NEW YORK (UNITED STATES) (ITALPRESS) – Among stars forced to forfeit and star players, interesting insights from the six Nba contests played in the Italian night. Despite the absence of Jayson Tatum, Boston has no problem imposing itself in Phoenix where it wins 132-102. The defending champions lead six in double figures, the entire starting quintet plus Sam Hauser (11 points) off the bench. The most prolific is Kristaps Porzingis who puts up 30 points and 8 rebounds, behind him Jaylen Brown who makes 24, then 16 apiece for Al Horford (10 rebounds), Jrue Holiday and Derrick White.
Among the Suns, Kevin Durant was the last to surrender, but his 30 points were not enough to stop the run of the Celtics, second in the East and on their sixth consecutive win. As for the Western Conference standings heavy successes for the Nuggets and Lakers. Denver won at home 127-117 over Milwaukee, forced to go on the road without two stars of the caliber of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard. The hosts, however, got Nikola Jokic back and he made the difference with yet another triple-double of 39 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
Michael Porter Jr and Christian Braun also did well, finishing with 23 and 19 points apiece, respectively, plus 10 rebounds each. Jamal Murray (17) and Peyton Watson (12) also went in double figures, and the Bucks, who despite absences struggled and held their own against the Nuggets, went down despite bringing 7 (of the 8 lined up) over 10, with Brook Lopez making 26. Shivering victory for the Lakers, who won on Indiana’s hardwood, thanks to LeBron James’ winning tap-in that allowed the Yellow Jackets to close to 120-119.
For him a total of 13 points, as many rebounds and 7 assists, but the success of the Los Angeles franchise was mainly affected by Luka Doncic’s 34 points (with 7 rebounds and 7 assists), in addition to Austin Reaves’ 24. For the Pacers the most prolific came from the bench with Bennedict Mathurin making 23, then there was also Myles Turner’s double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds, but it was not enough. In the other three games played on the night successes for Wizards (119-114 over Philadelphia with 19 points and 10 rebounds for Edwards), Raptors (116-86 against Brooklyn with 23 points and 12 rebounds for Robinson) and Clippers (126-113 over Knicks with 27 points and 10 rebounds for Leonard).
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