CLEVELAND (UNITED STATES) (ITALPRESS) – Trae Young unleashes a 20-point, 22-assist performance (career high), dragging Atlanta to the feat: 135-124 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland’s second loss of the season, the first in front of its own crowd. The Hawks also enjoy Hunter (26 points) and Johnson (22 points) in addition to first overall draft pick Risacher (17 points), this time the Cavs don’t need Mitchell (30 points) and Mobley (22 points and 13 rebounds). Behind took advantage of Orlando, still without Banchero but on a 4-game winning streak (133-119 over Chicago, 31 points for Suggs and 24 for Caldwell-Pope), not New York, which slammed Dallas (129-114) despite 37 points by Brunson and 25 points and 14 rebounds by Towns. In the absence of Doncic and Thompson it is Kyrie Irving (23 points) who takes the Mavs on his shoulders, four wins in the five games played without the Slovenian. Miami in comeback over Charlotte (98-94, 27 points by Herro), third consecutive win for Indiana (121-114 over Portland with 29 points by Siakam, 28 by Haliburton and 24 by Mathurin). In the West, the spotlight is on the Chase Center: Golden State, without Curry, surrenders 105-101 to Oklahoma City where Gilgeous-Alexander scores 35 points and Dortz stoppages Wiggins in the final, denying him the tying basket. Thunder on a three-game winning streak and leading the conference ahead of Houston, which was good at getting an overtime win over Philadelphia (122-115): on the shields Jalen Green (41 points) and Sengun (22 points and 14 rebounds), only Maxey (39 points) was not enough to save the Sixers, deprived of Embiid and George and with a disastrous 3-14 record. Smart’s season-best performance (25 points) allowed Memphis to beat Detroit 131-111.Simone Fontecchio consoled himself with 18 points (7/9 from the field with 3/5 from three and 1/1 at the free), two rebounds, one assist, one stoppage and two turnovers in 22 minutes. After 4 wins San Antonio stops against the Lakers (101-119): Wembanyama closes with 20 points and 10 rebounds, on the other side Davis scores 19+14, in triple-double LeBron James (16+10 as well as 11 assists). Denver hangs on to Nikola Jokic (30 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists in 122-103 over Utah), Phoenix tries to do the same with Booker (31 points) and Durant (30 points) but does not avoid the seventh defeat in the last nine games (117-127 against the Nets), same situation for Minnesota (104-115 at the hands of Sacramento). Harden (43 points) leads the Clippers in 121-96 over Washington (13th knockout in a row), first outside win for Toronto, 119-93 in the Pelicans’ den with 24 points apiece by Agbaji and Battle.- photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
