They led 31-12 in the opening quarter and kept the Nets at an arms distance the whole night. The Bucks had a 21-4 run in the first quarter, and didnвЂ™t look back from there. Kevin Durant and James Harden had solid nights, but it just looked like they were missing something on the offensive end. Defending NBA Champs now 57-18 on opening nights T he Nets knew they would be without Kyrie Irvin who is refusing to take the COVID vaccination, and therefore will not be playing with Brooklyn until he gets the jab, or until the mandate fo all New Yorkers to be vaccinated to go to a gym, stadium or live event is lifted. No Kyrie for the Nets for the near future Pat Connaughton also dropped 20 points from the outside and from the inside. Giannis Antetokounmpo was his normal brilliant self as the NBA Finals MVP went for 32, and he got help from Khris Middleton added 20 points as a. The Bucks, who made very few changers over the offseason picked up where the left off, flirting with 130 points. Last years top ranked offense did not disappoint, lighting it up out of the gate. Milwaukee's offfense could look even better Milwaukee climbed out to an 19 point lead in a first quarter in which they scored 37 points. They gave up the opening basket of the game, but that would be the only time they trailed throughout the night. The Bucks started the first quarter of the new season with a bang. Milwaukee came out firing in a night when the Bucks would see the banner put up in the rafters and their championship rings were presented,

dollars in 2021.The Milwaukee Bucks celebrated their NBA title with a home win over the Brooklyn Nets as the pregame festivities poured over into the 124-104 win at the FIserv Forum. LeBronвЂ™s move has also undoubtedly been a commercial success for the Lakers вЂ“ the regular season home attendance went up in the 2018/19 season and the franchise value reached a record 4.6 billion U.S. However, the Lakers then went on to claim their record-equaling 17th NBA championship title in 2020, defeating Miami Heat 4-2 in the finals. He made a high profile move to the Los Angeles Lakers at the start of the 2018/19 season, but everything did not go quite to plan initially вЂ“ James missed the playoffs for the first time since 2005 and failed to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2010. In his stints at the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat, James made the playoffs for 14 straight seasons from 2004/05 to 2017/18. LeBron is the undisputed king of the playoffs, having scored a total of 7,602 in playoff games during his career. The basketball legend, who currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers having moved from the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014, also sits third on the list of NBA all-time scoring leaders. One of the few still active players on the list is LeBron James, who currently stands in eighth place with his 9,682 assists. John Stockton, who spent his entire career from 1984 to 2003 as a point guard for the Utah Jazz, is the runaway leader for assists in the NBA. In basketball, an assist is awarded to the player who passes the ball to a teammate to score. The highest ranked player still active in the NBA is Chris Paul of the Houston Rockets, who has a total of 10,275 assists to his name. John Stockton is the all-time assists leader of the National Basketball Association with a total of 15,806 assists in his career.

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