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Los Angeles Clippers clinched the 2nd seed after a win over Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference. Los Angeles Lakers have already retained the first spot and no opponent decided for them to play against in the playoffs. 

Los Angeles Clippers 2nd seeds mean they will face the 7th seeded team in the West. Now there is Dallas Mavericks and they have the most efficient offense in the league. Clippers have all kinds of players in their team. 

Los Angeles Clippers Strength :

Defense and Offense :

The defense is the main strength of the Clippers. They have players like Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Montrezl Harrell, Patrick Beverley, and some supportive players who can give a tough time to any player or any team on scoring. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are regarded as best two-way wing players like Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. Who can guard any position of the opposition team? Los Angeles Clippers are in the 5th place out of 30 teams in the NBA with a defensive rating of 107.9.

Clippers are also great on the other end with an offensive rating of 114.2 and they are in the 2nd place out of 30 teams in the League. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George both averaged more than 20 points per game this season. Kawhi Leonard scored 27.1 PPG and Paul George scored 21.5 PPG.

Supporting Cast :

Clippers have the best supporting cast in the name of Montrezl Harrell and Lou Williams. This season Harrell scored 18.6 PPG with 7.1 rebounds, 0.6 steals, and 1.1 blocks which means he played very good at both ends- Offense and Defence. Lou Williams scored 18.2 PPG with 3.1 rebounds, 5.6 assists and he is the Sixth Man of the year. Now they both are selected this year for the sixth men of the year. They added Marcus Morris who is very good in defense and Riggie Jackson. Landry Shamet is also a very good player when it matters the most. 

Coach :

Doc Rivers regarded as one of the best coaches of the NBA. He already won a title with the Boston Celtics. This season despite many injuries faced by his players, He managed Los Angeles Clippers very well.  

Los Angeles Clippers' Weakness 

There is no weakness in Clippers from the perspective of playing a game but the only issues with them are injury. Paul George and Kawhi Leonard missed so many games this season due to injury. Injury is the only major issue of the Los Angeles Clippers Team.

 

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Dallas Mavericks' Strength :

offense : 

Dallas Mavericks are in the 3rd place in the offensive rating with the scoring of 117.2 PPG. Luca Doncic playing great, He scored 29 PPG with 9.5 RPG, 9 APG, 1 SPG, and 0.2 BPG. He is doing great in every aspect of the game only defense is the problem for him. K.Porzingis scored 20.4 PPG with 9.5 RPG, 2 BPG. Tim Hardaway Jr made 15.9 PPG. Burke and Curry did a great job for Dallas this season by scoring 12.7 and 12.5 PPG respectively. They don't have very good players like Clippers but they can surprise Clippers on their given night with their offense.

Dallas Mavericks Weakness : 

Defense and Lack of experience of Playing in playoffs : 

In the defense, they are way behind than any other team in the league than the top teams of the league. They have 110.9 defensive ratings as per NBA.com. 

Luka Doncic and Porzingis are star players of Dallas Mavericks and they are playing their first playoff series in the NBA. J.J. Barea, Seth Curry, and Wright have played more than 300 minutes in the Playoffs from the 8 players. 

 

Prediction : 

Los Angeles Clippers have an advantage in many ways over Dallas in playoffs. They have more Playing experience in the playoffs than Dallas. The Clippers have two of the top 10 players in the league while Dallas has 2 best young stars of this generation but they lack experience. Only Luka, Porzingis, Tim Hardaway Jr- These 3 trio play at their highest level than they have a slight chance to stun Clippers in the Playoffs.    

Some old Plays from Porzingis against Clippers :

🔥🦄#MFFL | @AcmeBrick pic.twitter.com/0WBrJ4spQo

— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) August 7, 2020

NBA

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It was a crazy game for Peris Saint Germain two late goals by PSG gave them a win over Atlanta and this is the first win for PSG against any Italian side in UCL. Before this game, PSG lost 2 games and drew 4 games against any Italian sides in the UEFA Champions League. 

   

3 minutes, Navas saved Papu Gomez's left-footed shot which was 17 yards long and it was powerful but Navas made a very good save. 

Just after some seconds, Neymar missed a huge and easy chance for PSG. Neymar runs with the ball from the middle of the field before that playing one-two with Icardi and after that, he defeated defense of Atlanta and he was totally open only goalkeeper was there to stop him but he couldn't put a ball into the net. he shot a ball to the left side of the post. A superb chance was wasted by Neymar.

11 minutes, It was close to putting a ball into the net, Gomes headed to play a long ball and he connected his head with a ball but Navas put a ball away with the left hand. A very good save by Navas. 

18 minutes, Neymar had another chance when Icardi was in the post but he put a ball at the wrong place. 

27 minutes, Goal- Pasalic, Atlanta, There were many defenders in the post area of PSG but Zapata's effort keep a ball with Atlanta and put a ball into an open area where the open man Pasalic run to the ball and curl a ball into a net with his left-footed shot. A wonderful goal by Pasalic, Navas had no chance to stop that ball going into the net.

 

28 minutes, Neymar tried to equal a score with his powerful right-footed shot but it just missed a Post Bar. 

42 minutes, Another chance missed by when he got a ball from wrong play by Atlanta defender and one-touch with a ball and he was totally open against Goal Keeper but once again his left-footed shot was missed by a margin. What a chance missed by Neymar. 

74 minutes, Mbappe made a run on the left-wing for  PSG but made a powerful shot but it was saved by Atlanta Goalkeeper with his right leg.

76 minutes, Neymar surrounded by 4 Atlanta defenders but he danced between them and made a gap out of it to shoot a ball but once again it was saved by Atlanta Goalkeeper.      

