LeBron James and Stephen Curry, around forty NBA seasons between them, offered a feast to the San Francisco public for Christmas Day, Wednesday, with the Lakers winning over the Warriors (115-113) at the end of the suspense.
Two legends, Curry, 36 years old, and “LBJ”, almost 40 years old, for two winners, the Lakers, on a lay-up by Austin Reaves one second from the buzzer, and basketball. Because the two superstars went blow for blow, as evidenced by their stat lines: 38 points and 6 assists for the “Golden Boy”, 31 points and 10 assists for “King James”, who had to do without his friend Anthony Davis, victim of a sprained ankle in the first quarter.
But the LA star, who will celebrate his 40th birthday on Monday, was able to count on Reaves, author of a triple-double (26 pts, 10 assists, 10 rebounds). And it was necessary to overcome Stephen Curry, true to himself by bringing his team to a point on a first winning shot (111-110) then by equalizing on a second 7 seconds from time (113-113 ).
Noël “is a day of giving, and that’s what Steph and I continue to try to do for our fans, for this beautiful game”commented LeBron James, who was playing on December 25 for the 19th time. “We don’t know how much longer we’re going to have this confrontation. We try to give basketball what it deserves, because it has given us so much”he added. Accounting, the good operation is obviously for the Lakers, 7th in the Western Conference after this 17th victory, while the Warriors (9th, 15-14) suffer an 11th defeat in 14 meetings.
