A Madhya Pradesh school teacher who was sentenced to death last year for the rape of a four-year-old girl will be the first convict to be hanged under the new law.

The Satna district court on Friday issued the “death warrant” against Mahendra Singh Gond.

He will be executed on March 2 in Jabalpur jail if he doesn’t file an appeal in the Supreme Court or to the President of India.

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Hier soir sur France 2 était diffusé GoldenEye. Vous avez aimé ? Alors, découvrez sans plus attendre nos trois recommandations qui devraient vous plaire tout autant.

Martin Campbell et le renouveau de la saga James Bond : Casino Royale. “Ce 21ème volet a véritablement révolutionné cette saga d’espionnage en conférant au fameux 007 une profondeur qui lui faisait cruellement défaut jusqu’à présent, en imposant un acteur atypique – Daniel Craig – qui avait enfin le physique pour accomplir de tels exploits bondiens, et, cerise sur le gâteau, en s’appuyant sur de formidables morceaux de bravoure comme cette vertigineuse scène de pré-générique sur une grue.” Guillaume Martin

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Tina Turner au cinéma : Mad Max au-delà du Dôme de Tonnerre. “Ce troisième opus une nouvelle fois interprété par Mel Gibson et mis en scène par George Miller est sans aucun doute le plus mineur de la saga. Plus mainstream et moins sombre que les deux premiers volets, il vaut surtout le coup d’oeil pour toute la partie “péplum” se déroulant à Bartertown, la prestation de Tina Turner en machiavélique Entity – son seul véritable rôle au cinéma – et pour la trépidante course poursuite finale en plein désert.” Guillaume Martin

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Une autre course en tank : Fast & Furious 6. “Avec ce sixième opus pachydermique, la célèbre franchise d’action semble n’avoir plus de limites. Les morceaux de bravoure sont légion – on retiendra notamment la scène de poursuite avec le char d’assaut – le rythme est d’enfer et le casting toujours plus bad ass, mention spéciale aux “couillues” Michelle Rodriguez et Gina Carano.” Guillaume Martin

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A l’occasion de la sortie sur Netflix ce vendredi de leur nouveau western “La Ballade de Buster Scruggs”, AlloCiné vous fait découvrir neuf anecdotes que vous ne connaissiez peut-être pas sur Ethan et Joel Coen, duo de réalisateurs multi-primés.

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Nouveau film des frères Coen disponible sur Netflix à partir du 16 novembre, La Ballade de Buster Scruggs est un western divisé en six chapitres. Chaque partie s’intéresse à une légende du Far West. Au départ, les réalisateurs étaient censés tourner une mini-série d’anthologie. Ils ont finalement opté pour le format de film à sketchs, plus court que ce qui était prévu à l’origine. Le long-métrage débute par une première histoire centrée sur Buster Scruggs, un cow-boy sympathique. Coïncidence ou clin d’œil : le fils d’Ethan Coen porte également le doux nom de Buster !
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On les appelle “le réalisateur à deux têtes”

À leurs débuts, les frères Coen s’attachaient à travailler à quatre mains sur les scénarios, mentionnant Joel à la réalisation et Ethan à la production. Depuis 2003, le duo atypique est attaché à tous les postes et les frères apparaissent plus indissociables que jamais. Malgré les trois années qui les séparent, Joel et Ethan Coen ont des vies similaires : études, parcours, vie de famille. Quasi fusionnels, les frères Coen s’amusent même à se surnommer “le réalisateur à deux têtes” comme un monstre mythologique de l’absurde.

Ils ont leurs acteurs fétiches

Depuis leur premier film en 1985, les frères Coen collaborent avec des acteurs prestigieux qui leur font confiance. En travaillant pour Ethan et Joel Coen, ces comédiens incarnent des personnages atypiques et à contre-emploi souvent distingués lors de cérémonies et festivals. Dans ce cercle de fidèles privilégiés, on trouve ainsi Steve Buscemi, Frances McDormand, John Goodman, John Turturro, Jon Polito, George Clooney, Josh Brolin ou encore Billy Bob Thornton. Malgré tout, ils n’hésitent pas à travailler ponctuellement avec des comédiens qui révèlent un tout autre visage en collaborant avec les frères Coen, c’est notamment le cas d’Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem ou Hailee Steinfeld.