80 minutes, Mbappe was there with his left-footed shot but it was denied by Atlanta Goal Keeper Sportiello. Sportiello did a great job for Atlanta in this game by making so many saves in the game. 

90 minutes, Goal- Marquinhos, PSG, A day was saved at the last moment of the game for Paris Saint Germain. Neymar passed a ball to Marquinhos into the post area where Marquinhos put a ball into a net with his Right Footed touch but before a ball went into a net it touched Atlanta defender.

Extra Time, 90+3 minutes, Goal- Choup-Moting, PSG, What a comeback by PSG at some last minutes of the game. This goal was a superb display of team play. Neymar made a wonderful pass to Mbappe who passed a ball to Choupo-Moting. Choup-Moting didn't make any mistake and scored a goal. 

This is the first time Atlanta made it into the UCL after Leister City Atlanta is the second team that reached the last 8 in their debutant. 

Neymar missed many chances in this game but he also achieved some feat. he completed 16 dribbles in the game, Before him, Lionel Messi achieved this feat and Zanetti. Messi did this against Manchester United in April 2008. 

 

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Now Vivo is no longer a sponsor of an IPL means BCCI needs to find some new partners and they decided to expand official partners from 3 to 5. BCCI wants to bring these two additional partners with the average commitment of 40 cr in INR each. BCCI wants to raise nearly 300cr in INR after the exit of VIVO. 

As per the report in the Times of India, The BCCI could also surprise everyone by landing a totally different title sponsor in comparison to the brands that are being talked about right now.

There was a withdrawal from VIVO from the sponsorship of the IPL due to some political tension between Indo-china. They have made a deal of  440cr in INR with BCCI for sponsorship of IPL with BCCI and now they left means there is a big loss for BCCI.

Now there is another circumstance of the corona pandemic because of that many things will be difficult for BCCI to organize and matter of sponsorship to raise money. 

There are many companies that are willing to take this sponsorship like Amazon, Byju's, and Dream 11. These companies are in the race for sponsorship of IPL.     

As per Times of India," If Byju's attempt to big for the title rights succeed, Unacademy will have to make way or make a higher bid " and the will only be for a four-month window.  

BCCI is not showing all his trump card and they are hopeful to get a big sponsor. Byju is the sponsor of the Indian cricket team and cricket hasn't played until March after coronavirus pandemic Which helps them to save money and they will have a chance to compete for the sponsorship of the IPL. 

Amazon is the biggest one to compete for the sponsorship If they come to the table, Other companies have fewer chances to take sponsorship.

This year IPL will be played in the United Arab Emirates due to the coronavirus and there are 8 teams to take part in it. The tournament will be played between 19 September to 10  November of 2020.  

Cricket

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What an intense game in the last two minutes of the game. Damian Lillard scored 61 points in this game with some crazy 3 pointers in the last some minutes of the game. He made 9 3-pointers in a game. He helped his team to get a win and get up to 8th place in West with 134 to 131 win over Dallas Mavericks.

In the last game against 76ers, Damian Lillard scored 51 points and in this game, he scored career-high 61 points. He is the 12th player who scored back to back 50 points game in NBA History and only player in Portland Trail Blazers franchise history. Damian Lillard joins Wilt Chamberlain as one of the only 2 players to have 3 60 points game in the same season. 

 

First Quarter

4:08 minutes left in the first quarter, Porzingis dunked gave 7 points lead to Dallas Mavericks. 4 minutes to go in Quarter, Damian Lillard replied with smooth and flawless 3-pointer to cut a lead to 4 points. In the Next moment, Porzingis replied with his own 3-pointer which took a lead to 7 points for Dallas Mavericks. When 2:45 left in the quarter, Dam made another plunging 3-pointer which cut a lead to 5 points. Portland made 15-0 run to take a lead of 7 points in the first quarter of the game.

Second Quarter 

Luca scored the first bucket in the quarter with a dribble-drive and the foul. Just over 6 minutes to go Portland had 10 points lead in the game which is cut to 7 points with the 3-pointer of Kleber. 3:43 left in the quarter, Hardaway Jr made 3-pointer and drew a foul and a chance for a 4 points play. This play of Hardaway Jr cut a lead to only 3 points for Dallas. 33 seconds to go in the quarter, Damian Lillard came to the ball, Porzingis helping teammate to double a Damian but he passed a ball to open man Nurkic who finished with a one-handed powerful dunk. 

Third Quarter 

Luka passed a ball to Burke who knocked down the 3-pointer and cut a lead to 3 points. Under 10 minutes left in the quarter, Damian Lillard made another 3 to give 8 points lead to Portland. In next possession, Dallas replied with Porzingis' long-range shot. 8:13 to go in the quarter, Damian Lillard made back to back 3 pointers which gave 9 points lead to Portland. 6:52 minutes left in the quarter, What a move by Luka Doncic on Damian Lillard, With the pretty spin Luka scored on Lillard where Lillard had no answer for Luka's play. 3:51 left in the quarter, Porzingis was red hot in the 3rd quarter, He made another 3-pointer and lead cut to only 2 points for Dallas Mavericks. 2:40 minutes to go in the quarter, Dallas made 13-2 run to take a lead of 3 points. 28.7 seconds left, Porzingis made another 3-pointer to tie a game at 95-95.

