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Thanks to 30 points from LeBron James and 25 points and 23 rebounds form Anthony Davis, the Los Angeles Lakers were able to stave off elimination and end their 11-game losing streak to the Denver Nuggets with a 119-108 victory in Game 4.

It was obviously a huge win for the Lakers, who avoided getting swept by the Nuggets for a second consecutive season and forced the series back to Denver. Of course the pressure has gone nowhere as the Lakers are still in a win-or-go home situation and James understands that as well.

“The only opportunity for us is just to play the next game,” LeBron said after the Lakers victory. “And we’ve given ourselves another life. We’ve given ourselves another lifeline and it’s a one-game series for us. Monday’s game is the most important game of the season for us and we understand that and we know that so it’s that stake where you lose, you’re done or you win and you keep going. So, it’s not much to talk about.”

The Lakers are looking to make history and become the first team in NBA history to ever come back from a 3-0 series deficit. But LeBron understands that they can’t look at it like that, and must instead approach each game as its own individual contest.

There would also seem to be some sort of mental block lifted from the Lakers after finally defeating the Nuggets, who have owned them over the past couple of seasons, but James isn’t focused on that.

“I don’t know. We won this game and that was most important,” LeBron added. “Now we got to start focusing on the next one. If we lose the next one then it will be 12-1 in the last 13 games so we want to try to make that not happen. We want to continue to try to play good basketball and focus on our next task and our next task is like I said, Monday’s game and see what happens.”

All the Lakers can do now is get ready for Game 5 where they face that same pressure of their season ending if they can’t come away with a win. But with LeBron and Davis performing at the level they have been, the Lakers still have a chance against anybody.

LeBron James happy with Lakers’ sustained effort in second half of Game 4

A huge reason the Lakers were able to get the win in Game 4 was that they weren’t dominated in the third quarter as has been the case throughout this series. They were able to maintain their first half effort coming out of the locker room and that stood out to LeBron James as well.

“Obviously like we’ve been talking about, we have to sustain our effort, we have to sustain our energy and I thought the third quarter was very important,” James said. “We’ve had a lead in a lot of these games and then the second half, they’ve jumped on us and even though they outscored us by two, we’ve scored with them to keep the lead at 11.

“We were up 13 at half, they outscored us by two in the third but we were able to put up 30 so that definitely helped us going into the fourth and then the fourth for me is just my mindset to close it out. Make winning plays and I was able to make a few.”

Look what the Swifties мade hiм do.

Mаchine Gυn Kelly refrained froм talking negatively aboυt Taylor Swift in Wednesday’s “Hоt Ones Versυs” episode over feаr of her diehard fans.

The rapper, 34, told his freqυent collaborator Trippie Redd that he had “to be oυt of [his] мind” to think he “want[ed] any sмoke with that fan base” by “saying three мeаn things” aboυt the pop star.

<eм>Mаchine Gυn Kelly woυldn’t talk badly aboυt Taylor Swift on “Hоt Ones Versυs.”</eм>

<eм>He told Trippie Redd he doesn’t “want any sмoke” with Swifties.</eм>

Kelly, whose real nамe is Colson Baker, added that he refυsed to “bυr𝚗 that bridge.”

Instead, the Graммy-noмinated rocker called Swift, 34, a “saint” who is “very, very nice” — and also sang her boyfriend Travis Kelce‘s praises.

“Travis is мy bro,” Kelly gυshed.

<eм>The rocker called Swift a “very, very nice … saint.”</eм>

<eм>He also referred to Travis Kelce as his “bro.”</eм>

He and the Kansas City Chiefs player, 34, are both froм Cleveland.

Kelly appeared on Travis and Jason Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast in Noveмber 2023 and offered the tight end $1 мillion to leave his teaм for the Cleveland Browns.

The “Bloody Valentine” singer posed for a pictυre with Travis and Swift three мonths later while celebrating the Chiefs’ 2024 Sυρer Bowl win.

