The pressure is on Anthony Davis to accelerate the injury of LeBron James and Shaquille O’Neal He didn’t mince words to talk about one of his stars Los Angeles Lakers.
O’Neal interrupted the light-hearted atmosphere of “Inside the NBA” to make an impassioned plea to Davis on Tuesday night, imploring the eight-time All-Star to play like he did during the Lakers’ 2020 championship run.
“I don’t mean to be disrespectful, but his level has dropped”O’Neill said.
Shaq said the media was “He’s being heralded as the NBA’s next great player” Three years ago. “It has fallen. It’s not at that level anymore. may be again”the Hall of Famer added.
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“When you’re a champion and you’re a Laker, you’re expected to play at a certain level.”O’Neal said before coverage of the Lakers’ game against the Memphis Grizzlies.
“When you’re a champion and you’re a Laker, they expect you to play at a certain level.”@SHAQ on his expectations for AD in LeBron’s absence pic.twitter.com/tnroURQC1D
Although he also expressed his confidence that Davies can regain form. “AD has to be that player again. We know he can do it”he said, adding that The Lakers need to let Davis touch the ball every time they attack.
While it was a rough year overall for the Lakers, it could be argued that Davis stepped up after a couple of atypical seasons. is an average 25.7 points and 12.4 rebounds per game this season, along with two blocks per game.
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After that, the Lakers’ record with him (18-20) isn’t much better than their record without him (11-13)on which O’Neal can rely.
The Lakers arrived at night 12th in the Western Regionbut just three games behind the fifth-place Clippersin a tight race for the Playoffs.
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Each remaining game is critical for the Lakers and Davis will be the team’s focal point until James returns from a foot injury that will reportedly keep him out for several weeks.. The Lakers got off to a rough start on Tuesday night, losing 121-109 at Memphis. However, Davis had 28 points and 19 rebounds in the loss.
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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo He gave a harsh response to the question about a possible trade to another NBA club:
“I’m here. Don’t ask me that question. It’s disrespectful to me and my teammates. I wear this jersey every day.
To say I don’t want to be here is disrespectful to the organization, the coaching staff, myself and everyone who worked hard to get me on the field. Don’t ask me this question. I am her. I’m going out in this uniform. And as long as I’m here, I’ll give it my all until the last second of the match.”
On the night of December 27-28, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player of the game with the Chicago Bulls – 112:103.
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Nine games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of December 27-28.
“San Antonio” hosted “Utah” and suffered a sensational defeat.
Spurs had a good first quarter, during which they made a 15:2 spurt to take an 11-point lead at 30:19, but failed to build on it or at least maintain it. In the second quarter, the Jazz responded with a 25:5 attack and took the lead 62:51 with the same 11 points. Utah then kept the opponent at bay for more than 10 points until the middle of the fourth quarter, when Spurs equalized the score – 106:106, thanks to a 14:2 breakthrough. However, the home team could not achieve this success and failed at the end of the match. In the last three minutes of the game, San Antonio scored 2 points and lost them with a score of 2:11 and had a score of 114:127 throughout the match.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He was in Utah’s starting five and stayed on the field for 14 minutes, during which time he scored 3 points (1/1 three-pointers), also made 1 rebound and 1 assist with 1 loss and 1 foul.
The most productive player of the match was Vembanyama, who brought 32 points to Spurs, but this did not help them achieve positive results. Jazz has 29 points from Markkanen and 28 points from George.
“Chicago” lost at home to “Milwaukee”, where Giannis Antetokounmpo returned.
The Bucks gained a minimal advantage in the first quarter and then gradually increased it, eventually winning all quarters of the match and winning with a score of 103:112.
In this game, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player, scoring 29 points for Milwaukee. Portis also scored a double-double for the guest team with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
NBA. Regular season, December 28
San Antonio – Utah – 114:127 (40:32, 20:38, 27:28, 27:29)
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Nine regular season games took place in the NBA on the night of December 26-27.
Utah hosted the Eastern Conference leader and won a sensational victory.
The first half of the match was spent with a small lead for the Pistons, who kept their opponent one or two shots away most of the time and entered the long break with a 1-point lead at 68:67. The decisive factor in the match was the third quarter; In this quarter, Jazz made a 16:3 move and took the lead by 12 points, 90:78. The home team had the advantage in the score, but Detroit gradually reduced the gap and 19 seconds before the siren, after two free throws by Cunningham, they equalized the score – 129:129. However, the match did not go to overtime – Utah took advantage of the remaining time with the efforts of George, who scored a two-pointer 3 seconds before the siren – 131:129.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He stayed on the field for 21 minutes and recorded 9 points (3/4 two-pointers, 1/2 three-pointers), as well as 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
The most productive player was George, who scored 31 points for Utah, while Nurkic had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
orlando: Black (24), Carter (16 + 8 rebounds), Bane (15 + 10 rebounds), Banchero (13), Jones (8) – start; Richardson (14) and Silva (8), Kane (5), Isaac (2), Howard (0), Penda (0), O. Robinson (0).
Charlotte: Ball (22 + 7 rebounds + 6 for loss), Knippel (16), Bridges (16 + 11 rebounds), Miller (15), Diabate (10 + 13 rebounds) – start; Hall (14 + 8 rebounds), Sexton (13), Hall (7), Green (6), Connaughton (1), James (0), Mann (0).
Chicago – Philadelphia – 109:102 (30:28, 19:24, 32:33, 28:17)
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