On a changé le règlement du festival de Cannes en partie à cause d’eux

En 1991, les frères Coen raflent tout au Festival de Cannes où ils viennent présenter Barton Fink : le Prix d’Interprétation masculine, le Prix de la mise-en-scène et la Palme d’Or. Si cela a fait grincer quelques dents à l’époque, les dirigeants martèlent à qui veut l’entendre que cela n’est pas contraire au règlement. En 1999, c’est Bruno Dumont et son Humanité qui remportent les trois prix. Deux ans plus tard c’est La Pianiste d’Haneke qui réalise le même exploit… Les organisateurs prennent cette année-là des mesures pour empêcher le cumul des prix.

Ils sont derrière La trilogie des idiots

Quel est le point commun entre O’Brother, Intolérable Cruauté et Burn After Reading ? A part le fait qu’ils ont tous été réalisés par les frères Coen, ces films sont aussi menés par George Clooney. Et dans chacun d’entre eux, l’acteur joue un personnage un peu bête. Si bien qu’Ethan Coen a fini par appeler ces trois long-métrages, de manière informelle, “La trilogie des idiots” – même si Ave, César !, sorti en 2016, peut lui aussi faire partie de cette sélection.

Buster Scruggs aurait dû être leur première série

Nouveau film des frères Coen disponible sur Netflix à partir du 16 novembre, La Ballade de Buster Scruggs est un western divisé en six chapitres. Chaque partie s’intéresse à une légende du Far West. Au départ, les réalisateurs étaient censés tourner une mini-série d’anthologie. Ils ont finalement opté pour le format de film à sketchs, plus court que ce qui était prévu à l’origine. Le long-métrage débute par une première histoire centrée sur Buster Scruggs, un cow-boy sympathique. Coïncidence ou clin d’œil : le fils d’Ethan Coen porte également le doux nom de Buster !

Ils ne laissent pas de place à l’improvisation

Scénaristes, réalisateurs, monteurs.. les frères Coen ont plusieurs casquettes et contrôlent leurs films de A à Z. Ils ne laissent rien au hasard, ni à l’improvisation. Comme l’a évoqué George Clooney à Variety : “Je me souviens du tournage du film O’Brother et vous n’improvisez pas avec eux, parce que ça revient à improviser avec Shakespeare. Ils ont un schéma spécifique dans la construction et le rythme de leur écriture. Ce sont de grands scénaristes. Ils sont des réalisateurs incroyablement imaginatifs et, surtout, c’est très amusant de travailler avec eux. À chaque fois qu’ils m’appellent, je dis simplement “Dites moi où et je serai là”.”

Ils utilisent parfois un pseudonyme

En 1997, Roderick Jaynes est nommé aux Oscars pour son travail sur le montage de Fargo. Même chose en 2008 pour No Country for Old Men. Ce que l’on ne sait pas vraiment à l’époque…. c’est que cette personne n’existe pas ! Jaynes est en réalité un pseudonyme utilisé par les deux réalisateurs, qui éditent eux-même leurs films. Une petite facétie des Coen, qui se sont amusé à lui inventer une vie, à travers diverses interviews, dans lesquelles ils brossent le portrait d’un homme de 90 ans, pas assez en forme pour venir chercher un éventuel trophée aux Oscars. On peut même lire sur The Guardian un article critique sur le cinéma, écrit par Jaynes lui-même (mais en réalité par les Coen). Selon la rumeur, le duo aurait utilisé ce subterfuge pour éviter de mettre leur nom partout dans les crédits.

