{"id":495260,"date":"2025-12-21T11:53:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T15:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/clippers-showcase-lakers-durant-leads-rockets-rematch-and-aldama-shines-on-nba-night\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T11:53:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T15:53:28","slug":"clippers-showcase-lakers-durant-leads-rockets-rematch-and-aldama-shines-on-nba-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/basketball\/clippers-showcase-lakers-durant-leads-rockets-rematch-and-aldama-shines-on-nba-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippers showcase Lakers; Durant leads Rockets rematch and Aldama shines on NBA night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LOS ANGELES. \u2013<\/strong> The <strong>Los Angeles Clippers<\/strong> starred in one of the big surprises of the day by defeating the <strong>Lakers 103-88<\/strong>, who also suffered the loss of <strong>Luka Don\u010di\u0107 due to injury<\/strong>, on a night also marked by the <strong>revenge of Kevin Durant with the Houston Rockets<\/strong>, as well as by historical performances of the Spaniards <strong>Santi Aldama<\/strong> and <strong>Hugo Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong> in the NBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/baloncesto\/los-timberwolves-retiraran-el-numero-21-de-kevin-garnett-tras-anos-de-distanciamiento\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Timberwolves will retire Kevin Garnett&#8217;s number 21 after years of estrangement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nDespite arriving with one of the worst records in the West, the <strong>Clippers (7-22)<\/strong> dominated the game from start to finish, reaching a maximum lead of <strong>22 points<\/strong> in the third quarter. <strong>Kawhi Leonard<\/strong> led the victory with <strong>32 points and 12 rebounds<\/strong>, followed by <strong>James Harden<\/strong> (21 points, 10 rebounds) and <strong>John Collins<\/strong> (17 points and 12 rebounds).\n\nFor the <strong>Lakers (19-8)<\/strong> it was a night to forget. To the defeat was added the injury of <strong>Don\u010di\u0107<\/strong>, who did not return after the break due to a leg contusion. Without <strong>Austin Reaves<\/strong>, also out due to physical discomfort, <strong>LeBron James<\/strong> carried the offense by scoring <strong>36 points<\/strong>, his highest figure of the season.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Durant gets revenge in Denver<\/h3>\n\n\nIn another outstanding duel, the <strong>Houston Rockets (17-8)<\/strong> defeated the <strong>Denver Nuggets (20-7)<\/strong> <strong>115-101<\/strong> as visitors, led by <strong>Kevin Durant<\/strong>, who scored <strong>31 points<\/strong>, in what meant a clear revenge after the defeat suffered five days earlier in that same scenario.\n\nThe triumph ended a streak of <strong>six consecutive victories<\/strong> for Denver and led to the ejection of home coach <strong>David Adelman<\/strong>, in a tense game with the referees. The victory also relieved Houston after the fine imposed days ago on their coach <strong>Ime Udoka<\/strong> for criticizing the refereeing.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Historic night for Spanish basketball<\/h3>\n\n\nThe day had a strong Spanish accent. <strong>Santi Aldama<\/strong> signed the best performance of his career by scoring <strong>37 points<\/strong> with the <strong>Memphis Grizzlies<\/strong>, in addition to <strong>10 rebounds<\/strong>, to achieve his first double-double of the season. The Canary Islands player shot for <strong>65.2 %<\/strong> from the field, including <strong>5 three-pointers<\/strong>, although his team fell <strong>130-122<\/strong> against the <strong>Washington Wizards<\/strong> after squandering a 20-point lead.\n\nIn Toronto, rookie <strong>Hugo Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong> achieved his <strong>first double-double in the NBA<\/strong> with <strong>10 points and 10 rebounds<\/strong>, being a key player in the victory of the <strong>Boston Celtics (17-11)<\/strong> by <strong>112-96<\/strong> against the <strong>Raptors<\/strong>. In almost 28 minutes on the court, the Spaniard also contributed two steals and a block, with a collective impact of <strong>+37<\/strong>.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other notable results<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Pistons<\/strong> defeated <strong>112-86<\/strong> the <strong>Hornets<\/strong>, with a triple-double from <strong>Cade Cunningham<\/strong> (22-10-10).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pelicans<\/strong> surpassed <strong>129-109<\/strong> the <strong>Pacers<\/strong>, led by <strong>Zion Williamson<\/strong> (29 points).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Magic<\/strong> beat <strong>128-127 in overtime<\/strong> the <strong>Jazz<\/strong>, with a decisive basket from <strong>Desmond Bane<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>76ers<\/strong> defeated <strong>121-114<\/strong> the <strong>Mavericks<\/strong>, with <strong>38 points from Tyrese Maxey<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Warriors<\/strong> surpassed <strong>119-116<\/strong> the <strong>Suns<\/strong>, with <strong>28 points from Stephen Curry<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Trail Blazers<\/strong> beat <strong>98-93<\/strong> the <strong>Kings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES. \u2013 The Los Angeles Clippers starred in one of the big surprises of the day by defeating the Lakers 103-88, who also suffered the loss of Luka Don\u010di\u0107 due to injury, on a night also marked by the revenge of Kevin Durant with the Houston Rockets, as well as by historical performances of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":495261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35743],"tags":[611,40231,71,40853,40230],"class_list":["post-495260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-nba","tag-thetruthnewspaper","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-24Q4","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/clippers-eludieron-el-limite-salarial-para-pagarle-a-kawhi-leonard-6b6c7eab-focus-min0.14-0.26-375-240.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"EFE","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-EFE_logo.svg-96x96.png","categories_name":["Basketball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/clippers-eludieron-el-limite-salarial-para-pagarle-a-kawhi-leonard-6b6c7eab-focus-min0.14-0.26-375-240.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}