 Fourth Quarter

Fenny-Smith scored from a long-range on Luka's assist when 8:12 minutes to go in the game to give 6 points lead to Dallas. Nurkic's tipped in tied a game at 117-117. 3:14 left in the quarter, What a move by Luka, Luka finished with the beautiful hand shoulder fake passing Nurkic and Melo. He drew a foul on this play. Just under 3 minutes left Damian Lillard finished with 3-pointer to tie a game. Kleber scored 3-pointer after Dam's 3 but Anthony scored another 3-pointer on Damian's assist. After this play when 1:52 minutes to go in the game, Porzingis made another 3-pointer to give 3 points lead to Dallas. Lillard made a long-range shot where the ball bounces back from the Bucket to go in. 59 seconds left, Lillard made the huge play of the game to provide an assist to Whiteside who finished with a dunk. Luca had a chance to tie a game but he made only one free throw out of 2. Fenny-Smith made a huge 3-pointer when only 4.5 seconds left in the game but it was not counted due to Burke made a foul on Damian Lillard. CJ McCollum sealed a deal with 2 free throws.      

Portland Trail Blazers is now in 8th place in the Western Conference. 

Players with three 60-point games in an @NBA season:

Wilt Chamberlain@dame_lillard

That's it. That's the list. pic.twitter.com/gsRI5ZKS2y

— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) August 12, 2020

 

 For Portland :

Damian Lillard scored 61 points with 5 rebounds, 8 assists, making 9 3 pointers, and all of his free throws. Carmelo Anthony added 26 points with 8 rebounds, 2 steals, and 2 assists. Collins and Trent scored 11 points. 

For Dallas Mavericks :

Kristaps Porzingis had a great night from the long-range making  7 3 pointers out of 9 with a great shooting percentage. He scored 36 points with 6 rebounds and 2 blocks. Luka scored 25 points with 10 assists and 8 rebounds. Tim Hardaway Jr scored 24 points with 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Fenny-Smith made 15 points, Burke added 12 points with 4 rebounds and 9 assists. Kleber scored 12 points.  

Next Game :

Portland Trail Blazers vs Nets 

Dallas Mavericks vs Phoenix Suns 

NBA

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Barcelona will face Bayern Munich to take place in the Semifinals of the UEFA Champions League. In the UEFA Champions League Barcelona has not good records against Bayern Munich when they faced each other in the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona lost 5 games to Bayern in the UCL and won only 2 games. 

They met each other in the UEFA Champions league 5 years ago where Barcelona won the first league of Semifinals with 3-0 and lost another semifinals 3-2 but advanced into the Finals with an aggregate of 5-3 and that year Barcelona won their last UCL title after that they were unable to do it again. 

Bayern Munich won their last UEFA Champions League title in 2013 when they beat Borrusia Dortmund.

 

Bayern is playing so great and Barcelona is not :

After a Long Time, These two teams will face each other in the UEFA Champions League. Bayern Munich already clinched Bundesliga and DFB Cup and now they will try to win UEFA Champions League to complete the Treble. Meanwhile, Barcelona lost La Liga to their arch Rival Real Madrid where they were favorite to win La Liga season after resuming a season but they played very bad and lost it. This season is not good for Barcelona and They will like to end their season by winning UCL title.

Bayern is in great form this season, Their unbeaten run extended to 27 games. RB Leipzig is the only team that was able to stop Bayern from scoring. Bayern scored 86 goals in these 27 games and giving away only 20 goals. Bayern won all their first 8 games in UEFA Champions League and they netted 31 goals in the competition. 

Messi is not the one who used to be and Robert Lewandowski is superb for Bayern 

Robert Lewandowski did a great job this season for Bayern Munich, He scored 53 goals in 44 games for Bayern Munich. In UEFA Champions League, Robert Lewandowski scored 13 goals, 3 goals more than second numbered Erling Haaland. In Bayern match u against Chelsea, Robert Lewandowski involved in all 7 goals where they won fixture by 7-1. Robert Lewandowski scored three goals in games against Chelsea. 

Messi scored many goals this season for Barcelona in La Liga where they lost the title to Real Madrid. Messi scored only 3 goals in this year's UEFA Champions League which was lowest by him. Messi scored 31 goals this season and assisted as many as 27 times in all competitions. Lio Messi scored 25 goals in La Liga.   

Sergio Busquets and Arturo Vidal will be back from suspension and their star defender Umtiti is injured so he will miss. Dembele is back in training with Barcelona. 

Battle Between Goalkeeper: Neuer or Marc-Andre Ter Stegen

Neuer is already 34 years old and he is playing his best football at this age. In Bundesliga Neuer have most clean sheets with 15. 

Marc-Andre Ter Stegen also have14 clean cheats out of 36 games which is a very good thing for Barcelona. 

Bayern supporting cast doing a wonderful job this season where Thomas Muller made 21 assists this season only Lionel Messi is the one who is ahead of him in assist. 

For Barcelona, There are many stars in their line up who can give a win to Barcelona on their given day but they are not in a great form this season which could trouble Barcelona. 

The good news for Barcelona is that Messi played like his old self in a game against Napoli. 

Messi

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Rafael Nadal who is a defending champion of the US Open has already withdrawn from the US Open 2020 due to safety concern of Corona virus.  

Rafael Nadal giving his reason that he challenges of moving immediately from hardcourt tennis to clay was a huge factor in his decision to skip US Open. Nadal is defending champion of the US Open and French Open. He gave a reason that if he play in hardcourt could trouble him on the clay.

Nadal said," The health situation is the first basic inconvenience when making my decision. The situation seems not in full control, so in this case after consulting with my team, we decided to skip the US Open. Second the schedule is challanging after many months without competing."

He also said," going from hardcourt to clay with hardly any time for preparation is dangerous for my body and my future. Then it is a matter of a personal spirit. The situation is as it is and my spirit was not high enough to travel to New York and compete. If I am going to compete all my senses have to be focused on competition to perform at my best and it would have been difficult to achieve that."

Rafael Nadal's former coach and uncle Toni said," Rafael Nadal may hurt his chance to win Roland Garros chances by skipping US Open."