Ils sont fans de Stanley Kubrick

“Ethan et Joel Coen ne le cachent pas : ils sont très fan du cinéma de Stanley Kubrick. Certains plans de leur films sont ainsi des hommages non dissimulés à la filmographie du réalisateur. On peut ainsi citer Barton Fink dont l’une des longues scènes dans le couloir est un clin d’oeil direct à Shining. On peut aussi mentionner cette réplique popularisée par Orange Mécanique “”The Old In and Out””, que l’on peut entendre dans le film Fargo.

Ils ont été faits Commandeurs des Arts et Lettres

Décoration honorifique ultime décernée par le ministère de la Culture français, les commandeurs des Arts et des Lettres sont des personnalités talentueuses récompensées pour leur créativité et leurs œuvres multiples. En 2013, les frères Coen ont eu l’honneur de recevoir cette distinction des mains de la ministre de la Culture de l’époque, Aurélie Filippetti. Les réalisateurs ont été récompensés pour l’ensemble de leur carrière, pour leur “écriture si singulière” et leur “attention au détail”.

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“Hunter Killer”, qui voit des soldats américains sauver le président russe pour empêcher une Troisième Guerre mondiale, a été privé de diffusion en Ukraine et en Russie.

En salles aujourd’hui, Hunter Killer est adapté d’un roman écrit par George Wallace et Don Keith. L’intrigue voit Joe Glass, un commandant sous-marinier, qui tente de retrouver un sous-marin américain en détresse. En menant ses recherches, il découvre que des terroristes russes préparent un coup d’Etat menaçant de bouleverser l’ordre du monde. Glass doit désormais réunir une troupe de Navy SEALs afin de sauver le président russe retenu en otage et éviter la Troisième Guerre mondiale…

Avant d’être diffusé dans les salles françaises, Hunter Killer devait sortir le 1er novembre 2018 en Russie (dans 850 salles précisément), mais fut privé de distribution au dernier moment par le ministère de la culture de ce pays. Ce dernier avait justifié cette décision par des motifs administratifs, selon lesquels “La compagnie de distribution n’a pas livré en temps prévu une copie du film de la qualité requise à la cinémathèque d’Etat Gosfilmofond.” 

En septembre dernier, la sortie du long métrage réalisé par Donovan Marsh et emmené par Gerard Butler avait déjà été annulée en Ukraine, en raison d’une loi récente interdisant les films glorifiant l’armée russe. “Le film est tombé sous le coup d’une loi et a été interdit”, avait confirmé un représentant de la compagnie ukrainienne Kinomania, chargée de sa distribution.

Notons pour finir que Hunter Killer n’est pas le seul film de 2018 à avoir été privé de distribution sur le sol russe. La Mort de Staline, qui parle de manière satirique des luttes de pouvoir ayant suivi la mort du dictateur en 1953, avait lui aussi été interdit au dernier moment par le ministère. La raison ? Une vingtaine d’hommes politiques et réalisateurs russes avaient signé une pétition jugeant le film “offensant” et “extrémiste”. 

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Sa prise de poids pour Green Book, son refus de jouer Wolverine, son changement de nom : les Fun Facts de Viggo Mortensen par Viggo Mortensen.

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Si “Monsieur Link” marque sa première expérience dans le doublage d’un film d’animation, le baptême du feu de Thierry Lhermitte aurait pu avoir lieu au coeur des années 90, puisqu’il a failli être la voix française de Woody dans “Toy Story”.

Son partenaire Eric Judor est davantage habitué à l’exercice, depuis la série Ratz en 2003, mais Monsieur Link marque la première expérience de Thierry Lhermitte en matière de doublage de film d’animation, aussi étonnant que cela puisse paraître. L’histoire a pourtant failli être bien différente pour l’interprète de Popeye dans Les Bronzés, qui nous a révélé avoir passé une audition pour être la voix française de Woody dans Toy Story. Mais il n’a pas été retenu par Disney, comme il l’a précisé sans expliquer pourquoi, ce qui a fait le bonheur de Jean-Philippe Puymartin, choix logique dans la mesure où ce dernier est déjà le doubleur de Tom Hanks, qui prête son timbre au cow-boy dans la VO.

