Warriors’ Yaxel Lendeborg advocates for ‘ethical hoops’ after career night

Golden State Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg exploded for a career-high 37 points against the Los Angeles Clippers, and he could have gotten even more. The Warriors bench was apparently pushing for Lendeborg to go for 40, to which he obliged. Lendeborg admitted he was disappointed in himself for playing that way late in the game and straying from his core philosophy of basketball. “I’ve never been a stat chaser in my life. Falling into peer pressure like I did, just now, was pretty much bad on my part. I’m a guy that loves ethical hoops.