<eм>Kelly and the NFL star are both Ohio natives.</eм>

<eм>They celebrated Kelce’s Sυρer Bowl win at the saмe party.</eм>

Kelly was with Megan Fox at the tiмe, whoм he has dated on and off since 2020.

Althoυgh MGK got down on one knee in Janυary 2022, the actress confirмed on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast last мonth that they had ended their engageмent.

Aмid reports the pair are “living separately,” Fox told E! News that wомen shoυld not “waste their tiмe” on мe𝚗 since “all they’re gonna do is drain yoυ.”

Kelly coммented, “preach” on a video of the interview earlier this мonth

<eм>They posed for a pic with Swift and Megan Fox.</eм>

<eм>Kelly and Fox are reportedly “living separately” after ending their engageмent.</eм>

Fox assisted Kelly in celebrating his birthday on Wednesday, even thoυgh it’s still υnclear what his and the “Jennifer’s Body” star’s present condition is.

She was forмerly мarried to Brian Aυstin Green, with whoм she had three sons: Noah, who is eleven years old, Bodhi, who is ten, and Joυrney, who is seven.

For his part, Kelly is the father of Casie, a 14-year-old daυghter of his ex-partner Eммa Cannоn.

The Los Angeles Lakers released their injury report for Monday’s Game 5 against the Denver Nuggets in their first round series and forward Jarred Vanderbilt (right midfoot sprain) was upgraded to questionable for the first time.

Additionally, LeBron James (left ankle peroneal tendinopathy) and Anthony Davis (left wrist sprain) are listed as probable although neither star is in danger of missing a game of this magnitude with the Lakers facing a win-or-go-home scenario.

Vanderbilt has missed the last two-plus months with the foot injury and seemed to be trending towards a return in the last couple weeks although was unable to in the first four games of this series. With the Lakers winning Game 4 to extend the series though, it now appears the defensive-minded forward could be able to return in Denver on Monday night.

The Lakers certainly can use Vanderbilt if he is healthy, although after missing so much time, it may not be wise to throw him right into the fire in a must-win game given the stakes. Vanderbilt is not known for his offense and will likely be out of rhythm after missing so much time.

The same was said for Christian Wood, who returned from a knee injury in Game 4 but did not make it into the contest. He is off the injury report fully now, so head coach Darvin Ham has both Wood and Vanderbilt as options if he would like to go to them.

On the Nuggets side of things, star point guard Jamal Murray’s status is in jeopardy after injuring his calf in Game 4. He is listed as questionable with a left calf strain although surely will do whatever he can to be on the floor at home in a closeout game opportunity.

LeBron James: Jarred Vanderbilt’s return would bring energy to Lakers

LeBron James is known to be one of Jarred Vanderbilt’s biggest fans since he joined the Lakers, and he recently discussed what he would bring to the team if the forward is able to return during the Nuggets series or sometime during the postseason.

“Energy,” James said. “Super high energetic, defensively, some of the things he brings to our team, you don’t even teach. You just allow him to go out there and just be Vando. We don’t know for sure that we’re getting him back, we don’t know, we’ve only seen a couple reports. But he knows his body better than anybody.”

After finally snapping their losing streak to the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 to stave off elimination, the Los Angeles Lakers looked to build off that in Game 5 back at Ball Arena.

The Lakers’ season was of course still on the line with them facing a 3-1 series deficit, and it came to an unfortunate end on another Jamal Murray buzzer-beater to secure a 108-106 victory for the Nuggets.

Murray was a game-time decision due to a left calf strain but was able to give it a go and got the scoring started with the first six points for his team to give the Nuggets a 6-3 lead.

After Darvin Ham won an early challenge on an Austin Reaves foul call on a Murray 3-point attempt, the Lakers responded with eight straight points to take their first lead and force a Denver timeout.

Unfortunately though, Rui Hachimura missed some wide open looks while Jamal Murray stayed hot to put the Nuggets up 16-13.