Thierry Lhermitte a, de son côté, dû patienter pendant près de vingt-cinq ans avant de pouvoir prêter sa voix à un personnage de film d’animation : Sir Lionel Frost, explorateur spécialisé dans les mystères et les mythes qui fait la connaissance d’un Sasquatch (également appelé Big Foot) se révélant être le chaînon manquant entre l’homme et le singe. Un long métrage en stop-motion, animé image par image, et que l’on doit aux studios Laïka, qui ont déjà donné naissance à Coraline ou au sublime Kubo et l’armure magique. Monsieur Link va-t-il leur permettre de continuer leur sans-faute ? Réponse à partir du 17 avril.

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MESA, Ariz. — 

For decades, there was an unvaried rhythm to life in America’s suburbs: Carpool in the morning, watch sports on weekends, barbecue in the summer, vote Republican in November.

Then came President Trump.

The orderly subdivisions and kid-friendly communities that ring the nation’s cities have become a deathtrap for Republicans, as college-educated and upper-income women flee the party in droves, costing the GOP its House majority and sapping the party’s strength in state capitals and local governments nationwide.

The dramatic shift is also reshaping the 2020 presidential race, elevating Democratic hopes in traditional GOP strongholds like Arizona and Georgia, and forcing Trump to redouble efforts to boost rural turnout to offset defectors who, some fear, may never vote Republican so long as the president is on the ballot.

Emily Romney Sanchez is one of them.

The GOP has “gone from defending conservative principles” like free trade and a muscular stance against Russia and North Korea “to defending [Trump’s] latest Tweets,” said Sanchez, a life coach and mother of five in this prosperous desert community. (She is a distant relative of Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney.)

Sanchez considers Trump “reprehensible as a human being” and the Republican Party morally bankrupt. “I couldn’t be a part of it anymore,” she said, and as a result, at age 40 the newly registered independent is weighing her first-ever Democratic vote for president.

In an emailed statement, a spokeswoman for the Trump campaign, Sarah Matthews, said “over the next year, our robust ‘Women for Trump’ coalition will continue working to mobilize supporters across the country and share the President’s record of success.”

The erosion of support among suburban women began during the 2016 campaign — for many the breaking point was the “Access Hollywood” video, in which Trump boasted of grabbing women by their genitals — and increased dramatically in the 2018 midterm election, costing Republicans control of the House.

The trend continued in the recent off-year elections, in suburbs from Wichita, Kan., to northern New Jersey to DeSoto County, Miss. Democrats won two of three gubernatorial contests, in Kentucky and Louisiana, in good part because of their strength in those Republican redoubts.

The sentiment extended down ballot as well. Outside Philadelphia, Democrats took control in Delaware County for the first time since the Civil War. In suburban Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., the party won every state House seat in Fairfax County, a shift nearly on a par with the 2018 Democratic sweep of congressional seats in Orange County.

“It’s amazing the change, in just the last few years,” said Q. Whitfield Ayres, a pollster who has spent decades strategizing for Republican campaigns and causes. “It’s not any one place. It’s everywhere.”

That includes Arizona, where in 2018 Kyrsten Sinema, a congresswoman from the Phoenix suburbs, became the first Democrat in 30 years to win a U.S. Senate seat. She ran as a centrist focused on bipartisan problem-solving, a direct appeal to pragmatic suburban voters, and her success is seen as a model for turning the state from red to blue in 2020 — or at least making Arizona competitive in a way it has not been in decades.

With 11 electoral votes, Arizona is a bigger prize than Wisconsin — a Midwestern battleground both parties view as a key to the election — and the Grand Canyon State is expected to draw lavish attention and a fortune’s worth of advertising over the next year. Visiting last month, Vice President Mike Pence said he and Trump “are going to be in and out of Arizona a lot.”

The ancestral home of conservative icon Barry Goldwater and John McCain, the 2008 Republican nominee, Arizona has undergone a slow but steady transformation as the growing Latino population and a flood of newcomers from places like California erode Republicans’ long-standing hegemony.