Now, Rafael Nadal is not playing in US Open giving a reason that he prefered Roland Garros over US Open and some concern about Corona virus. Roger Federer also missed US Open due to an injury. This is the first time in last 15 years where those 2 players didn't play in any Majors. Djokovic is yet to commit for the US Open. 

Now, If  Djokovic choose to play his in this US Open, he has best chances to take it's title telly to 18. An Absence of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer could give a huge chances to young players to win Majors.

Former Champion Stan Wawrinka and Martin Del Potro are not playing in the US Open. This Years ,US Open has to play without many superstars.   

Tennis

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Lakers LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Kyle Kuzma all get a momentum at the right moment. They all score 25+ points in a game in a win over Nuggets 124-121. Lakers lost last their 3 games which could be not good for their confidence but today's game against Denver Nuggets could boost their confidence specially Anthony Davis who scored only 34 points in his last 3 games.    

What a game and what  a clutch shot by Kyle Kuzma at the last moment of a game. 

First and Second Quarter 

In the first quarter Lakers got 6 points lead where Anthony Davis scored 12 points with 5 rebounds and Dion Waiters added 7 points in the first quarter.

In the Second Quarter Lakers took 5 points lead with score of 64 - 59 where Anthony Davis added 17 points with 6 rebounds and 3 steals. LeBron James made 13 points with 5 assists. and Dion Waiters scored 12 points. 

3rd Quarter 

Nuggets started 3rd quarter with 4-0 run in a game before LeBron drained a 3 pointer. 9 minutes left in the quarter Jokic tied a game with his jumper but Lakers lead extended with green's 3-pointer. 7:17 minutes left in the 3rd quarter, Before Lakers took a time out Nuggets cut a lead to only one point. 6.27 minutes left in the 3rd quarter LeBron find Kuzma for 3 pointer but in the next possession Nuggets replied with Jocic's 3 pointer. 

5:20 left in the quarter Murray's 2 points play give Nuggets a lead.  Morris 3 pointer gave 3 points lead to the Lakers. 2:26 minutes left in quarter Anthony Davis 2 free-throws gave 5 points lead to Lakers. Kyle Kuzma with stealing a ball and run towards the rim with making a 2 handed dunk. Monte Morris's 3 pointer tied a game at the end of third game before both teams missing too many shots.

4th Quarter 

 Lakers first to score in the first quarter when Howard made 1 free throws out of 2. 10.12 left in quarter LeBron jumper gave 3 points lead to Lakers. 9:07 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Nuggets took lead 93-92. 

8:30 minutes left in quarter, LeBron James' 3 pointer tied a game at 95-95. 7:25 minutes remaining in the quarter, Howard dunked and drew a foul. His three points play cut  a lead to 1 points but Morris 2 points play gave Nuggets 3 points lead. Dozie's 2 free throws gave 5 points lead to Nuggets. 4:31 left in quarter what a pass by Morris to Plumlee who was cutting through bucket. 

2:30 minutes to go when Keita scored a open 3 pointer for 5 points lead to Nuggets. 2:12 minutes left in a quarter when Danny Green scored another 3 pointer to cut  a lead to 2 points but Morris had other ideas and he replied with 3 pointer to take 5 points lead back. 1:13 left in quarter Anthony Davis made a block and drew foul to score 2 free throws. Anthony Davis' 2 free throws cut a lead to 1 point. 45.7 to go in the quarter LeBron James drove through the rim, scored a bucket and drew a foul. A huge play by LeBron to give Lakers a lead at crucial moment of the game. 

LeBron missed a 3 pointer at huge moment of the game before Dozier drew a foul on Kyle Kuzma who was standing on a lane. Dozier made only one free throw for Nuggets to tied a game. 0.4 to go in the quarter, What a shot by Kyle Kuzma, Anthony Davis feed Kyle Kuzma who went to the right side of the court and finished with a huge 3 point shot to give  3 points lead and a win to the Lakers.  

Started the game. Ended the game. #KuzControl for the win. pic.twitter.com/hxkvt2oWYE

— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) August 11, 2020

For Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James scored 29 points with 12 assists and only 1 rebounds. meanwhile Anthony Davis regained his form and he scored 27 points with 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks . Danny Green scored 11 points and Waiters scored 12 points. 

For Denver Nuggets 8 players scored in a double figure. Dozier scored Nuggets high 18 points with 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Murray and Morris each scored 14 points. Porter Jr scored 15 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist. Jokic scored 12 points with only 1 rebounds which was rare to see for any big to grab only one rebound. Millsap added 13 points with 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Plumlee made 11 points and Diop added 10 points in a game. All players scored for Denver Nuggets in a game. Bench players scored more than half points for Nuggets.  

Next Game :

Los Angeles Lakers will play Sacramento Kings which is only be a practice game for Los Angeles Lakers for the play offs as Kings out of the play offs race and Lakers tops the West.

Los Angeles Lakers Vs Sacramento Kings

Denver Nuggets Vs Los Angeles Clippers

NBA

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New Orleans Pelicans is a young team, they need to learn a lot and they will. They have very good young players who could become a superstar in the future like Zion Williamson, Lanzo Ball, Brandon Ingram etc.

After a loss against San Antonio Spurs, New Orleans Pelicans is out of play offs race. Now Orleans Pelicans is in the 12th place of Western Conference. They have only 2 games to play and 2 games behind Portland Trail Blazers. Portland Trail Blazer won their game against Philadelphia 76ers which means Pelicans is officially out of play offs race.    

After resuming NBA season in Bubble environment, New Orleans Pelicans won only 2 games out of 6 games. Zion Williamson has to wait until the next year to play in the playoffs if he will play next season without any injury.    