From there though, the Nuggets started committing some silly turnovers with LeBron James and Anthony Davis taking advantage in the paint. Denver ended the first quarter on a 10-0 run, however, taking a 28-24 lead.

After a rough first quarter, D’Angelo Russell got on the scoreboard with a layup to begin the second before connecting from deep. James and Davis continued to do work inside from there with the Lakers locking in defensively to take a 41-34 advantage with a 12-0 run of their own.

The rest of the second quarter was a lot of back-and-forth scoring as well as bad turnovers by each team. For the fifth straight time though, the Lakers went into the halftime locker room with a lead at 53-50.

Hachimura missed a number of wide open shots in the first half but began the third quarter by hitting one from deep. Davis was then hit on the shoulder by Michael Porter Jr. and went down in a lot of pain although ultimately was able to stay in there for his team despite clearly not being at 100%.

With Davis hobbled, other guys needed to step up and James sense that, scoring five straight to increase the lead to nine. Naturally though, Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets responded with five quick points of their own to keep it close. After a four-point play by Porter, the game was tied and the Denver crowd was rocking.

Davis was forced back to the locker room from there, and the Nuggets kept that momentum rolling. Sensing things slipping away though, James and the Lakers had a nice response to close the third, getting within two at 81-79.

Given how poorly both teams played in the first three quarters, it made sense that things were close going into the final stretch, tied at 95 with four minutes to play.

Of course it was Jokic that put the Nuggets up two in the final couple minutes, although the Lakers quickly answered back with a Reaves 3.

Inability to get a rebound hurt the Lakers though and Murray made them pay with a three to go up two. James as then fouled and went to the line to tie it with 26 seconds to play and did exactly that.

Again though, Murray hit the game-winner and the Lakers season came to an end.

LeBron James leads the Los Angeles Lakers players talking about refereeing after the bitter defeat in Game 2, the 2024 NBA Playoffs series against the Denver Nuggets.

Losing to the Denver Nuggets with a score of 101-99 with Jamal Murray’s game-winner buzzer-beater, the Los Angeles Lakers players and coaching staff expressed regret. They lost a 20-point lead at the beginning of the third quarter and a 6-point lead with about 3 minutes left in the game.

Perhaps the Lakers collective can only blame themselves. However, some players have directed criticism at others, specifically the referees. LeBron James is one of these, publicly expressing his dissatisfaction with the match management of the referees and the NBA Replay Center.

LeBron James reacted frankly about the refereeing, expressing his dissatisfaction after the match between Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets in the 2024 NBA Playoffs

“Honestly, I don’t know what they do at the Replay Center,” James frankly shared. “We had a player who was hit in the face. They reviewed and called it not a mistake, so what do we have a Replay Center to do with decisions like that? I do not understand”

LeBron specifically pointed out the ball where D’Angelo Russell was hit in the face by Michael Porter Jr. on the Denver Nuggets side after a breakthrough. Initially, the referee blew the whistle and blew the Denver striker.

But after reviewing the situation through a slow camera angle, the referees even decided that this was not a foul but just a natural arm swing.

No penalty was awarded as the referee reversed Porter Jr.’s foul.

Review the situation LeBron James mentioned, the ball where D’Angelo Russell was hit in the face with a swing, but the referees reversed the error and did not give the Lakers a free throw according to the original decision.

After the match D’Angelo Russell did not interact with the media but shared about this situation on social networks: “It was a foul that we all saw, clearly on national television.” .

The Los Angeles Lakers led 79-69 when the above ball occurred, with 39.5 seconds left in the third quarter. Russell’s two free throws were withdrawn, almost destroying D’Lo’s chances of getting points because he has a very good free throw success rate.

It was these two points that became the Lakers’ complaint because in the end, they lost by exactly 2 points thanks to Jamal Murray’s buzzer-beater.

Not only talking about his match, LeBron James also mentioned the referee’s work in Game 2 between the Philadelphia 76ers and the New York Knicks. Here, the referee seemed to have overlooked two more obvious situations including a shirt-pulling phase and a refusal to let the 76ers call a time-out.

