NBA champions lost the second time in a row

All the participating teams have already joined the National Basketball Association. The second defeat on the strategic was suffered by the winners of the last three championships of Los Angeles Lakers. This time, Fila Jackson's wards lost to Portland away with a score of 90: 102. The best Lakers had Kobi Bryant (25 points) and Ukrainian Stanislav Medvedenko, who scored 15 points and made nine rebounds. The Lithuanian Center hosts Arvidas Sabonis spent ten minutes on the site, and during this time he managed to record 6 points and 7 rebounds on his account.

It is impossible not to note the stunning debut of Croatian Gordan Girichek. His Memphis lost to Dallas with a score of 108: 119, but the former player of CSKA brought 29 points to his club and became the most effective player of his debut match in the NBA. Croat began a meeting on the spare bench, held a total of 31 minutes in a total of 31 minutes, implemented 10 shots from the game out of 13, including 4 three -point out of 6, and made 5 rebounds in his shield.

"Utah" on the road coarsely lost to New Orlean 75: 100. The Russian striker of guests Andrei Kirilenko went to the site in the starting lineup. In 27 minutes, he managed to put seven points and six rebounds in the command piggy bank. And the most effective Jazzmen was the unlucking veteran Karl Malone (20 points).

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