The Celtics take a beautiful duel against the Warriors and the Nets drown without Durant

The Celtics take the great game of the morning

The Celtics came back and triumphed against the Warriors at the TD Garden pushed by 34 points, 19 points and six assists from Jayson Tatum and by a double double of twenty points and ten rebounds from the Dominican Al Horford. Joe Mazzulla’s team inflicted the eighteenth loss in 23 games away from San Francisco to the Warriors, in which Steph Curry scored 29 points, with six three-pointers, one of them from center court.

The Celtics have eight consecutive wins and are at the top of the East (34-12), ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks (29-16). The Warriors melted in overtime and finished seventh in the West, with a record of 22-23.

Without Durant, the Nets fall short

The Nets can’t without Durant. With their star out due to knee ligament problems, the Brooklyn team lost to the Suns without Chris Paul or Devin Booker, despite close to a great comeback in the fourth period. A 20-4 run, led by Kyrie Irving, allowed the Nets to get to -2 after touching a 24-point deficit, but the Suns managed to defend their victory.

It was the fourth straight loss for the Nets, who had a vertical involution since the injury to Durant, who won’t return for the next two weeks. Irving’s 30 points were not enough for them, 21 of them in the fourth period, in a game in which Ben Simmons was ejected in the third period for repeatedly protesting to the referees. The Suns, in which Cam Johnson returned after almost three months out, were led by 28 points from Mikal Bridges and by a double double of 24 points and fourteen rebounds from DeAndre Ayton.

The Bulls dazzle in Paris

In the return of the NBA to Paris and in a classic between franchises that lived their moment of glory at the end of the 80s and in the 90s, the Bulls triumphed led by Zach LaVine’s 30 points and DeMar DeRozan’s 26. The match was played at the Accor Arena in Bercy, with tickets for sale between 80 and 1,870 euros and with glories such as Richard Hamilton and Ben Wallace, champions with the Pistons in 2004, Frenchman Tony Parker and Magic Johnson.

Philadelphia extends its idyll with victory

The 76ers celebrated their fourth consecutive victory, prevailing in the field of the Blazers with 32 points and nine rebounds from Joel Embiid and a triple double of 16 points, ten rebounds and fourteen assists from James Harden. Doc Rivers’ team finished with a 50% shooting accuracy rate, while the Blazers did not exceed 37.6%, with Damian Lillard as the top scorer with 25 points and eleven assists.

Tremendous comeback for Minnesota

A 23-7 final run allowed the Wolves to overcome the Toronto Raptors, who had a fourteen-point margin in the fourth period. D’Angelo Russell, with 25 points and five triples, Anthony Edwards, with 23, and Kyle Anderson, with 20, led the comeback of some Wolves that could not count on Karl Anthony Towns or the Frenchman Rudy Gobert.