The NBA leaves the Elections: the Lakers return to their old ways, Doncic falls, Cleveland sinks Anteto…

The United States of America they stop for one of their most important days, the one that only occurs on first Tuesday after the first Monday in November every four years. Or what is the same: the Presidential Elections. The battle between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump to inherit Joe Biden’s office, and occupy that Oval Office on the west side of the White House. The elections stop everything, and mark one NBA who celebrated, hours before, a day full of emotion. All teams, on the floor. And shine of stars like Nikola Jokic (28 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists), Darius Garland (39+8), or Jayson Tatum (28 points, 26 of them at halftime).

No one was missing in a good gauge of the state of the competition. One in which they continue like only undefeated teams the Cleveland Cavaliers (7-0)which left the Milwaukee Bucks (116-114) with one win and six lossesand the Oklahoma City Thunder (7-0), destroying the Orlando Magic (102-86) with a good clash from Jaylen Williams (23) and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (21).

Are there alarms in the Lakers?

Los Angeles Lakers starred in one of the negative stories (115-103) of the night of reflection before the Elections. They fell into Detroit against the Pistonsand add their third defeat in three outings outside the Crypto.com Arena. They are two different teams depending on whether they play at home or away, which weighs down a record (4-3) and creates a strange feeling, to say the least. The Pistons commanded from the start, with a pace at halftime that Anthony Davis (37+9) could not match with another exhibition. Cade Cunnigham’s triple-double (17+11+11) prevailed.

And it seems that those problems yes they bother in Los Angeles. “We are two different teams right now. One game we show that we are a team that plays like one of the best in the league. Another, the next, we are a team that still doesn’t even know who it is,” the player himself confessed. Davis.

One game we showed that we are a team that plays like one of the best in the league. Another, the next, we are a team that still doesn’t even know who it is

Anthony Davis

The back-to-back killed Dallas

Luke Doncic was one of the most outstanding players of the night, reaching 34 points, 15 assists and 7 rebounds. A superlative statistic that did not carry over into the game, losing to the Indiana Pacers 127-134. To the Dallas Mavericks weighed them down back-to-back or play two games on consecutive daysrunning out of gas in the last partial, where Benedict Mathurin He became the Pacers’ leading light, scoring several important baskets. He even argued with Luka himself. “He started talking shit a minute before finishing. I told him. Dude, that’s why it starts at the beginning. He can’t talk bad only at the end,” the Slovenian confessed.

He (Mathurin) started talking shit with a minute left… You can’t do that

Luka Doncic

dallas, For Doncic himself, he ran out of defensive gas midway through the game, giving the Pacers options and leaving them with a 4-3 record. “It was bad. We played very well at the back against the Magic, but against Indiana we let it go. There was a lot of rhythm, it was difficult for us to play again,” said the Real Madrid youth player.

Tatum’s surreal first half

The record says that the Boston Celtics have a loss and, for that reason, they are not the best team in the NBA. In the practical part, no one dares to question the champion. His only slip – it was in Indiana – it doesn’t change the thing, and they act as a perfect winning machine. To the Atlanta Hawks (93-123) destroyed them with his usual repertoire of success and offensive variety, represented by a sublime Jayson Tatum (28 points and 9 assists)… in the three quarters he played.

The party was already dead (+22 for Boston at halftime) to rest, where Tatum left with 26 points after 9 triples in 13 attempts. His fourth game of the start of the season in which he reaches halftime scoring 20 points. In addition, they were joined by 18 Pritchard points or 16 by Jrue Holiday.

Cleveland sinks Antetokounmpo

Giannis Antetokounmpo dropped in another fall for the Milwaukee Bucks (1-6) at the start of the season. The Greek’s absence may perhaps justify a defeat against the very rolling and launched Cleveland Cavaliers, although it is once again a debate about his patience: How much can a star like Anteto last? Accustomed to winning and commanding, the Bucks do not start.

In Cleveland it was a close match (116-114) in which two plays represented everything. Darius Garland, first, was able to take his great game (39 points) to a victory after scoring a decisive basket from mid-distance. and then Jarrett Allen stopped, with a block, a Damian Lillard for whom nothing works. Red alert in a candidate.