SALT LAKE CITY (USA) (ITALPRESS) – Utah holds for a time but to stop OKC is not enough. The Thunder defending champions continue to dictate law: 144-112 in Salt Lake City and eighth consecutive victory, 16th in 17 races. The turn in the third quarter when, with the Jazz ahead 84-77, Oklahoma changes gear and with a partial of 33-4 turns the match completely, in the sign of the usual Shai Gilgeous-Alexander who closes his evening with 31 points. On a night of the Nba Cup, Denver confirms the most credible alternative to the Thunder in the Western Conference, thanks to a Nikola Jokic that touches the triple double (34 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists) in 112-109 on Houston. Jamal Murray (26 points and 10 assists), Rockets is not enough for the best career performance of Reed Sheppard (27 points). At the Mortgage Matchup Center Minnesota throws a 41-point performance by Anthony Edwards and a 1’09” +8 advantage from the end: Phoenix resurfaces, exploits the two errors from Edwards’ own bezel and 6′′′4 from the siren lies the basket of the definitive overtaking (114-113) with Gillespie. Hit Portland in San Francisco where Golden State, despite an infinite Stephen Curry (38 points with 9 triples, of which two in the last minute of the match), yields 127-123 to the Blazers while continuing to grow the first absolute choice Cooper Flagg, with 29 points in Dallas’ victory over New Orleans for 118-115.
In the East there is the first qualified team at the quarters of the Nba Cup: it is Toronto, which with 24 points per head of Ingram and Barrett sinks 140-110 Washington and secures the first place in group A, accomplice also the defeat of Indiana. The Pacers, in fact, fall at the Rocket Arena in the remake of the semifinal of the Eastern Conference of the past season won 4-1: Cleveland, on the thrust of Mitchell’s (32 points) and Garland (20 points), has the best for 120-109. Evening for Simone Fontecchio (9 points with 1/10 of three, two rebounds, three assists, a ball recovered and two lost in 25 minutes) but not for Miami, which lands the United Center touching for the fourth time in the season at least 140 points: in the end will be 143 against the 107 of Chicago, collapsed under the hits of Ware (20 points and 14 rebounds) and Powell (19 points). Finally, the difficult season of Boston, which makes up the eighth season in 16 games per hand of Brooklyn: 113-105 for the Nets and first double triple in career (18+11+12) for Nic Claxton.
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