The Lakers beat Philadelphia thanks to a great performance by Davis, Russell broke van Exel’s club record. Boston asserted its dominance and beat Detroit

The Los Angeles Lakers turned around a game against the Philadelphia 76ers on their home floor and scored an important victory in the battle for playoff position. The hero of the game was Anthony David and D’Angelo Russell, who made his mark in the club’s annals. The Boston Celtics clearly dominated the Pistons.

Nick van Exel’s club record fell because of Russell

In the game Los Angeles Lakers vs Philadelphia 76ers (101:94), it took a while for the Lakers to confirm their role as the favorite. They had to turn the score around after halftime. The traditional shooting duo of LeBron James and Anthony Davis were instrumental in turning the game around.

LeBron James scored 20 points, had 8 rebounds and 6 assists, but had 8 turnovers. His teammate Anthony Davis had an even better performance. He put up 3 more points, but once again excelled under the basket as he notched 19 rebounds and traditionally dominated on the block, scoring four of those in this game.

The team’s third leading scorer this season, D’Angelo Russell, made club history. While he only scored 14 points, he recorded four converted threes in ten attempts and leapfrogged Nick van Exel in the club annals for most converted threes in a single season.

He set a record with 183 threes in a season in 1994/95. Russell got ahead of him in the first quarter. He continues to raise the current club record, and has a chance to break the 200 threes in a season mark by the end of the regular season.

Philadelphia was dragged down by the second best shooter of the current season Tyrese Maxey, who burdened the Lakers basket with 27 points. 76ers good consolidated defense made big problems for the favored team for most of the game until the end of the third quarter. They were a very worthy opponent for the Lakers even without the injured Embiid.

However, the Lakers decided the game in the last passage of the game and got a very valuable victory. Especially when rival Golden State was no match for Indiana on their floor.

The Celtics have their 56th win of the season

In the game Detroit Pistons vs Boston Celtics (102:129) the visiting team from Boston clearly confirmed its current dominance and had not the slightest problem with the miserable Detroit. The Celtics were led by Jaylen Brown, who scored 33 points in the absence of Jayson Tatum, for their 56th win of the season.

Plus, he had support in four other teammates who scored at least 14 points. Unusually, James Wiseman was the top scorer for the Pistons with 24 points. However, Detroit suffered its 58th defeat in the 70th game of the season. For a change, Boston won for the eighth time in a row, sending a message to its competitors that it is going into this year’s playoffs with one goal in mind, and that is to finally win the title.

Source: NBA