NEW YORK (UNITED STATES) (ITALPRESS) – Detroit’s domestic affirmation on the Italian night of the NBA regular-season. On the home floor of Little Caesars Arena, in front of more than 20,000 spectators, the Pistons overcame the Chicago Bulls 127-119 with 22 points by the usual dragger Cunningham and 21 by Duren (22, among the guests, also by White); among the hosts, a decidedly up to the mark performance by Simone Fontecchio, 29-year-old small forward from Pescara, Italy, who finished with 11 points and 4 rebounds in 19 minutes of use. Cleveland avalanche against Dallas: the Cavaliers dominate the Mavericks 144-101 with 49 total points from the pair of Merrill and Mobley. More complicated was the home victory of the Toronto Raptors, who prevailed 115-108 over the Los Angeles Clippers despite the 25 points, for the California quintet, scored by Harden. Outdoor successes, finally, for Boston and Memphis. The defending champions Celtics stormed the Philadelphia 76ers’ parquet 118-110 with 35 points by a wild Tatum (one more than his ‘head coach’ Maxey); the Grizzlies, again second in the West standings behind Oklahoma City, celebrated 132-119 on the Milwaukee Bucks’ court with 37 by Jakcson, who also won the direct comparison between star bombers with the Greek Antetokounmpo, who stopped at 30. After the surprise arrival of Slovenian champion Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers (his farewell message to his former Dallas Mavericks teammates was touching) in exchange for another star player such as Anthony Davis, other bigs were involved in ‘trade’ operations that are enlivening the North American professional league: DèAaron Fox joins the San Antonio Spurs, Zach LaVine and Sidy Cissoko join the Sacramento Kings.- Photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
