Boston Celtics, at the top of the NBA and LeBron James boosted the Los Angeles Lakers

Boston Celtics confirmed this Sunday that it is the best team in the NBA in this initial stage of the season with the hard-fought victory against Memphis Grizzlieson a day in which LeBron Jameswith 37 points, gave a long-suffering victory to Los Angeles Lakers contra Houston Rockets.

The Grizzlies (3-10) continue to experience a very difficult season and fell at home against the Celtics, the best team in the NBA (11-2), driven by the Latvian Kristaps Porzingis with 26 points, 8 rebounds, one assist, one steal and 6 blocks. Jayson Tatum added 20 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, a steal and a block.

The Spanish Santi Aldama started for the Grizzlies and contributed 28 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, the best performance of his NBA career. He surpassed the 24 points scored last November 14 in the loss against the Lakers.

LeBron James scored 37 points, including the decisive free kick with one second left, to give the Lakers a hard-fought victory against Ime Udoka’s Rockets, in which Dillon Brooks missed the last shot.

King James, who was supported by his son Bronny, finished with 37 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals, on 14 of 19 shooting. Anthony Davis contributed a double-double of 27 points and 10 rebounds.

The Lakers are sixth in the West (8-6), ahead of the Rockets (6-5).

The Phoenix Suns needed two overtimes to beat the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City, in the second duel between these franchises in three days. Lauri Markkanen, in the fourth quarter, and Collin Sexton, in overtime, kept the Jazz with chances with conversions to tie, but the Suns managed to come out winners led by 39 points and 10 assists from Kevin Durant.

Devin Booker finished with 26 points and 8 assists, while Jusuf Nurkic had a double-double of 18 points and 12 rebounds. Markkanen recorded 38 points and 17 rebounds.

Sacramento Kings don’t stop accelerating. With 32 points and 13 rebounds from Domantas Sabonis and 30 points from De’Aaron Fox, they added their sixth consecutive victory, this time as a visitor against the Dallas Mavericks, who lost three of their last four games.

The Slovenian Luka Doncic had a score of 25 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists and Kyrie Irving contributed 23 points, but only 4 in the second half.

Joel Embiid led the Philadelphia 76ers with 32 points and 12 rebounds to a 121-99 victory in their visit to the Brooklyn Nets.

After losing two consecutive times at home and recovering with a victory as visitors to the Atlanta Hawks, the 76ers increased their record to 10-3, the second best in the East behind the Boston Celtics (10-2 before their Sunday game against the Memphis Grizzlies ).

Denver Nuggets (9-4) lost their third game in the last four, this time as a visitor to the Cleveland Cavaliers on a night in which Serbian Nikola Jokic, who averages 29.7 points per game, barely scored 18, with 10 rebounds and 7 assists.

Darius Garland led the Cavs’ victory with 26 points and 6 assists.

The Oklahoma City Thunder already led 76-43 at halftime in Portland and added their fifth consecutive victory to settle in second position in the West, ahead of the Nuggets, with a balance of 10-4.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points on a brilliant 10-of-13 shooting.

The Thunder showed extraordinary numbers against the Blazers, shooting 60.5% (49 of 81) and 61.1% on three-pointers (22 of 36).

Pascal Siakam led a group of seven players above ten points with 23 points and the Toronto Raptors overwhelmed the Detroit Pistons to regain victory after two consecutive losses.

The Pistons, who never led the game and lost by 40 points, suffered their tenth consecutive defeat and only won two games this season.

In a game marked by the problems of both teams in three-point attempts (7 of 20 for Orlando Magic, 8 of 31 for Indiana Pacers), the Magic added their fourth win in the last five games at the pace of Paolo Banchero (24 points ).

For the Pacers, Jordan Nwora scored 19 points, while Tyrese Haliburton was far from his level and only scored 12 points.