ROMA (ITALPRESS) – The race at the highest levels of the Eastern Conference in Nba is fast. The New York Knicks continue to win and the seventh consecutive victory comes through the friendly walls of Madison Square Garden against the New Orleans Pelicans, defeats 121-116 and now cut off from the post-season goal. Karl-Anthony Towns (for him 14 rebounds) and OG Anunoby make 21 points per head, but the real dragman of the day is Jalen Brunson, author of 32 points, 15 of which in the last quarter. The Knicks (48-25) approach the percentage of the Boston Celtics (47-24) in second place in the Eastern Conference, but above all defend the third place from the ambitions of an unstoppable Cleveland. The Cavaliers win the fourth game in a row and do it for 136-131 against the Orlando Magic. The evening cover if the Donovan Mitchell wins with 42 points that is his sixth season game over 40, while James Harden adds 26 (22 of which in the first half). Black crisis for the Magics of Paolo Banchero (36 points for him) who suffer the sixth consecutive defeat and slip to eighth place in cohabitation with Miami and Charlotte.
The Hornets continue to win and the fourth consecutive success matured in the night is even wider than the last. Against the Sacramento Kings ends 134-90 and there is also the new record of triples (26) of the franchise. Coby White (27 points) and LaMelo Ball (20) make six per head, while the rookie Kon Knueppel (14) adds four, climbing second in the history of the franchise for triples made in a season at a height of 247, 14 lengths from the Kemba Walker record (now in the team’s technical staff). West wins the Denver Nuggets that beat the Phoenix Suns 125-123. At the beginning of the third quarter Nikola Jokic had already put his hands on his twenty-nine triple double season. The Serbian outclass closes with 23 points, 17 rebounds and 17 assists (maximum season of winning passes), also realizing the decisive basket (an average distance shot at 11.5 seconds from the end), while on the opposite front stops on the iron the three shot of the potential overtaking of Devin Booker. The Nuggets won six of the last eight games and ran to besiege the third place of the Los Angeles Lakers, while the Suns were defeated in six of the last seven games and are in seventh place.
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