The Lakers got themselves a nice win over the Damian Lillard-less Portland Trailblazers. LeBron James and Anthony Davis both had big nights.
The Cleveland Cavs got another win over 76ers. They beat them by 28 and have the 5th best record in the league now. Biggest surprise of the season for sure. I thought theyd be tanking for the draft.
They cannot do that unless they don't have the all-stars in their team playing this season because it will be obvious if they gonna do it that way. They can still catch up when they are winning like this because the other teams that were winning in the first phase of the season, are now losing and giving every low-rank team to catch up and have their chance to be in the playoff. If the Lakers can still win more games than lose the remaining games of the season, probably they can be in the top 5 or 6 in the NBA playoff tree.
Yes, I also thought that the Jazz is going to tank this year because of the trades that they have made. Not just for the players, but they changes their coach as well. But everyone is shock when the players they acquired when they trade Mitchell and Gobert is somewhat performing very well and blended instantly to the Jazz.
And then Clarkson having a good game as a Jazz and for sure they made the right decision not to trade him as probably he will turn out to be the leader of the team now. Lakers will be the Lakers though, they will have to find win again with Lebron leading them. And even without Lillard, still considered as a good win.
I would be so happy if we talk more about the Jazz, after a long losing streak, they are probably going to a good win streak as they have already activated it. Clarkson had a decent 33 points in the game against the Clippers, and you can tell that they are moving the ball well with hi on the floor, his unselfishness is the exact opposite of Mitchell's performance when he was with the Jazz.