New Orleans Pelicans is the team which were most exited after resuming NBA season in Orlando knowing that they have best chances to make into play offs but all went wrong. They didn't play as they want to play. An injury concern about Zion Williamson put minute restriction on him to play in a game and that cost New Orleans Pelicans. If Zion Williamson had played more than 30 minutes in all of his games after resuming NBA season, New Orleans Pelicans had batter chances to make into the play offs. 

San Antonio Spurs has some chances to make into the play offs. They are now 1 game behind 8th seed Memphis Grizzlies and 0.5 game behind Portland means if any team will lose one of their remaining games and San Antonio win all of their games than they have chance. 

In a game against Pelicans DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points with 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Murray added 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. Derrick White made 16 points with 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Rudy Gay scored 19 points coming of the bench. Belinelli also scored 14 points. 

For New Orleans Pelicans JJ Redick scored game high and season high 31 points coming off the bench and he made 8 3 pointers in a game. Zion Williamson played 27 minutes in a game and scored 25 points. Ingram added 17 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Derrick Favors score 10 points with 12 rebounds and 1 assist. 

Next Game : 

San Antonio Spurs Vs Houston Rockets 

New Orleans Pelicans Vs Sacramento Kings

Portland Trail Blazers Vs Philadelphia 76ers  

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In other crucial game between Portland and 76ers which was important for the play offs where Portland won against 76ers 124-121. Now Portland is just 0.5 game behind Memphis Grizzlies. Damian Lillard scored 51 points with 3 rebounds and 7 assists. 

Damian Lillard joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Rick Barry, Elgin Baylor and James Harden to score at least five 50 points games in a season in NBA History. Carmelo also made a history with moving into the 15th place in all time scoring list passing John Havlicek and Paul Pierce.  

Ben Simmons didn't play in a game due to knee injury and Joel Embiid played only 6 minutes in a game. Joel Embiid left a game facing ankle injury. Missing 2 all stars due to injury which could be a big problem for Philadelphia 76ers.

For 76ers Josh Rchardson scored 34 points with 5 rebounds and 6 assists.  Harris and Horford added 16 and 15 points in a game. Alec Burks scored 20 points with 5 rebounds and 2 assists coming off the bench.

 Next Game :

with the some hope to make into the play offs Portland Trail Blazzers will play Dallas Mavericks who is playing superb and it will be tough for Portland to win.

Philadephia 76er Vs Phoenix Suns  

NBA

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Last year's MVP award winner Giannis Antetokounmpo, runner up James Harden and LeBron James selected as finalists for this year's KIA MVP award. Giannis Antetokounmpo is also selected for the Defensive Player Of The Year. 

NBA also list out other awards of 2019-2020 season like Kia NBA Rookie Of the year, Kia NBA Defensive Player Of The Year, Kia NBA Sixth Man Award, Kia NBA Most Improved Player and NBA Coach Of The Year.

MVP award finalists are selected by Sportswriters and Broadcasters of United State and Canada.

NBA Most Valuable Player :

1. LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers)

2. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)

3. James Harden (Houston Rockets)

Last year Giannis won MVP award and before that James Harden did it. This season Giannis leads his team to the top of the Eastern Conference. LeBron James also leads his Los Angeles Lakers to the top of the Western Conference but Giannis Antentokounmpo is heavy favourite to win MVP award this year. If Giannis will win Kia Most Valuable Player award this season means he will become back to back MVP award winner after Stephen Curry won back to back MVP award in seasons of 2014-15, 2015-16 and before Curry LeBron James won back to back MVP awards with Miami Heat in seasons of 2011-12,2012-13.

This season Giannis averaged 29.8 points, 13.7 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 1 steal and 1.1 blocks per game.

James Harden averaged 34.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 1.8 steals, 0.9 blocks per game. 

LeBron James averaged 25.4 points, 8.0 rebounds, 10.3 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.8 blocks per game.

Kia NBA Rookie Of the Year :

1. Jo Morant (Memphis Grizzlies) :

Jo Morant is the most favorite to win this award with averaging 17.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 0.9 steals, 0.2 blocks per game. His Memphis Grizzlies team is in the 8th place in the Western Conference which make his statement to win this award is nearly possible.  

2. Zion Williamson(New Orleans Pelicans) :

Before the start of the NBA season Zion Williamson regarded as top favorite to win this award but he caught up in so many injury issues. Zion Williamson gave very good performance when he played in this season. Zion averaged 22.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.4 blocks per game. His team New Orleans Pelicans is in the 11th place in the Western Conference and he didn't play as many games as Jo Morant this season. These are the main reason where everyone will select Jo Morant over if Zion will not win Rookie Of The Year award.

3. Kendrick Nunn (Miami Heat) :

Kendrick Nunn also has some chance but he is playing with very good team. He averaged 15.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.2 blocks per game.   

Kia NBA Defensive Player Of The Year :

Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers) : 

This season Anthony Davis is become the pillar of the Los Angeles Lakers. If it's from the offensive end or defensive end. Anthony Davis delivered it from the both ends for Los Angeles Lakers but particularly he did a great job in defense for Lakers. Anthony Davis made 2.3 blocks per game and 1.4 steals per game.  

Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) : 

Favorite to win MVP award and selected for the finalist of Defensive Player Of the Year this season. Gainnis Antetokounmpo made 1.1 and 1 steal per game. 

Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz) : 

Rudy Gobert made 2 blocks and 0.8 steals per game. He is making strong case to win this award but it looks like he will be fall behind from Anthony Davis and Giannis. 

This years Anthony Davis has the best chance to win this award. 

Kia NBA Most Improved Player :

Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks) :

Luka Doncic played only two season in the NBA and become the superstar of the NBA at the age of only 21 years. Last season of the NBA Luka averaged 23.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 6.7 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.4 blocks. This season Luka averaged 30.9  points, 10.1 rebounds, 9.5 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.2 blocks per game. He scored nearly 7 more points per game this season than the last season and He nearly to score triple-double in this season.   

Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat) : 

This is the another star making player who is doing very good for his team Miami Heat. Adebayo scored 16.1 points per game with 10.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1..2 steals and 1.3 blocks per game compared to last seasons 8.9 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocks per game. He improved in all category this season from the last season. 

Brandon Ingram (New Orleans Pelicans) :

This is the 4th season for Brandon Ingram in the NBA and he is improving himself a lot that is why he is here. In the Los Angeles Lakers he was unable to show his full potential but with the New Orleans Pelicans he doing great. He averaged this season 23.9 points with 6.1 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.0 steals and 0.6 blocks per game. Last season he averaged 18.3 points per game with 5.1 rebounds, 3 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.6 blocks.  

Luka Doncic and Bam Adebayo improved a lot from the last season which means this is going to be tough to decide between them.

Kia NBA Sixth Man Of TheYear :

Montrezl Harrell (Los Angeles Clippers) :

Montrez Harrell is doing a great for Los Angeles Clippers this season coming of the bench. He scored 18.6 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 0.6 steals and 1.1 blocks per game. This is a very good number for any who player who are not a part of starting lineup for a team.  

Lou Williams ( Los Angeles Clippers) :  

Lou Williams won this award in the last 2 seasons and this season he made into the top 3 for Most Improved Player Of The Year. He averaged 18.2 points with 3.1 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 0.7 steals, 0.2 blocks per game.

Dennis Schroder ( Oklahoma City Thunder) :

Dennis Schroder scored 18.9 points per game with 3.7 rebounds, 4 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.2 blocks per game. His team is standing in the 5th place of the Western Conference.

This time Lou Williams has less chance to win this award. Montrezl Harrell is the one who has best chances to win this award because of he played great at the both end of the game, means on the offensive side and defensive side.

Kia NBA Coach Of The Year :

Mike Budenholzer(Milwaukee Bucks) :

Mike Bundenholzer managed his team very well and trained them well to top the East. Now Milwaukee Bucks is one of the favorite to win NBA title with only one superstar Giannis. Bucks has other star but not the superstar compare to other teams. With Only one superstar they managed to top the East and also has a chance to win NBA title tells you that how wonderfully Mike is doing his job as a coach for Milwaukee Bucks. 

Billy Donavon (Oklahoma City Thunder) :

Billly Donavon's team is in the 5th place in the tough West. With one superstar Chrish Paul who is getting older and no other great player in a team Billy tried his best for OKC. In the last season they have 2 superstars - Russell Westbrook and Paul George but they failed to do what people expected from them but this season they did better than what everyone has expected from them. 

Nick Nurse(Toronto Raptors) : 

Nick Nurse's team holding the title of champion in NBA and they are doing great in the East. Toronto Raptors sealed the 2nd seed in the East with record of 50-19 and some games yet to play in the NBA. They don't have any top 10 player in their team but they have some stars who play like superstar for Toronto and Nick Nurse always giving his best to manage this all players to give his team best result. His team is not favorite to make into the finals of the NBA but they are dark horse which can surprise any team.   

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Lakers lost their game to OKC by a huge margin of 19 points. A first time in this season Los Angeles Lakers never led in a game. Some children from 'I Promise' school visible in a game in  virtual way. This is a school which is supported by LeBron James. 

In a game, Lakers outscored by Oklahoma city thunder in the first quarter by scoring 26-18. Another bad night for Lakers from the long range, They scored from the long range 5 times out of 37. OKC was also bad from the 3 point range, They made only 5 out of 24 with shooting percentage of 20.8. 

Lakers missed so many free throws in a game making 19 out of 29  with free throws percentage of 65.5. OKC made 32 free throws out of 36 with free throws percentage of 88.9. OKC beat Lakers in every field of a game. 

In the starting line of Lakers only LeBron James  was able to  score in double figure. Anthony Davis scored only 9 points playing 29 minutes in a game. Kyle Kuzma and Waiters were the other players who scored in double figures. Waiter scored most of his points in the fourth quarter. 

Both team secured their position in the play offs and Lakers clinched the top seed in the Western conference means they were playing this game as practice game for the play offs. Now Lakers lost back to back games, Not they only lost games but all are with huge margin which could effect Lakers confidence and chemistry. 

86 points are the lowest score by Lakers this season and also OKC's opponents. Fewest points allowed by OKC to Lakers since 2016.

OKC will face Memphis Grizzlies in their next game who falls to Utah Jazz. This is their 4th loss after resuming NBA in Orlando. Now they have only 1 game advantage over Portland Trail Blazers.

What a game by Chrish Paul 

21p | 66.7% FG | 7r | 6a | Midrange Magic

Chris Paul with the @OGandE Power Play of the Game. pic.twitter.com/eP77OAZBJR

— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) August 6, 2020

Next Game :

Los Angeles Lakers Vs Houston Rockets

Oklahoma City Thunder Vs Memphis Grizzlies

For Los Angeles Lakers :

Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists
James	19	11	4
Davis	9	8	5
Green	9	5	1
Kuzma	10	3	0
Waiters	14	2	2

For Oklahoma City Thunder :

Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Chrish Paul	21	7	6
Adams	18	7	2
Alexander	13	7	5
Dort	14	4	0
Gallinari	19	7	0

  

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Memphis Grizzlies lost their last 3 games and they have now only 2 game advantage over 9th and 10th seeded team Spurs and Portland Trail Blazers. After loss against Pelicans, Pelicans also not far from play offs race. If Memphis will lose their other games and any team from the 3 of them will win their match they will qualify for the play offs. Now play offs race for Western Conference become more competitive.

