Tuesday night, Nikola Joki became the first player to ever get a triple-double, helping the Denver Nuggets defeat the Phoenix Suns by a score of 118-102 in Game 5 of their Western Conference semifinal series.

Denver currently leads the best-of-seven series 3-2 and needs one more win to progress to the next round. With the victory, the Nuggets retake the upper hand.

As usual, Joki led the Nuggets and made history once more with his outstanding all-around effort.

With his 10th career postseason triple-double, the two-time NBA MVP now holds the record for the most playoff triple-doubles by a centre. He completed the game with 29 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists. In order to stand, the Serbian, who is 6’11”, passed Wilt Chamberlain, an NBA Hall of Famer.

alone in his position, proud of his success.

Joki was ready to put the triumph ahead of his own achievement after the resounding victory.

Joki, who is currently averaging 35 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 assists in the series against the Suns, told reporters, “To be honest, I just like to win the game, so whatever it takes.”

Michael Malone, the head coach of the Nuggets, was considerably more gushing.

“Nikola never uses pressure. He’s the kind of guy who will essentially read the game and accept the options it presents, Malone said.

Because of how amazing Nikola Joki’s work is every single night, “I think sometimes we may take him for granted.”

Just two days before to Game 5, Joki had shoved Suns owner Mat Ishbia in Phoenix. However, before Tuesday’s game, the two appeared to make amends with an embrace.

After an evenly matched first half, the third quarter of Game 5 saw the Nuggets seize control, scoring 39 points while the tension between the two teams increased.

In the fourth, after Denver’s guard Bruce Brown looked to be attempting to eavesdrop on a Suns huddle, Kevin Durant pushed Joki. For the incident, Brown and Durant both received a technical foul.

The Suns withdrew their starters and raised the white flag in the middle of the fourth quarter when the Nuggets had a lead of more than 20 points.

Joki was quick to point out that Brown, who came off the bench and scored 25 points, gave Denver a crucial boost throughout the game.

“He can defend, go downhill, and push the pace, and he had 10 free throws,”

Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. both contributed 19 points.

For the Suns, Devin Booker scored 28 points, followed by Kevin Durant with 26 points, 11 rebounds, and seven assists.

With Game 6 taking place in Phoenix on Thursday, the home team has now won every game in the series thus far.

Despite the defeat and impending elimination, Booker insists he is optimistic that his team will recover once more, just as they have in the past.

“Yeah. I’ve already visited this place a few times,” Booker told the media. I adore it.

“Each game has a unique character. Each game has its own movie, distinct preparation, and supporting cast. We’re going to watch a movie to see how effective we can

 

 

Lonnie Walker started the Los Angeles Lakers’ season as a starter, but as they made roster changes at the trade deadline, he became hurt and completely dropped out of their rotation.

Walker didn’t pout or whine. From the bench, he encouraged. considerably difficult during practise. for his opportunity to shine.

In the fourth quarter of a playoff victory that placed his Lakers on the verge of an improbable trip to the Western Conference finals, the unheralded pro with unquenchable confidence defeated Stephen Curry.

Walker stated with a smile, “(It’s) the best feeling you could possibly imagine. “This is something I dreamed of as a child,” the speaker said.

Walker made all 15 of his points in a single.On Monday night, the Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors 104-101 thanks to an outstanding fourth quarter and a late comeback. With this victory, they now lead the second-round series 3-1.

With their eighth straight victory at home since March, the seventh-seeded Lakers moved one game closer to ousting the champs thanks to LeBron James’ 27 points and Anthony Davis’ 23 points and 15 rebounds.

Down the stretch, Los Angeles survived Curry’s third postseason triple-double in a row thanks primarily to Walker, who has had a seismic impact since rejoining the Lakers’ rotation. In the fourth quarter, he was 6 for 9, beginning with a 3-pointer on the first possession to trim Golden State’s advantage to four points.

Walker scored nine points in game two and twelve more in game three after sitting out game one. Most people are shocked by his appearance in this series, but not everyone.either Walker or his team.

Walker declared, “I’m a scorer mindset first. “I have a lot of faith in myself. I am aware of my potential, and today, after much sacrifice and work at the gym, my potential was realised.

With 1:53 left, Walker ultimately made the winning jump shot. Curry’s layup cut the Lakers’ lead to one point with 1:05 remaining, but Curry missed a long jumper and a 3-point try on Golden State’s following possession before Walker hit two free throws with 15 seconds left, and Los Angeles earned one more defensive stop to seal it.

Without Lonnie Walker, we can’t win this game tonight, James assured. “This game was challenging, but it’s going to get even tougher. We are aware of that. We are aware of that.

Wednesday night in San Francisco is Game 5.

Curry recorded his 13th triple-double in his career with 31 points, 10 rebounds, and 14 assists for the sixth-seeded Warriors, who must overturn a 3-1 series deficit.to carry on their NBA title defence for just the second time in team history. Golden State repeated the feat in the Western Conference finals in 2016.

“It feels like a 3-1 (deficit),” the speaker said. The momentum is back in your favour as soon as you get home, take care of business, and win, according to coach Steve Kerr. That is all there is. We need to go back and win at home to change the momentum since the Lakers did a tremendous job of holding serve here.

Late in the third quarter, the Warriors had a 12-point lead, but the Lakers chased down the champions and defeated them, Walker leading the way ahead of even James and Davis, who embraced Walker after the final buzzer.

