of the game, and Clippers leads in the Pacific Division with 15 wins and 6 losses, which is their best start of the season of 1991/92.
Paul finished the game with 18 points, including and two free throws in the final minute. Blake Griffin added 22 and 10 rebounds for the success. For the bulls from Chicago Carlos Boozer finished the game with 24 points and 13 rebounds.
The hosts tried to twist the game in the fourth and final part when cut advance of 9 points of Clippers, but their power came to here. Otherwise, they are leaders in the Central Division with a balance of 11/9.
Los Angeles Lakers again fell with 94:100 in their visit to Cleveland Kavaliars and register 9th loss in 11 games. Separately, Lakers have a negative balance - 9 wins and 13 losses.
Kobe Bryant finished with 42 points, but that was not so important. Kerry Irving return for the hosts with 28 points, after having missed 11 games due to a fractured finger. Cavaliers have only 5 wins from 22 matches and today's success is the first of six meetings since.
New York Knicks won the derby with Brooklyn Nets, having managed to strike a liability of 17 points. Carmelo Anthony scored a record for himself this season 45 points and had at the base of the success with 100:97. Knicks makes the best season of 5 years, after leading in the Atlantic Division with 16 wins and 5 defeats.
The 39 years old Jason Kidd scored a very important three points 24 seconds before the end of the game and cause a time-out after which the Knicks pulled out the victory. Otherwise Kidd finished with 18 points against his former team, which until this year was playing home matches in East Rutherford under the name New Jersey Nets.
For Nets 23 points marked Andrew Blatche, who took his place in the starting five of Brooks Lopez, treating stretch.
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