ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Without Luka Doncic but with an Austin Reaves to scream. The Los Angeles Lakers, in the challenge against the Philadelphia 76ers, must do without the Slovenian ace already in the second quarter due to a leg injury. No problem, because from the bench Reaves scores 35 points with a good 12/17 from the field (5/8 by three), dragging his to the victory for 119-115. Nothing to do, therefore, for Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey, who must hide, respectively, 35 and 26 points (with 13 assists), and see interrupted to five the streak of consecutive Sixers victories.
Similar speech for the Detroit Pistons, which after three wins in a row fall into the house against the Washington Wizards. The usual Cade Cunningham stands out with 30 points (to which 8 rebounds and 8 assists are added), but guests, who must face the numerous absences, send in double digit eight players and cling to the rookie Will Riley, author of 20 points: 117-126 the result that costs the Pistons, first in the East, the thirteenth season defeat.
Staying in high rankings, but in the west, a home defeat comes also for the Houston Rockets, who cede for 99-109 against the Charlotte Hornets. The Rockets send in double digit only Kevin Durant (31 points) and Jabari Smith (17), while the Hornets fly with the 24 points of Kon Knueppel and the 20 of LaMelo Ball and win the eighth row match, the ninth in the last ten. Among the other results, Victor Wembanyama (29-11-6) drags the San Antonio Spurs in a 123-135 win against the Dallas Mavericks, which are not enough for Cooper Flagg and Naji Marshall. In the same way, the Phoenix Suns is not enough for the 24 points of Dillon Brooks and Grayson Allen: the Golden State Warriors win, which with 35 points arrived from the bench imposes 97-101. Household successes for Orlando Magic (118-98 against the Brooklyn Nets), Atlanta Hawks (121-119 against Utah Jazz) and Toronto Raptors (123-107 against the Chicago Bulls).
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