It was the game everyone wanted to see, but the absence of key figures made it just another game. The Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets met in the NBA on Saturday night, without the presence of LeBron James, Anthony Davis and James Harden. Each of them was due to different injuries.
In the first quarter, the Lakers got off to a bright start, with an 11-point lead in the opening minutes, thanks to the partial 18-7. Andre Drummond, as had already happened against the Miami Heat, was essential in the start of the 7-point encounter in that passage of the match, in what ended up being a 33-25 win in the quarter.
The California franchise started the second quarter with the same intensity as the first, stretching the gap to 10 points: 43-33. However, the strength of the Nets seemed at its best with a 17-3 run leading to a partial lead of 56-52. The Lakers managed to recover and rested 61-58.
The Angelenos took advantage of Kyrie Irving’s ouster and now Kevin Durant didn’t have his two main sides: Harden, injured and the aforementioned Irving. The context was greatly exploited by Los Angeles Lakers, who eventually triumphed with a final score of 126-101.
Dennis Schröder and Kyrie Irving were expelled from school
In the second half, a strange situation has arisen since then Dennis Schröder and Kyrie Irving were dismissed. Given the footage, both players insulted each other without any physical disagreement, in what was a somewhat outrageous decision on the part of the judges.