The youngster is a gorgeous kid, according to Lakers coach Darvin Ham. He was forced out of the rotation, but he maintained his professionalism. Especially throughout these playoffs, he had a good attitude, worked hard every day to improve his skills. When your mind is focused, your body will follow.

For Golden State, Gary Payton II had a season-high 15 points in his debut game, while Klay Thompson struggled for the second consecutive game in Los Angeles, scoring only nine points in 41 minutes. For the Warriors, who hit only 25 3-pointers in total across their two games in Los Angeles after making 21 in each of their first two games in San Francisco, Andrew Wiggins scored 17 points.

We remain optimistic, Payton added. “We are aware that we will have them later. You simply need to make that room and chance for us to make one more run late.

Davis, who blocked 11 shots in the first three games, was unable to defend the rim as fiercely when his defensive matchups required him to move out to the perimeter, and the Warriors took advantage with 52 points in the paint as a result. Kerr changed to a three-guard starting lineup to affect the Los Angeles defence that held the Warriors to 97 points in Game 3.

The Lakers made up for it by making all 20 of their free throws and getting 21 points from Austin Reaves.

Walker, who picked up the Lakers’ slack when D’Angelo Russell scored just four points on 1-for-10 shooting following a solid showing in Game 3, led them to victory with a tough, timely effort.

Early in the fourth quarter, Curry completed his 13th triple-double, although over the previous three quarters, he had missed nine of ten 3-point tries. The NBA’s all-time leading 3-point shooter went 3 for 14 from outside the arc.

TIP-INS

Warriors: On February 8, Payton made his lone prior NBA start for Portland. He started two playoff games for Golden State last season before agreeing to a three-year contract with the Trail Blazers in the summer. In February, the Warriors traded him back to the Trail Blazers. Beginning with Game 1 versus Los Angeles, Kevon Looney

Lakers: James’ soaring swat of Curry’s layup attempt in the fourth quarter was LA’s lone shot block in Game 4, after LA had blocked 19 shots in the series’ previous three games. For the second time in their past three home games, Jack Nicholson sat courtside.

 

On Monday, a jury in Colorado rejected a woman’s claim that she was mad when she assaulted her stepson, finding her guilty of murder in the death of her 11-year-old stepson.

Over three years after the prosecution said that Letecia Stauch stabbed Gannon Stauch 18 times before striking him in the head and then shooting him once, Letecia Stauch was found guilty of all charges she was facing in the slaying of Gannon Stauch. According to the prosecution, Stauch killed the kid in January 2020 because she despised him and wished to harm Al Stauch, the boy’s father, whom she intended to leave at the time and who was away on a National Guard deployment.

Stauch did not dispute that he had murdered Gannon and transported his body across the nation in a bag in the trunk of a hired vehicle. But

But she claimed to be insane and entered a not guilty plea. She killed Gannon, according to the defence, after a “psychotic break” brought on by the stress of being physically, emotionally, and sexually abused as a kid.

The state mental hospital’s experts came to the conclusion that Stauch was sane at the time Gannon was slain despite having a personality condition with borderline and narcissistic characteristics. That implies knowing the difference between good and wrong and having the capacity to create the intent to conduct a crime, according to Colorado law.A Colorado jury on Monday found a woman guilty of murder in the killing of her 11-year-old stepson, rejecting her argument that she was acting out of rage.

 

Dr. Dorothy Lewis, the primary witness for the defence who wrote the book “Crazy, Not Insane” and appeared in the HBO documentary of the same name, came to the conclusion that Stauch had dissociative identity disorder—a condition in which a person has two or more personalities as a result of trauma—and was not in a state of mind when Gannon was killed.

However, the prosecution emphasised that Lewis was ignorant of the legal definition of insanity in Colorado.

Stauch was being treated at a military health facility when she was referred to a psychologist, and she was given the diagnosis of generalised anxiety disorder in the weeks before to the murder of Gannon. In her testimony, Stauch’s therapist Ronda Niederhauser stated that Stauch was conscious of her surroundings and did not exhibit any symptoms of being a threat to herself or others.

Authorities think Stauch murdered Gannon in his bedroom a couple of hours before Gannon went missing on January 27, 2020, claiming he hadn’t returned from playing with pals. Numerous people assisted in the hunt for the kid near the family’s home in Colorado Springs. However, further investigations showed that Stauchcreated a number of lies to deceive them, including the claim that a guy she hired to fix a carpet also assaulted her before kidnapping Gannon.

Al Stauch authorised the FBI to listen in on their phone conversations with him after growing suspicious of his wife in an effort to get additional information about where Gannon was from her. Hours of audio from those calls and videos of Stauch being interviewed about her mental health made up a significant portion of the testimony given during the five-week trial.

In a suitcase hidden beneath a bridge in the Florida Panhandle, bridge officials discovered Gannon’s remains in March 2020. In Pensacola, where she was staying with her daughter, the prosecution said that Stauch secretly left her hotel room to dispose of her son’s body in the hope that it would be washed into the Gulf of Mexico.

After a lengthy trial, Stauch was found guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree murder of a child by a person in a position of trust, tampering with a dead corpse, and tampering with tangible evidence.

As the verdict was announced, she sat at the defence table between her two solicitors without appearing to react in any way. Later, she sat there by herself, sipping water as people spoke in the courtroom.