The Cleveland Cavaliers are all smiles during a National Basketball Association (NBA) regular season game in Paris, France.
The Cavaliers defeated the Brooklyn Nets 111-102 in a 2023-2024 NBA regular season game at the Accor Arena in Paris, France on Sunday (Dec. 12).
This is the third time an NBA regular season game has been played in Paris, joining the 2020 Milwaukee Bucks and New Orleans Pelicans and the 2023 Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons.
With the win in Paris, the Cavs improved to 22-15 on a four-game winning streak. They are fifth in the Eastern Conference.
Brooklyn, which lost its second straight game, fell to 16-22 and 10th in the Eastern Conference.
Donovan Mitchell was the star of Cleveland's victory. Mitchell scored a game-high 45 points to go along with 12 rebounds, six assists, and four steals.
Caris LeBert added 21 points, 온라인카지노 including three three-pointers, in the win.
The regular-season game was played at the site of the men's and women's basketball tournaments for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
After the game, Mitchell expressed her desire to compete in the Paris Olympics alongside NBA icon LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers.
"I would love to come back to Paris for the Olympics this summer, it's a very exciting basketball city," Mitchell said.
Ahead of the game, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said, "The United States will have a strong representation at the Paris Olympics," adding, "I think every NBA player of American nationality will want to be there."
James himself expressed his desire to compete in Paris late last year.
The Oklahoma City Thunder cruised to a 139-77 victory over the Portland Trailblazers at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The 62-point margin is tied for the fifth-largest margin of victory in NBA history.
The largest margin in NBA history is 73 points. The victim was Oklahoma City. They lost 79-152 against the Memphis Grizzlies on December 3, 2021, during the 2021-2022 season.
For Oklahoma City, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the offense with 31 points, followed by Jaylen Williams with 21 points and Chet Holmgren with 19 points.
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