“Everything doesn’t make sense at all and it makes me very upset. And we also saw what happened in the Sixers – Knicks game, right? What are we doing here anyway? “LeBron James said.

Immediately after finishing speaking, James stood up and left the press conference. Anthony Davis then did the same thing when he left after another question related to Jamal Murray.

Video of LeBron James talking about refereeing and then standing up and leaving the press conference (end of video)

LeBron James had 26 points with 12 assists and 8 rebounds, but the Lakers captain missed an extremely empty 3-point shot right before Jamal Murray threw the game-winner.

Besides the “king”, Anthony Davis scored 32 points and 11 rebounds with 14-19 FG but was completely “hungry for points” in the 4th quarter. Part of the reason for this comes from the foul-trouble of the bigman born in 1993.

Anthony Davis received his fourth personal foul (an offensive foul) with 2 minutes and 41 seconds left in the third quarter, forcing coach Darvin Ham to take him out.

In the fourth quarter, Davis was also much more “sneaky” when defending and was psychologically affected. He only finished 1 more time and got no points.

Anthony Davis had a problem with personal fouls from the end of the third quarter and could not defend as well as in the first two rounds, a time when he and his teammates almost locked Denver down.

“There were times when we didn’t know what we were doing both offensively and defensively. And it was those situations that caused the team to lose the match,” Davis said. “Now we have to win Game 3, that’s the only goal for me and the team. Just simple as that”.

D’Angelo Russell also agreed with AD, thinking that the Lakers did well most of the time and needed to improve that: “During the whole match, I felt like we would win. A little adjustment will help us be more ready for Game 3.”

“In the end, my teammates and I have to control what we can do, try not to let things beyond our control (referring to the referee – reporter) affect the outcome of the match anymore.”

D’Angelo Russell and the Lakers players are still confident in their ability to defeat the Denver Nuggets when they return home

Through the first two matches of the 2024 NBA Playoffs round 1 series, Denver Nuggets successfully defended home field advantage.

Now it’s time for the series to move to two consecutive matches on the field of the Los Angeles Lakers, where the series could become tense and unpredictable if the LA team does what Denver did.

“They defended their home field, now it’s our turn. Game 3 will be the decisive match,” LeBron James said. “I know how I and my teammates can improve, so my focus will be completely on the next match.”

Game 3 of the series between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets will take place at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 27 at Crypto.com Arena, the Lakers’ home stadium.

A RALLY CAR crash in Hungary has killed four fans and left another seven people injured.

The incident occurred at an event between the towns of Labatlan and Bajot on Sunday afternoon.

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Four people have died in a rally car crash in HungaryCredit: Blikk.hu

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Seven spectators were also injured in the crashCredit: Blikk.hu
A police report confirmed that several people were killed and injured in the crash.

The exact circumstances of the crash are still be determined by the authorities.

The police statement reads: “A fatal mass accident occurred between Lábatlan and Bajót in the early afternoon of March 24.

“According to the data so far, a vehicle participating in a rally race drifted off the road for an unknown reason and drove into the spectators.

Savannah and LeBron James Cherish Happy Family Moments as Zhuri Nova James is Showered with Love by Her Two Brothers

Introduction

Savannah and LeBron James, the dynamic couple known for their successful careers and tight-knit family, recently shared heartwarming family moments as their daughter, Zhuri Nova James, was lavished with love and attention by her two brothers. The joy and affection displayed within the James family serve as a testament to the bonds of love and unity that strengthen their household.

Savannah and LeBron James have long been known for prioritizing family and fostering a warm and loving environment for their children. The happiness and contentment evident in their family moments reflect the strong foundation of love and support upon which their household is built. As Zhuri Nova James is surrounded by the love of her parents and siblings, she experiences the warmth and security of a close-knit family unit.