In the play in series  9th number team in the Western Conference needs to win two times against 8th seeded team in the West. Meanwhile 8th seeded team needs to win only one game to advance in the play offs. San Antonio Spurs falls to Philadelphia 76ers. 

Zion Williamson scored 23 points with 7 rebounds and 5 assists. In his last two games, he missed many minutes which cost his team and they lost but in this game Zion Williamson played 25 minutes which is good news for New Orleans Pelicans. 

New Orleans Pelicans bench player did a great job in this game scoring 38 points combine in a game. 

New Orleans Pelicans gets the easiest matches, They will face Kings two time, San Antonio Spurs, Washington Wizard and Orlando Magic While Memphis Grizzlies have toughest matches. They will face Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder, Toronto Raptors, Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks. All Teams are better than them so they have very less chances to win remaining games. 

Next Game :

New Orleans Pelicans Vs Kings

Memphis Grizzlies Vs Utah Jazz

For New Orleans Pelicans :

Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Ingram	24	7	5
Zion Williomson	23	7	5
Holiday	15	4	3
Redick	16	2	2
Hart	15	7	0

For Memphis Grizzlies :

Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Ja Morant	11	5	8
Jackson Jr	22	2	2
Jonas	13	13	1
Brooks	15	5	3
Allen	17	1	2
Clarke	10	8	1

 

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Los Angeles Lakers gets an easy win over Utah Jazz. In the Last  game against Toronto Raptors Los Angeles Lakers had no answer Kyle Lowry and Toronto players. Anthony Davis struggled against Raptors but that not happened against Utah Jazz. Anthony Davis scored only 14 points in that game against Toronto Raptors with just 6 boards.

After this win Lakers clinch number 1 seed in the West after six years and even they also missed play offs in these years.

In the first half of the game Lakers got 2 points lead over Utah Jazz 58-56 where Anthony Davis scored 23 points with 7 rebounds and 2 steals, LeBron James scored 10 points with 6 assists. 

2:02 left in the fourth quarter Rudy made 2 free throws who fouled by LeBron James and cut a lead to 6 points but Lakers come back with 3 pointer and lead extended to 9 points. Utah Jazz came back with their own three and cut a lead to 6 points. Anthony Davis had other idea when just under 43 minutes remaining in a game he scored from a long range and drew a foul. 4 points play for Anthony Davis and 40 points for Anthony Davis. Once again Utah Jazz came with their own 3 when Mitchell made 3 pointer and drew a foul. 4 points play for Mitchel and cut a lead to 6 points. 

LeBron James 10 games away from reaching 1000 games for scoring more than 10+ points in a game.

After 1984 Lakers secured number 1 seed 12 times and by doing this they won titles 6 times in those 12 number one seeding.  

For Utah Jazz Donovan Mitchell scored 33 points with 5 rebounds and 3 assists.  This is the 19th game of Donovan Mitchell where he scored more than 30 points in a game. 

Los Angeles Lakers did a great job, shooting a ball with the percentage of 50 making 41 out of 82 meanwhile Utah Jazz made 37 shots from 83. Los Angeles Lakers not great in the 3 point shooting but better than last game against Toronto where they missed 30 3-pointers out of 40. Utah Jazz also had a bad shooting from a long range where they made 12 out of 43 with shooting percentage of 27. Lakers did a slightly better in defense by stealing a ball 12 times compared to Utah's 8. They both blocks a ball 3 times in a game.  

Next Game :

Los Angeles Lakers Vs Oklahoma City Thunder

Utah Jazz Vs Memphis Grizzlies

For Lakers :

Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Anthony Davis	42	12	4
LeBron James	22	8	9
Caldwell-Pope	10	4	1
Howard	11	5	0
Kuzma	9	1	1

For Utah Jazz :    

 

Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Mitchell	33	5	4
Gobert	16	13	2
Conley Jr	24	2	8
O'Neale	5	13	5

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Toronto Raptors played like a champion of the NBA in this game. They played great at the both end, Offensive end and defensive end. Kyle Lowry led them to victory against Lakers with 33 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists.  

First Half,

2:31 minutes left in the Second Quarter Anthony Davis made a one free throw to give 1 point lead to Lakers but Danny Green missed both of his free throws which could give Lakers lead of 4 points. After this many shooting but no team was able to score for a one minute until LeBron James drew a foul and made one free throw out of 2. What a pass by Alex to Howard  to finish a bucket. Lakers got 3 points lead after first half. It was not a big scoring first half. Both team played a great on defensive end.  

In the first half of the game, Lakers starter played very bad, Only LeBron scored 7 points. It's Lakers bench who kept them in a game. Anthony Davis scored only 1  point in the first half, McGee scored 2 points, Green scored 0 points and Caldwell-Pope scored 3 points. Coming off the bench Kyle Kuzma scored 9 points, Caruso scored 7 points, Morris scored 6 points, Howard scored 4 points and Waiters scored 5 points. Lakers bench scored 31 points in total in the first half. 

And For Raptors Kyle Lowry scored 11 points, Anunoby scored 9 points and Siakam scored 8 points. 

Fewest combine points for LeBron James and Anthony Davis as they both scored only 8 points in first half. 

Second Half,

Third Quarter,

Anthony Davis scored first bucket to start second half. McGee made one free throw and gave lead of 6 points to Lakers but Siakam with the easy bucket cut a lead to 4 points. 9:05 left in the 3rd quarter, Lowery made 3-pointer and tied a game at 47-47. Toronto Raptors took 4 points lead when Kyle Lowery scored 2 points when he driving through the lane. First LeBron James made a block and after that Anthony Davis made a block at the same possession play. 5:33 minutes left in a quarter Raptors got 8 points lead when Kyle Lowery finished with long range shot. Lowry scored on technical foul on J R Smith and Pascal Siakam scored on both free throws to give 11 points lead to Raptors. Kyle Lowry once again with a beautiful finish and Raptors made 22-3 run to give Raptors 13 points lead. 4:06 left in quarter, Alex  Caruso dunked when Lakers stole a ball and cut a lead to 8 points.  

