NEW YORK (UNITED STATES) (ITALPRESS) – The first of the Eastern and Western Conference class in Nba falls. The Detroit Pistons lose their homes at overtime against the Atlanta Hawks (130-129), while the Oklahoma City Thunder collapses at the TD Garden under the hits of the Boston Celtics (119-109). The 33 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander points are not enough for Nba champions to prolong the strip of twelve consecutive victories. Decisive Jaylen Brown scores 14 of his 31 points (with 8 rebounds and 8 assists) in a crucial third quarter, while Jayson Tatum leaves behind two performances, scoring 19 points and 12 rebounds. It is a three-point game of CJ McCollum (27 overall points for him) instead to sanction the Ko of the Pistons, orphans of Cade Cunningham because of a pneumothorax. To the west, the San Antonio Spurs are approaching the summit, which, dragged by a Victor Wembanyama in double 19 points, 15 rebounds and seven stoppages, exult on the Memphis Grizzlies camp for 98-123.
The positive moment of the Los Angeles Lakers wins the tenth match in the last eleven and do it on the parquet of the Indiana Pacers (130-137). Luka Doncic makes 43 points and leads a double-digit poker: Austin Reaves scores 25 points, LeBron James adds 23, while Jaxson Hayes signs 21 points and 10 rebounds.
Scorpioned points also in Denver where Nuggets took 142-135 against the Dallas Mavericks. Jamal Murray scores his 53-point maximum season, while Nikola Jokic scores 23 with 21 rebounds and 19 assists, touching 6,000 winning career passes. The most exciting game of the night goes on stage in Minneapolis, where the Timberwolves manage to reassemble a disadvantage of thirteen points to the overtime (although successful from 1997 to today), closing on 110-108 the direct confrontation for the fifth place against the Houston Rockets. To the East, a surprise defeat for the Cleveland Cavaliers, beaten at home 103-120 by the Miami Heat who interrupt the series of five consecutive kos by relying on eight double-digit players, led by Norman Powell (19 points) and Tyler Herro (18 points).
Convincing victory for the Philadelphia 76ers who find Joel Embiid (35 points) after the injury and Paul George (28) after the disqualification and beat the Chicago Bulls 157-137. In the other games of the night, the Washington Wizards surpass 110-133 Utah Jazz, while the Golden State Warriors do the same for 109-106 against the Brooklyn Nets. He also succeeded Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Clippers, respectively against Milwaukee Bucks (130-99) and Toronto Raptors (119-94).
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