The movement has been accelerated by Trump and his alienation of voters in typically Republican suburbs like Scottsdale, Gilbert and here in Mesa, which has grown from a far-flung satellite of Phoenix into the state’s third-largest city.

Of course, the president has plenty of supporters amid the sere landscape and red-tiled rooftops of the region’s sprawl-to-the-horizon suburbs, including some like Sarah Roork who came around after initial skepticism.

She has more work, Roork said, thanks to the percolating economy, and brings home more pay as a result of the tax bill Trump signed into law. “Actually, I’m pleasantly surprised on policy,” said the 43-year-old flight attendant.

Sandy Wong said the reasons she reveres the president are almost too many to list.

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“Sure he has a so-called unpredictable, so-called un-presidential manner of speaking,” said the 65-year-old retired healthcare executive, who does part-time Web design from her home in Ahwatukee, a family-oriented enclave of Phoenix in the foothills of South Mountain.

“But his very explosive rhetoric is very effective to stop this toxic metastasizing political power that Democrats, even more left of [President] Obama, represent at this time,” Wong said.

That, however, is a distinctly minority view; surveys have consistently shown most suburban women have little regard for Trump.

The exodus stems not so much from his policies — many of which are standard GOP fare, like cutting taxes and regulations — but rather the president’s behavior: the bullying, belligerence and ad hominem insults.

“Sometimes I want to print out every single one of his Tweets and tape them to people’s doors,” said Christie Black, a 35-year-old stay-at-home mom who abandoned the GOP and voted independent in 2016 rather than support Trump. “I want them to see in writing that these are the things he’s saying. Those are worth tax cuts to you?”

“Yeah,” her brunch companion, Kaija Flake Thompson, chimed in sarcastically. “We have no moral compass, but, hey, we have conservative judges!”

(Thompson’s brother, former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, is a prominent Trump critic. But Thompson, a 41-year-old nurse, said her feelings about the president have nothing to do with his attacks on her kin; others in the family strongly support Trump, making for some lively discussion.)

Neither lapsed Republican has decided on a 2020 candidate, though both like Pete Buttigieg, the youthful mayor of South Bend, Ind. Black, a self-described conservative, said she could even vote in good conscience for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, with her vision of a vastly expanded federal government.

“We would still have our checks and balances,” Black said, which she fears are steadily eroding under Trump. “I think right now the most important thing is to get those principles of democracy tied down, get that return to regular order, and then we can worry and get back to squabbling about conservative versus liberal.”

Trump is not ceding the suburbs. While relying heavily on massive rural support to win reelection, the president and his political team hope to win back many disaffected women by leaning into the strong economy and promoting issues like paid family leave, school choice, female entrepreneurship and aggressive efforts to secure the border with Mexico.

Perhaps most crucially, Trump and GOP strategists are counting on Democrats fielding a nominee whom women voters, whatever their feelings toward the president, will find even more off-putting.

“If the Democratic nominee wants to get rid of ICE” — Immigration and Customs Enforcement — “decriminalize the border, give free healthcare and eliminate the private option, and believes there’s more than two genders … they’re not going to win here,” said Chuck Coughlin, a veteran Republican consultant in Phoenix, who is unaffiliated with Trump’s campaign.

Courtney Davis, for one, remains open to persuasion.

With a real estate business and four children ages 5 to 16, she has little time for politics and hasn’t paid much attention to the 2020 campaign. She voted for Trump in 2016, Davis said, “as the lesser of two evils” because she couldn’t abide Democrat Hillary Clinton.

While Davis, 39, doesn’t care much for Trump’s behavior — “I don’t love his tactics. I don’t love his approach” — she remains a registered Republican and can see voting for him again.

It all depends, Davis said, on whom Democrats present as the alternative.

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Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard walks up the court during the second half of a game Nov. 29 against the Spurs.  

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Clippers forward Montrezl Harrell tries to put up a shot against Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan during the first half of a game Nov. 29. 

