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Winning another duel with “nemesis” Dillon Brooks, LeBron James scored a season-high 37 points to help the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Houston Rockets 105-104 on Sunday A agonizing free-kick at the end.

One month after his 39th birthday, “King James” continued to wow the basketball world over the weekend, scoring 35 points against the Trail Blazers on Friday.

The forward once again carries the weight of the Lakers and has the added motivation of reuniting with Dillon Brooks, who publicly challenged James last postseason, but failed, by declaring that James was “old.”

That time, the Lakers ruthlessly knocked the Memphis Grizzlies out of the playoffs, and Brooks was active in the playoffs at the time, and this Sunday, he did it again with 37 points (14-of-19 shooting) and 6 rebounds. performance that ruined the defender’s night. and 8 assists.

The forward highlighted a few of his baskets and made some mockery of Brooks, such as his hand gestures that he was too short to defend.and gave him a little push in the third quarter, causing him to get a technical foul.

As one of the main “villains” in the league, Brooks had an outstanding performance of 24 points and 6 three-pointers, but he could not prevent James from killing the game for the home team at the last minute.

With teammate Anthony Davis (27 points, 10 rebounds) fouled out with a minute left, James assisted Austin Reeves for a key 3-pointer and then stopped Alperon Sengon ( 23 points and 10 points) led the Houston team to comeback.

With the two sides tied at 104, James was fouled with 1.9 seconds left in the game. After missing the first goal, he did not lose his cool and scored the second goal, winning the past six games for the Lakers. fifth win in three games.

Brooks “was a great competitor,” James later said. “That’s competition, I love it, I need it.”

Suns resist double overtime

Another exciting matchup took place in Utah, where the Phoenix Suns defeated the Jazz 140-137 in two overtimes, once again thanks to their leader Kevin Durant.

The forward had key performances in both overtime periods, finishing with 39 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists.

In the first “Durantula” game, the Suns took a three-point lead with 35.6 seconds left to lead by five points, similar to Phoenix’s victory in the same situation on Friday.

The Jazz sent the game into another overtime on the final play when rookie Keyonte George missed a shot, but Collin Sexton grabbed the rebound and scored in the air.

Durant re-entered the game in the second overtime, scoring eight of the Suns’ 13 points, and Lauri Markkanen blocked a 3-pointer in the last second to score the Jazz. Highest 38 points and 17 rebounds.