NBA: Wembanyama and Doncic as leaders, bad night for James

Victor Wembanyama and Luka Doncic continue to help the Spurs and the Lakers score victories, while the Cavaliers ruined LeBron James' homecoming in three of the games played on the Italian night in the NBA.

San Antonio beat the Kings 124-109 thanks to 14 rebounds and 30 points from the Frenchman, who had already reached 20 points at halftime. Supported by three players who scored 19 points each (Castle, Harper, Vassell), the Spurs achieved their seventh consecutive victory in the NBA, after starting the season with two defeats.

In Cleveland, the Cavaliers inflicted a heavy defeat on James and his Sixers with a score of 119-95.

The best scorer in the history of the NBA was acclaimed by the fans of his first team, he played there from 2003 to 2010, winning the title in 2016, but he scored only eight points and lost six balls. "I couldn't find the right rhythm in attack - said the Akron star -.

We had some flashes, managing to reduce the deficit in the third quarter, but I committed too many turnovers." Jaylen Brown's 20 points were not enough to avoid interrupting Philadelphia's positive streak, which remains first in the Eastern Conference with eight wins.

From one champion to another: Luka Doncic scored 53 points, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 124-118 victory against Portland. Doncic closed the first half with a basket from well beyond midcourt, reducing the gap to seven points and starting the Lakers' comeback in the second half. With this performance, he has reached 40 or more points in six of his last seven games, tying Elgin Baylor, Kobe Bryant and George Mikan among Lakers players capable of scoring at least 40 points in 4 consecutive regular season games.