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Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard dunks the ball against the Spurs during a game Nov. 29. 

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Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan and Clippers forward Maurice Harkless battle for possession of the ball during the first half a game Nov. 29. 

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Clippers forward Paul George goes the basket during a game Nov. 29 against the Spurs. 

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Spurs guard Derrick White (4) tries to drive to the basket against Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard during a game Nov. 29. 

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Clippers forwards Kawhi Leonard (2) and Paul George walk on the court during the second half of a game against the Spurs on Nov. 29. 

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Spurs guard Dejounte Murray drives around Clippers guard Lou Williams during the second half of a game Nov. 29. 

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Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard (2) looks to pass while being defended by Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan during the second half of a game Nov. 29. n NBA basketball game, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate) 

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Los Angeles Clippers’ Lou Williams, right, drives against San Antonio Spurs’ Patty Mills (8) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate) 

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Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard sits on the bench during a timeout in the second half of a game against the Spurs on Nov. 29. 

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SAN ANTONIO — 

By late afternoon Friday, waves of onlookers undeterred by thick fog and occasional raindrops hurriedly claimed seats near San Antonio’s famed River Walk. They had come to watch a holiday tradition.

At dusk, hundreds of ribbons of lights in the trees above the waterway turned on, and a parade of boats followed.

At nearly the exact same time three miles east, AT&T Center hosted the second-annual gathering of what has become another civic ritual: booing Kawhi Leonard.

Returning to the town where he began his NBA career for the second time since forcing his way out in 2018, Leonard was jeered each time he touched the ball and never could quiet the crowd, needing 23 shots to score 19 points in a 107-97 Spurs victory.

“I didn’t make nothing of it,” Leonard said. “Felt like a normal away game.”

In so many respects, this was anything but normal compared with what the Clippers had come to expect from themselves during their seven-game winning streak.

Forward Paul George, an effortless scoring machine since debuting two weeks ago, made two of 11 field goals for five points. After scoring a layup in the game’s first minute, he missed his next nine shots over his next 29 minutes before adding a three-pointer late. His teammates couldn’t compensate, shooting 39% and attempting only 13 free throws.

“I didn’t really find a good rhythm,” George said. “Still just trying to figure out playing out there with my guys.”

Perhaps most surprisingly, after three fourth-quarter comebacks in the last eight days, the Clippers (14-6) could not summon another one against a San Antonio (7-13) team owning the NBA’s second-worst fourth-quarter net rating.

“They just got into us, took us off rhythm,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. “Unless we were just going to win in a defensive battle, I didn’t see [a comeback] coming.”

Spurs fans who had watched 10 losses in the last 11 games reveled in seeing one of the Western Conference’s top teams falter, led by the star who spurned them. Leonard, who won the 2014 NBA Finals most valuable player in his third year in San Antonio, may have left for Toronto in July 2018 following a falling out with the organization that led to his trade, but animus among some here remains.

He was booed mercilessly last season while visiting as a Raptor and one of the loudest cheers Friday came after Leonard’s second-quarter layup attempt was blocked from behind by center Jakob Poeltl — part of the trade package Toronto sent to San Antonio for Leonard. Poeltl checked out afterward to a standing ovation. There were chants of “Kawhi-baby.”

“I don’t think it affected Kawhi at all,” George said. “I don’t understand it. It was more booing than cheering.”

The paths of Leonard and his former franchise have diverged dramatically since the trade. Leonard won his second championship and Finals MVP trophy last season and, as a free agent, moved closer to his Southern California roots by signing with the Clippers in July. The slow start by the Spurs, meanwhile, has triggered talk of whether the franchise’s 22-year playoff streak could be in jeopardy.

There were jitters midway through the fourth quarter too, when the Spurs’ 16-point lead was down to 11 after a three-pointer by George with six minutes to play.

Flickers of a comeback could be seen.

But on the very next possession, a bad omen arrived: DeMar DeRozan, another part of the Leonard trade package, drilled his first three-pointer since Dec. 26, 2018 to push the lead back to 14. Fans went home happy.