Anthony Davis made 2  free throws to cut a lead to 6 points. VanVleet scored from long range shot to give 9 points lead to Raptor. Anthony Davis made 8 consecutive free throws which kept Lakers in a game. Kuzma scored 3-pointer on Caruso's pass. 28.6 seconds left in a quarter LeBron finished with a bucket and cut a lead to only 2 points. 13 points lead of 3rd quarter cut within 2 points. 

Fourth Quarter,

LeBron James drained back to back 3-pointer which gave 4 points lead to Lakers but Anunoby answered with a long range shot and cut a lead to 1 point. Another 3-pointer from Anunoby and 2 points lead for Raptors. 7:56 left in a game Kuzma's 3-pointer gave 2 points lead. 2:13 minutes left in the quarter, Kyle Lowry's free throw gave 12 points lead to Raptors. 1:27 minutes left in the game Toronto Raptors got 16 points lead.  

Lakers made only 10 pointer out of 40 which is very bad for them and they also didn't shoot a ball very well. Lakers also missed so many free throws in a game, They missed 11 free throws in a game. they didn't played like a top team in the West and title contender. 

While Toronto Raptors extend their lead over Celtics after this victory. 

Next Game :

Los Angeles Lakers Vs Utah Jazz

Toronto Raptors Vs Miami Heat

For Los Angeles Lakers :

Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
James	20	10	5	0	1
Davis	14	6	3	1	3
Kuzma	16	4	1	0	1
Waiters	12	3	2	0	1
Caruso	11	0	3	3	1

For Toronto Raptors :

Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Kyle Lowry	33	14	6	1	0
Anunoby	23	4	1	2	0
Siakam	15	9	3	2	2
VanVleet	13	5	11	1	1

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From Twitter/@HoustonRockets

This is a high scoring game and there was an absence of defense. James Harden helped Houston Rockets to get a crucial victory over Dallas in their opening game in bubble environment. Mavs is a young team and their young player did a great job in this game. It's a little disappointment for them to not take a win after very good lead in a game.  

Both teams scored the same points in the first quarter but in the second quarter Dallas tops the Houston when they took 10 points lead after the first half. In the second quarter they scored 43 points compared to Houston Rockets' 33 points. 

Total points scored combine by both teams in this game were 160 points and this is the record of last 20 season for highest scoring first half ever. 

James Harden played a great in this game scoring 49 points with 9 rebounds and 8 assists and most importantly he did a great job from the defensive end he blocked a ball 3 times and stole a ball 3 times. Westbrook scored 31 points with 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steal and 1 block. 

for Houston Rockets 7 players scored in double figures. 

In the 3rd quarter, 1:55 minutes left in the quarter Dallas had 14 points lead in the game. In the fourth quarter when 7 minutes left in the game Dallas had 11 points lead but they were unable to hold the lead. 1:47 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Houston Rockets made 9-2 run in 4 minutes which cut a lead to only 4 points. 45.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Kleber made a wide open 3-pointer which gave Dallas 7 points lead but Harden replied with a dip 3 pointer and cut a lead to 4 points when 40 seconds left in the fourth quarter. 5.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter Curry had a chance to seal a game when he was on the line to shoot free-throws but he missed one. 3.9 seconds left in the fourth quarter, James Harden drew a foul and went to free throw line when last free throw was missed by Harden it was rebounded by Robert Covington who put a ball into basket. What a huge play by Robert Covington!

In OT Dallas took early lead but Houston Rockets back with 5-0 run and took 1 points lead when 2:35 minutes left in the OT. 2:19 minutes left in the OT, James Harden once again drew a foul and scored a bucket, 3 points play for Harden and 8-0 run for Houston Rockets. 2:05 minutes left in the game Porzingis scored 2 points with a going on a line for free throws. He made 3 points and cut a lead to only one point. Once again there was Covington who scored 3 pointer which gave 4 points lead to Houston. Covington played many crucial moment in this game.   

Houston Rockets registered their 41 win of the season. Now they are in the 5th place  in the Western Conference and get more advantage over Dallas and OCK which gave Houston Rockets good position in the play offs if they maintained this position. 

Eric Gordon missed this game due to an injury but House Jr who played in his position had a very good game who scored 20 points in the game with 5 rebound, 1 assist and 2 steal. 

     

James Harden passes Calvin Murphy for Houston Rockets in the all time scoring list. Now Hakeem Olajuwon is only one who is ahead of James Harden in the scoring list in the Houston Rocket's jersey. 

Houston Rockets turn a ball only 9 times compared to Dallas' 20 and Houston Rockets did a great job in stealing and blocking a ball. They made total of 22 combine blocks and steals compared to Dallas only 11. Dallas did a good job in rebounding a ball but it was not enough for them they made total 55 rebounds compared to Houston's 43. Both teams scored 40 3 pointer combined in this game. 

Next Game :

Houston Rockets Vs Milwaukee Bucks 

Dallas Mavericks Vs Suns 

For Houston Rockets :

Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
James Harden	49	9	8	3	3
Westbrook	31	11	8	2	1
Covington	13	11	3	2	4
P.J.Tucker	7	4	3	1	1
Jeff Green	10	1	1	1	1
House Jr.	20	5	1	2	0
McLemore	13	0	0	0	0
Rivers	10	2	2	1	2

For Dallas Mavericks :

Players	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Doncic	28	13	10	1	1
Porzingis	39	16	2	2	1
Hardaway Jr.	24	5	3	1	0
Trey Burke	31	1	6	1	0

          

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