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Lakers battle Warriors in NBA play-in for the seventh spot

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By Ponciano Melo – The rivalry between LeBron James and Stephen Curry will continue once the NBA play-in tournament commences.

Both superstars were fighting in the NBA finals not so long ago, but how can several years make a change, right?

Now both of them, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors, will fight for their lives to catch a ticket to the playoffs.

Despite their positioning, the matchup is already buzzing and is making the fans excited.

An early matchup between two of the best players in the last decade, how good can that be.

But even before they face each other, James voiced his opinion that his counterpart, Curry, deserves to win the MVP this season.

Curry won the scoring title this season after averaging 32.0 points per game. Not only that, he shattered records almost every game in the second half of the regular season.

He became the all-time leading scorer of the Warriors passing the great Wilt Chamberlain. He led the league with three-pointers made with 337, and he has seven games with at least 10 three\’s made, the most ever in NBA history.

He has done all of the mentioned while carrying his team, mainly composed of G-League players, to make the playoffs.

Meanwhile, the defending champion Lakers shrunk from the top to the play-in tournament after injuries took over their superstars, Anthony Davis and James.

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Warriors, Lakers get crucial win in tight West playoff race

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Warriors, Lakers get crucial win in tight West playoff race

In a tight race for a playoff spot in the West, the defending champions Golden State Warriors and the lost glory-seeking Los Angeles Lakers got much-needed wins.

The Warriors outplayed the visiting Philadelphia 76ers for their third straight win behind Jordan Poole’s 33 points. Steph Curry and Klay Thompson combined for 50 points to counter Joel Embiid’s 46-piece.

With the dub, they currently sit at the sixth spot with a 39-26 win-loss record.

Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Lakers went .500 (37-37) for the first time this season after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder, 116-111. Anthony Davis top scored with 37 points along with 15 boards.

LA is now at the eighth spot but still in a pressure pack position as teams below them are just one-game behind.

There are less than 20 games left before the regular season comes to an end.

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Fury-Usyk world heavyweight unification fails to push through

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Fury-Usyk world heavyweight unification fails to push through

The much-anticipated world heavyweight unification bout hit a major blow after Oleksandr Usyk’s manager Alexander Krassyuk said that it will not push through on April 29.

“No matter how much Usyk compromised, he was pushed for more,”  Krassyuk said on ESPN.

However, Tyson Fury answered back that it was Usyk to blame for the failure of the mega fight.

According to his promoter Frank Warren, the demand for a rematch clause of Usyk caused the breakdown of the fight.

“I convinced Tyson to take the rematch. Then we got into how the money will be split in the rematch. The rematch has become a sideshow. Why can’t this be overcome if Usyk wants the fight? All the splits were agreed. Who walks in first was agreed. If it’s a great fight then we will make the rematch,” Warren said in an interview with talkSPORT.

This was supposed to mark Fury’s return to boxing after initially retiring.

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Paul George out for the rest of regular season due to knee sprain

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Paul George out for the rest of regular season due to knee sprain

It started with a jaw-dropping 360 slam off a baseline cut by Paul George. Indeed a crazy play that sent  the internet into a frenzy but several plays later another thing went viral involving George, a nasty knee injury in a rebound play.

Seen in the replays was the awkward position of his knee when he landed. He was carried out in the game and after further evaluation he will miss two to three weeks due to a sprained right knee.

It means George will not be available to play in the remainder of the regular season but there are hopes he will be ready in some time in the playoffs if his reevaluation is good.

Currently, his Los Angeles Clippers are fifth in the West but there’s no safe place yet as the standing in their conference is very tight from no. 5 up to the 10th spot.

With this, the Clippers will rely heavily on Kawhi Leonard and their newly-required Russell Westbrook to finish the regular season in a good spot.

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