FEEL THE GAME BOBBY MOTUS

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AFTER two consecutive losses, the Boston Celtics are riding high on the crest of a 15-win streak and, as of this writing, are leading the Eastern Conference and the league with a 15-2 win-loss slate. Occupying the bottom are Chicago and Atlanta with still 3 wins to show in 16 games played.

Philadelphia, starring Joel Imbiid and Ben Simmons, showed great improvement, likewise New York and Indiana, with Kristaps Porzingis and Victor Oladipo leading the way, respectively.

Kyrie Irving seems to have made himself at home with the Celtics and continues to take charge in the fourth, their ā€œwinning time.ā€ Heā€™s getting lots of help from second-year player Jaylen Brown and rookie Jayson Tatum but they have this nasty habit of falling behind by at least 14 points during the last several games before climbing back for the victory.

Over at the Western Conference, the LA Clippers and Sacramento join Dallas at the bottom while Utah, LA Lakers and Phoenix are displaying some cohesion. Despite injuries to Rudy Gobert and Ricky Rubio, the Jazz are doing well but they have to rely more on veterans Rodney Hood and Derek Favors than the rookie Donovan Mitchell. Yes, heā€™s good, but heā€™s still raw to be the teamā€™s leader in shot attempts per game.

Meanwhile, Lonzo Ball joined Laker greats Jerry West and Magic Johnson as the third rookie to make multiple triple-doubles in their rookie season. He tied LeBron James as the youngest rookie to make two triple-doubles. He aims to break Magicā€™s rookie record of 7 TDs, and with 65 games to go, surpassing it is a big possibility.

Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green continue to be Golden Stateā€™s Fantastic Four and the team rule the WC. OKCā€™s Big Three of Paul George, Carmelo Anthony and Russell Westbrook need to do more big things to move up ahead of Memphis and New Orleans as they sit, as of this writing, a ninth in the WC standings.

Eighteen games into the season, here are the league leaders:

SCORING

James Harden (HOU) 31.6, Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 30.1, LeBron James (CLE) 28.9, Kristaps Porzingis (NYK) 27.8, De Marcus Cousins (NOP) 27.1

BLOCKS

Rudy Gobert (UTA) 2.5, Kristaps Porzingis (NYK) 2.3, Kevin Durant (GSW) 2.2, Anthony Davis (NOP) 2, Marc Gasol (MEM) 1.87

REBOUNDS

Andre Drummond (DET) 15.8, DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 14, DeMarcus Cousins (NOP) 13.2, Dwight Howard (CHA) 12.5, Clint Capela (HOU) 11.5

STEALS

Paul George (OKC) 2.4, Kris Dunn (CHI) 2.1, Jimmy Butler (MIN) 2, Kent Bazemore (ATL) 1.94, Frank Ntilikina (NYK) 1.92

ASSISTS

James Harden (HOU) 9.9, Russell Westbrook (OKC) 9.5, John Wall (WAS) 9.3, LeBron James (CLE) 8.6, Ben Simmons (PHI) 8./PN

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