“They came in here with an edge, more of a thirst,” guard Patrick Beverley said, “and it showed.”

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McGruder update

Clippers guard Rodney McGruder missed Friday’s game but expressed optimism that the right hamstring strain he suffered Wednesday isn’t as severe as initially feared.

“I’m all right,” McGruder said at shootaround. “Just taking it day by day.”

McGruder said he tweaked the hamstring in the first half at Memphis and by halftime felt “kind of tight.” His steal and ensuing full-speed leap for a fastbreak layup with 6:55 left in the third quarter made his discomfort worse. The 6-foot-2 guard left the game, did not return, and there was concern initially.

“I didn’t know what happened, I just felt something not normal,” he said. “It’s a feeling I haven’t felt on the basketball court before.”

Asked whether he could miss a week, McGruder said, “hopefully not,” adding he trusted the team’s medical staff to get him back on the court.

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Lakers forward LeBron James goes up to the basket against Wizards forward Davis Bertans during the first half of a game Nov. 29 at Staples Center. 

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Lakers forward Anthony Davis puts up a shot over Wizards forward Rui Hachimura during the first half of a game Nov. 29 at Staples Center. 

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Wizards forward Rui Hachimura puts up a shot against Lakers center JaVale McGee during the first half of a game Nov. 29 at Staples Center. 

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Wizards guard Isaac Bonga (17) puts up a shot during a game Nov. 29 against the Lakers at Staples Center. 

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Wizards forward Moritz Wagner and Lakers center Dwight Howard reach for the ball during the first half of a game Nov. 29 at Staples Center. 

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Wizards forward Moritz Wagner dives for a loose ball during a game Nov. 29 against the Lakers at Staples Center. 

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Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope goes to the basket against Wizards forward Rui Hachimura during a game Nov. 29 at Staples Center. 

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Onward the Lakers marched Friday night, rolling to their 10th consecutive victory by stomping the Washington Wizards 125-103 at Staples Center.

Other than Kyle Kuzma slipping on the court toward the end of the third quarter and limping around before coming back to play some in the fourth, the Lakers had no scares in improving to an NBA-best 17-2.

Their best start in franchise history was 19-2 during the 1985-86 season, and the 2008-09 Lakers team started 17-2.

The Lakers pushed their record to 14-1 in November, their highest single-month win total since March 2000 (15-1).

“We made sure our guys respected this opponent,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said. “They did respect this opponent. They played them with great intensity and focus and we were able to get a W.”

The Lakers got to rest Anthony Davis and LeBron James a lot after both had played heavy minutes during the just-completed four-game trip.

Davis played only 27 minutes, none in the fourth quarter, and still had 26 points and 13 rebounds.

He had just played an emotional game Wednesday night in New Orleans in his first game back there since being traded to the Lakers. Davis had played 37 minutes against the Pelicans and scored 41 points.

“I think we were tested every night,” Davis said. “We’re going to get every team’s best shot, no matter what because of who we are. But we find ways to match that.”

James played just 24 minutes against the Wizards, none in the fourth, and also had a double-double with 23 points and 11 assists. He had played 37 minutes against the Pelicans and had 29 points and 11 assists.

Davis and James were the key reasons why the Lakers took a 39-point lead in the third quarter, their largest of the season.

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“Tonight was one of those instances where we played great in the third quarter, which allowed me and AD to get some rest, especially coming off that road trip,” James said. “So it was beneficial to us and for the team and for other guys to get some minutes.”

The Wizards entered the game tied with the Milwaukee Bucks as the top-scoring team in the NBA, averaging 119.4 points a game.

It was easy to see why when the Wizards jumped on the Lakers for a 15-4 lead early in the first quarter.

On the flip side, the Wizards entered the game giving up the most points in the league, 120.8 per outing.

That was easy to see too, after the Lakers went on a 33-8 blitz to open a 14-point lead in the first quarter.

From that point on, the game became a showcase in how James passed the basketball.

