Luka Doncic shines as Spurs beat Lakers 132-119

The hoops players of the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder qualified for the semifinals of the NBA Cup successful Las Vegas. The victor of the lucifer betwixt Spurs and Thunder volition vie successful the finals against the amended squad from the duel betwixt New York Knicks and Orlando Magic.

The Spurs managed to decision the Los Angeles Lakers 132:119 distant from home, adjacent though they person been playing without their champion subordinate Viktor Wembanyame for a agelong time. However, the squad from San Antonio showed large play and squad spirit.

In the location team, Luka Doncic led the onslaught with 35 points (11 of 24 tract goals), with 5 rebounds and 8 assists. Marcus Smart added 26 points, portion LeBron James scored 19 points with arsenic galore arsenic 15 rebounds and 8 assists. With this performance, Luka became the 5th subordinate successful past to people 35/5/5 successful 1 game, surpassing Janis Antetokounmpo.

However, it was arguable with the judges; evident elbows to the caput were not called fouls, which caused discontent among fans and players.

Stephon Castle excelled with 30 points

At Spurs, Stephon Castle excelled with 30 points, 21 of which helium scored successful the 2nd half, portion Dearon Fox added 20 points. Keldon Johnson contributed 17 points and 8 rebounds, helping the squad to a harmless victory.

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In the 2nd semi-final of the West, the Oklahoma City Thunder showed nary mercy to the Phoenix Suns and bushed them 138:89. The astir businesslike Thunder subordinate was Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with 28 points, portion Chet Holmgren added 24 and Jalen Williams 15 points. For the Suns, Dillon Brooks scored 16 points, and Jordan Goodwin scored 15 points.

With this triumph, Oklahoma equaled the grounds of the Golden State Warriors from the 2015/2016 play with a grounds of 24 wins and lone 1 nonaccomplishment astatine the opening of the NBA season. Thunder and Spurs present await their last opponents, and the semi-final matches committedness a batch of excitement and spectacular moves.

The NBA has not seemed this absorbing for a agelong time, but erstwhile we spot the names and stars wrong the teams, it is wide that we are expecting a batch of excitement some present and successful the remainder of the season.