NBA. Against the New York Knicks, Donovan Mitchell delighted the Madison Square Garden audience with his 36 points. The back of the Utah Jazz allowed his franchise to win (108-93).
Star of the Utah Jazz, Donovan Mitchell did his thing again last night in New York against the Knicks. The American rear who scored 36 points in the game including 7 three-point baskets, carried his teammates to victory (108-93), the 45th of the season. With this success, Rudy Gobert, Mitchell and their partners consolidate 4th place in the Western Conference, still dominated by the Phoenix Suns.
Career record for Wendell Carter Jr! Against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Orlando Magic center scored 30 points and grabbed 16 rebounds. Carter Jr scored a third of his winning team’s points last night (90-85). Last to the east, the Magic is already eliminated from the race for the NBA playoffs.
Note the great collective performance of San Antonio against the Golden State Warriors where the Spurs won in the last moments of the game thanks to a decisive basket from Keldon Johnson.
What are the overnight results?
- Houston Rockets 98-122 Memphis Grizzlies
- Indiana Pacers 129-98 Portland Blazers
- Atlanta Hawks 112-117 New Orleans Pelicans
- Orlando Magic 90-85 Oklahoma City Thunder
- Sacramento Kings 124-127 Phoenix Suns
- New York Knicks 93-108 Utah Jazz
- Denver Nuggets 104-124 Boston Celtics
- Golden State Warriors 108-110 San Antonio Spurs
- Philadelphia Sixers 88-93 Toronto Raptors
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- Cleveland Cavaliers – Los Angeles Lakers
- Detroit Pistons – Portland Blazers
- Charlotte Hornets – New Orleans Pelicans
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- Philadelphie Sixers – Miami Heat
- Brooklyn Nets – Utah Jazz
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- Chicago Bulls – Toronto Raptors
- Houston Rockets – Washington Wizards
- Oklahoma City Thunder – Boston Celtics
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- Dallas Mavericks – Minnesota Timberwolves
The 30 NBA franchises are divided into two conferences: the Western conference and the Eastern conference, here is the ranking in the West: NBA finalist last year, Phoenix continues its momentum this season. The Suns first in the Western Conference with 56 wins and 14 losses have just qualified for the NBA playoffs. They are ahead of the Memphis Grizzlies and the Golden State Warriors. With 52 losses, the Houston Rockets look set to finish last in the West.
15 franchises make up the Eastern Conference ranking, here is the latest ranking: With 46 wins and 24 losses, the Miami Heat still dominates the Eastern Conference ahead of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Milwaukee Bucks who are back in front of the Philadelphia Sixers after their success against Utah Jazz. At the end of the standings, Orlando Magic and the Detroit Pistons, who are vying for last place, have already been eliminated from the playoff race.
Each NBA franchise plays 82 games in the regular season. At the end of this regular season, the top eight franchises in each conference are ranked from 1 to 8. 1st faces 8th, 2nd is opposed to 7th,… The winners of the first round advance to the conference semi-finals , the winners of the second round advance to the conference finals. The champions of each conference meet in the NBA Finals. The series are played in the best of 7 games which are played in a 2-2-1-1-1 format, since the 2013-2014 season.
Since the 2020-2021 season, the play-in has made its appearance in the NBA in which the teams ranked from 7th to 10th place play a mini tournament. The 7th and 8th of each conference face each other in a match, where the winner is qualified in 7th position of the playoffs. The loser plays the winner of the match between 9th and 10th in each conference, where the winner of the game advances to the playoffs in 8th place.
In the NBA, there are 30 franchises divided into two conferences:
Western Conference:
- Dallas Mavericks
- Denver Nuggets
- Golden State Warriors
- Houston Rockets
- Los Angeles Clippers
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Memphis Grizzlies
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- New Orleans Pelicans
- Oklahoma City Thunder
- Phoenix Suns
- Portland Blazers
- Sacramento Kings
- San Antonio Spurs
- Utah Jazz
Eastern Conference:
- Atlanta Hawks
- Boston Celtics
- Brooklyn Nets
- Charlotte Hornets
- Chicago Bulls
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- Detroit Pistons
- Indiana Pacers
- Miami Heat
- Milwaukee Bucks
- New York Knicks
- Orlando Magic
- Philadelphia Sixers
- Toronto Raptors
- Washington Wizards
Prestigious event of the NBA, the best players come together for a weekend. Several events are organized such as the three-point contest, the dunk contest, the “skills challenge” and at the end, a gala match between the superstars of the American basketball league.
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Who will succeed Nikola Jokic? The Denver Nuggets center won the title of best regular season player last season. Among the favorites this year, Joel Embiid, pivot of the Philadelphia Sixers, top scorer of the season with 29.8 points on average. Nikola Jokic is also among the favorites at his own estate where the Serbian tops all stats in his franchise except for three-point shooting percentage (Bryn Forbes) and steal percentage (Facundo Campazzo). Stephen Curry with the Golden State Warriors or Giannis Antetokounmpo with the Milwaukee Bucks are also among the contenders for the MVP title for this 2021-2022 season.
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