He threw a behind-the-back pass to Danny Green in the corner for a three-pointer, a lob to Dwight Howard for dunk and a long pass to Green for a layup.

Just like that, the Lakers had opened a 23-point lead in the second quarter, the outcome never in doubt after that.

Etc.

Vogel said Kuzma suffered a mild left ankle sprain and will be listed as day-to-day after getting X-rays that were negative for anything more serious. … Lakers guard Avery Bradley, who has missed the last eight games with a hairline fracture in his right leg, will be re-evaluated Saturday to determine his status. Vogel said Bradley, who has been out just over two weeks now, is one of the Lakers’ “better two-way players” and “really sets the tone for us on the defensive end.”

Bradley Beal could’ve asked out, could’ve been the latest star to force his way to a better team, to a better situation where he could be playing for a title instead of drawing triple teams like he did Friday night.

Instead, he stayed. He signed an extension. He won’t hit free agency until at least 2022. In a perfect world, he’s said, he’ll stay with the Washington Wizards for his career.

It’s made Beal a beacon for people who don’t like seeing players leave in free agency or ones who force their way out of town.

“It’s easy for people in all walks of life to see the grass as greener on the other side and not to see and appreciate your current environment,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said. “And I do admire that in Bradley.”

But loyalty isn’t winning — especially in the NBA as we head into 2020.

Just look at the Lakers (17-2), the team that steamrolled Washington 125-103. It’s impossible, this week of all weeks, to not think about finding greener grass.

There’s LeBron James, who took his talents to Miami to win, who went home to be a legend by winning in Cleveland and who is now trying to restore the Lakers to their historical standard.

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And then there’s Anthony Davis, who arose from the boos in New Orleans to dominate for a second straight game, brutalizing whoever was unlucky enough to try to stop him on Friday. He’s here because he knew New Orleans wouldn’t give him a chance as good as the one he’s got in Los Angeles.

There’s a financial incentive to stay. If Beal does, he could actually become the highest-paid player in NBA history. And the Wizards (6-11) are unquestionably Beal’s team. John Wall’s hurt, and Beal’s coming off back-to-back All-Star game appearances and averaging a career-best 28.9 points before being held to 18 on Friday night.

And while an All-Star might get a team into the playoffs, he’s not by himself going to win a team a championship or push a team into title consideration. The rest of the league, full of players who have traded loyalty for better teammates, is too good.

It’s not a lock that it’ll work even if Beal eventually decides it’s time for him to leave. Chris Paul forced a trade to Houston, and within two years, he was gone. But if Beal had foregone the extension, he’d have been the best player available on the trade market, the kind of talent that could’ve turned a team like Denver into a favorite on the level of the Lakers and the Clippers.

And maybe, alongside the Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic, he’d have found the perfect playing partner, a big-man with hawk-eye vision and octopus arms, a generational passer who would’ve found him every time he was open.

Maybe, it could’ve been the kind of partnership that Davis and James are building together 19 games into their first season as Lakers teammates.

On the court, they’re lethal. Just ask New Orleans guard Jrue Holiday who had the misfortune of guarding both during the Lakers’ win against the Pelicans on Wednesday.

“Yeah,” Holiday deadpanned, “that’s probably why they put that together.”

Wizards coach Scott Brooks, after his team trailed by as many as 39, said the Lakers essentially have two MVPs in Davis and James, players who wonderfully complement each other.

“That’s hard to beat,” Brooks said.

Maybe Beal could’ve strong-armed himself into a situation that would’ve made his team harder to beat. You’d think he’d wonder about it after seeing James and Davis on Friday and Kawhi Leonard and Paul George on Sunday. But Beal said he won’t.

“I’m good. They made their own decisions,” Beal said. “At the end of the day, there’s no guarantee you’ll win a championship by jumping ship. Only one team wins.

“When it came down to my decision making, I really factored that in. It looks great, but the grass isn’t always greener.”

There are four stars in Los Angeles, though, who would certainly disagree.