The Franchise of Los Angeles, victorious in 2020 of the North American Championship, was beaten Tuesday night by Phoenix. It will not be able to participate in the playoffs.
Le Monde with AFP
Last Friday, LeBron James, Lakers’ flagship player, one of the two basketball teams in Los Angeles (USA), had announced his end of the season. He had made an appointment in the fall for the recovery of the NBA. A joke of the 1 April. But a premonitory joke.
Tuesday, April 5, Lebron James is indeed absent, because insufficiently returned from a strain to the left ankle, the Lakers were beaten in Phoenix (121-110). This defeat is synonymous with non-participation in the playoffs, and therefore at the end of the immediate season.
The franchise, NBA champion in 2020, had, however, posted, at the beginning of the championship, his willingness to reconquer the title.
But, Tuesday night, the Lakers, who had already accused two defeats in previous games, against New Orleans Pelicans and against Denver, have illuminated only in the first period. After which Phoenix, the leader of the championship, accelerated, with the key a 63 e victory this season, new franchise record.