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Tatum breaks ASG scoring record with 55 as Team Giannis finally beats Team LeBron

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Tatum breaks ASG scoring record with 55 as Team Giannis finally beats Team LeBron

Jayson Tatum had one of those nights.

The Boston Celtics superstar set a new All-Star Game scoring record of 55 points to lead Team Giannis over Team LeBron, 184-175.

Tatum caught fire in the second half and continued to do so in the final frame in which game was set at the first to reach 182 points.

Easily, he also won the Kobe Bryant All-Star MVP award.

Meanwhile, Damian Lillard, who earlier in the weekend won the three-point shootout, had the honor to seal the game with a triple for his 26-point performance.

Joining the parade of triples for Team Giannis was Donovan Mitchell who had 40 points built on eight three-pointers.

Overall, they hit 29 three-pointers compared to only 17 by Team LeBron.

The win also ended the five-year reign of LeGM in the All-Star Game

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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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