Enterprise Cleveland against San Antonio, knee injury for Jokic

ROMA (ITALPRESS) – The Cleveland Cavaliers beat a hit: in the Nba night, a beautiful outside victory arrives on the field of one of the most fit teams of the moment, the San Antonio Spurs. It decided to reassemble in the second half, and in particular in the last quarter, dominated thanks to a partial of 23-37; 101-113, instead, the final result. Jarrett Allen is a decisive factor with 27 points and 10 rebounds, while at the Spurs, who stumble in the second ko in a row, not enough a Victor Wembanyama from 26 points and 14 rebounds.

But among the most important news, and potentially decisive for the rest of the season, there is definitely the injury to the knee of Nikola Jokic in the game lost from Denver to Miami for 147-123. In a fortuitous contact with Spencer Jones just before the interval, the left knee of the Serbian star seems to go slightly overextended: the extent of the accident is not yet known, but Jokic has not returned to the field. And the Heat took great advantage of it dominating along and off with 25 points of Norman Powell but also 22 and 20 of, respectively, Nikola Jovic and Jaime Jaquez Jr from the bench. Little space for Simone Fontecchio: just 3 minutes in the field, enough to refer three points, all from the bezel, then missing the target from the arch.

The Milwaukee Bucks won the second consecutive game from Giannis Antetokounmpo’s return (24 points in 25′ played) beating the Charlotte Hornets for 113-123; relocated wins also for the Phoenix Suns (101-115 against the Washington Wizards), the Golden Warrios (107-120 on the Brooklyn Nets field) and the Minnesota Timberwolves (101-136).

The Oklahoma City Thunder, which finds a Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finally convincing (39-6) in 140-129 lined up at the Atlanta Hawks, wins among the friendly walls. The Toronto Raptors come out of measure on the Orlando Magic (107-106), while the Portland Trail Blazers serves overtaking in the last minute to beat 125-122 the Dallas Mavericks; Finally, they also won the Houston Rockets, which surpassed 126-119 Indiana Pacers with 30 points of Kevin Durant.

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