NEW YORK (UNITED STATES) (ITALPRESS) – Ten games between Friday night and Italian night in the NBA. Games are also being played for the penultimate round of the Emirates Cup, and in this perspective Atlanta’s victory is important as it advances to the quarterfinals, beating and effectively eliminating the Cavaliers, leading the Eastern Conference but already out of the cup. The Hawks win 117-101 bringing six into double figures with DèAndre Hunter making 23 from the bench, Trae Young 21, Jalen Johnson 20 (with 9 rebounds and 7 assists), Okongwu’s are 15, 11 for Risacher and 10 for Bogdanovic. Lots of meat on the fire and the Cavaliers go down for the second consecutive time despite Garland’s 29 points and Mobley’s 24. Nice success also for Detroit that imposes itself 130-106 on the Pacers’ parquet bringing the whole quintet in double figures and finding in Malik Beasley the best scorer with 25 off the bench. Double-doubles for Cunningham and Duren, with 24 points and 11 assists for the former and 14 points and 12 rebounds for the latter. Also of note were Ivey’s 23 points, Harris’ 16 and Hardaway Jr’s 10, while Simone Fontecchio started from the bench, played 17 minutes and finished with 5 points and 1 assist. Indiana could not hold its own, despite Siakam’s 21 points (with 9 rebounds) and Haliburton’s 19.Returning to the Emirates Nba Cup, success kept the Thunder afloat as they moved on to Los Angeles, beating the Lakers 101-93. Once again Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the draftee with 36 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds, but Hartenstein’s double-double of 11 points and 18 rebounds should not be forgotten, as well as Jalen Williams’ 19 points. On the other side Dalton Knecht made 20 and was the best of his team in terms of points, there was also Davis’ double-double of 15 points and 12 rebounds, from the bench D’Angelo Russel made 17 (with 9 rebounds), while LeBron James finished with 12 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. In the other scheduled games wins for Knicks (99-98 over Hornets with 31 points for Brunson), Grizzlies (120-109 over Pelicans with 27 points for Morant), Magic (123-100 over Nets with 29 points for F.Wagner), Timberwolves (93-92 over the knockout Clippers despite Harden’s 20 points and 11 assists), Miami (121-111 over the Raptors with Butler’s 26 points), Boston Celtics (138-129 against Chicago with Tatum’s 35-point, 14-rebound double-double) and Portland (115-106 over Sacramento with 26 points and 9 rebounds for Ayton).- Ipa Agency Photo -(ITALPRESS).
