Home » Sports » Basketball
Cavs top Lakers, Spurs extend unbeaten streak
Print Edition
LEBRON James won his final encounter with Kobe Bryant as the Cleveland Cavaliers eased past the Los Angeles Lakers 120-108 on Thursday in the last regular-season meeting between the two NBA icons.
James finished with 24 points, seven assists and five rebounds as the Cavaliers wrapped up their fifth win in six games to improve to 46-18. Kyrie Irving top scored with 26 points.
Bryant, who is retiring at the end of the season, left the court to a standing ovation towards the end of the fourth quarter with chants of “Kobe, Kobe” echoing around Staples Center.
Bryant took some satisfaction from an impressive individual display which saw him score 26 points off 11-of-16 shooting. However, it was not enough to prevent the Lakers (14-52) slipping to four straight defeats to Cleveland.
Elsewhere, Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points as the San Antonio Spurs preserved their 100 percent record at home this season with a 109-101 win over the Chicago Bulls.
The Spurs were given some anxious moments when Chicago cut San Antonio’s lead from 10 points to 90-87 with 8:36 to play but the hosts rallied again to notch their 31st home win of the season. A tip-in dunk from Danny Green and a jumper by Tony Parker made it 104-92, leaving San Antonio to close out a deserved victory at the AT&T Center.
San Antonio has now won 40 straight home games in regular season, including the latter part of last season, the fourth best unbeaten home run in NBA history. The Golden State Warriors hold the record for most consecutive home victories, currently standing at 46 dating back to the 2014-2015 campaign.
French star Parker, meanwhile, chipped in with 20 points and a season-best 12 assists for the Spurs (55-10).
In other games, it was: Raptors 104, Hawks 96; and Nuggets 116, Suns 98.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