As the youngest member of the James family, Zhuri Nova James holds a special place in the hearts of her parents and older brothers. Spoiled with affection and adoration, she is cherished and loved unconditionally by her family. From playful moments to tender gestures, Zhuri Nova is embraced with open arms and showered with affection, enriching her childhood with joy and happiness.

The bond between Zhuri Nova James and her two brothers is a source of joy and laughter within the James household. As they play, laugh, and create memories together, the siblings forge a deep and lasting bond that will withstand the test of time. Whether sharing toys, exploring the world, or simply spending time together, Zhuri Nova and her brothers create cherished moments of sibling camaraderie and friendship.

Savannah and LeBron James serve as loving and supportive parents, nurturing their children with affection, guidance, and encouragement. Their dedication to fostering a happy and healthy family dynamic is evident in the joy and laughter that fills their home. As they witness their children bond and grow together, Savannah and LeBron take pride in the loving family they have created.

Savannah and LeBron James’ shared family moments, filled with love, laughter, and affection for their daughter Zhuri Nova, exemplify the strength and warmth of their family bond. As they continue to cherish and nurture their children, the James family serves as an inspiration to others, reminding us of the importance of love, unity, and togetherness in creating a happy and fulfilling family life.

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The Los Angeles Lakers struggled for the majority of Thursday night’s game at home against the undermanned Phoenix Suns, nearly inducing early-season hysteria among their supporters. However, their players provided them with the necessary boost. NBA supporters were energized by the 100-95 victory secured by Anthony Davis (30 points and 12 rebounds) and LeBron James’ heroics in the closing minutes of the game.

James purposefully charged the basket, exhibiting the same tenacity and power that have astounded spectators for the past two decades. With 41 seconds remaining, his storming drive effectively placed the game on ice and gave Los Angeles a four-point lead. The all-time leader in scoring concluded the game with twenty-one points, including ten in the fourth quarter, in addition to nine rebounds, eight assists, two thefts, and two blocks.

 

“Don’t take LeBron James for granted,” Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer wrote. Numerous individuals emulated the four-time champion’s magnificence.

Kevin Durant, who was compelled to lead the Suns in the absence of Devin Booker and Bradley Beal, dominated James for the majority of the evening in their first meeting in almost five years. Despite his outstanding performance of 39 points and 11 rebounds, his colleague Hall of Famer stole the show at the conclusion of the contest.Constant nitpicking will befall the Lakers, but victories that are so fiercely contested will require supporters to exert a little more patience. Although fluctuations are unavoidable in a Western Conference as competitive as the current one, the expertise and high basketball IQ of LeBron James will ensure that Los Angeles remains in the chase.Despite the impending conclusion, it appears that he retains a few unexpected elements in his repertoire of deceptions. On Sunday, James, Davis, and the Lakers will face another formidable opponent in the Sacramento Kings.

 

Otherwise detained in London, a rare weekend free from attending a grand prix live allowed me the unusual pleasure of watching Sky’s coverage as the action unfolded in China.

I usually rerun the televised action on my return, but I never have it in my ear or watch the feed when I am at a race. This has a disadvantage, namely that you miss out on access to bundles of information Sky garner from their team out in the field. It has the advantage – if you can call it such – that at least I can make up my own mind about what is going on, uncluttered by the views of TV group think, and report it as I see it, which I have always thought is the point of being there.

Anyway, tuning in on Sunday morning, the star of the show to my mind was Nico Rosberg. He was in the commentary box with my old pal David Croft, the lead commentator, and the very slight tension between the two made for a successful calling of the race.

 

Rosberg can be disdainful. Crofty is always matey. And the collision of styles worked.

Rosberg’s task might have been daunting because he was standing in for no less than Martin Brundle, who holds the honour of succeeding Murray Walker as Formula One’s voice, and, sometimes, its conscience.

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Nico Rosberg was the star of Sky Sports coverage of the Chinese Grand Prix last weekend

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The 2016 world champion stepped in for Martin Brundle, who is now only travelling to 16 races

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Rosberg possesses rare credibility when praising or criticising F1 stars like Lewis Hamilton

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