“NBA”: The Celtics and Bucks continue their victories… and the State Warriors continue their awakening
The Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks continued their victories with the first defeating the host Orlando Magic 114-97, and the second defeating the host Houston Rockets 128-119, while the Golden State Warriors continued their awakening by defeating the host Portland Trail Blazers 118-114 on Sunday in the NBA.
In the first match, Boston increased its perfect record at home this season without losing, and achieved its fourteenth consecutive victory at TD Garden, and was at the expense of the Orlando Magic 114-97 thanks to its star Jaylen Brown, who scored 31 points, including 17 in the final quarter, tipping the balance. His team.
Magic, which suffered its second loss in a row and its fourth loss in its last six matches, was the best at the beginning of the match and decided the first quarter in its favor by four points (31-27), but the Celtics struck hard in the second and won by 15 points (34-19), ending the half. The first is in his favor by 11 points (61-50).
The guests won the third quarter (24-22), reducing the gap to nine points (74-83), but the hosts quickly regained control in the last quarter thanks to Brown, who had five rebounds and six assists, and they ended it in their favor 31-23.
Boston Celtics increased their perfect record at home without losing (Reuters)
According to Agence France-Presse, Jason Tatum stood out in the ranks of the Celtics, who achieved his 20th win in 25 games so far this season, with 23 points and eight rebounds, and Latvian Kristaps Porzingis added a “double-double” with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
On the other hand, Magic star Paulo Banquero was the best scorer in the match with 36 points and 10 rebounds, but that was not enough to spare his team from its second consecutive loss to the Celtics in three days.
The Celtics defeated the Magic 128-111 on Friday, ending four consecutive defeats against them.
Brown described his team’s victory as the most important this year, and said: “We must not burn the stages.” Orlando is one of the teams that has benefited from us over the past year and a half. We adopted the right mentality and came out victorious, I love that.”
Banquero did not find the necessary support from his teammates, among whom Jaylen Suggs was the only one to achieve double figures in scoring with 13 points.
At the Viserv Forum Stadium in Milwaukee, newcomer from the Portland Trail Blazers Damian Lillard imposed himself as the star of the match against the Houston Rockets, scoring 39 points with 11 assists and leading his Bucks team to their fourth consecutive victory and the nineteenth in 26 games this season.
The Pax settled the result of the match in the first half after winning the first and second quarters 33-28 and 38-32, as the visitors settled for winning the third by one basket (31-29) and the last quarter ended in a 28-28 tie.
Greek giant Giannis Antetokounmpo contributed to the Bucks’ victory by scoring 26 points and 17 rebounds, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the best player in Bucks history in rebounds. Khris Middleton added 20 points and Brook Lopez 18 points.
Antetokounmpo raised his tally to 7,165 rebounds with the Pax, erasing Abdul-Jabbar’s number (7,161), noting that the Greek giant is the best scorer and passer in Pax history.
The Rockets’ starting quintet succeeded in scoring more than 10 points, most notably Fred VanVleet with 22 points, Turkish Alperin Singun with 20 points, and Dillon Brooks (18), but without avoiding the first loss after five consecutive victories and the tenth in 23 games this season.
The Warriors won for the second time in a row and defeated the Blazers (AP)
At the Moda Center Stadium in Portland, the Golden State Warriors continued their awakening with a second successive victory when they defeated the host Trail Blazers 118-114 thanks to 28 points by Klay Thompson and 25 points by Canadian substitute Andrew Wiggins.
Warriors star Stephen Curry settled for only seven points with eight assists, including a wonderful one to Moses Moody behind his back.
Currie failed to score any hat-trick in eight attempts, so his streak of at least a hat-trick in a match stopped at 268 consecutive games.
On the other hand, Jerami Grant was the best scorer in the match and the losing side with 30 points, and Anverini Simons added 24 points.
The San Antonio Spurs returned to losing streak, falling to their guest New Orleans Pelicans 146-110.
The Spurs stopped a series of 18 consecutive losses on Friday by defeating the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 129-115, achieving only their fourth victory this season.
The Pelicans set a record in the club’s history for three-pointers, which amounted to 22, somewhat spoiling the celebration that Spurs organized before the match in honor of its French legend, Tony Parker, by entering the Hall of Fame last August.
Parker, a four-time league champion with Spurs in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014, addressed the fans, saying: “You are the best fans in the world ever.” Thank you for your support. “San Antonio is my home and always will be.”
CJ McCollum scored 29 points for the winner, including six three-pointers, and Brandon Ingram added 26 points, including five three-pointers, while promising French giant Victor Wimpanyama was the best scorer among the losers, with 17 points and 13 rebounds.
In Phoenix, the duo Kevin Durant and Devin Booker led their Suns team to victory over the visiting Washington Wizards 112-108 after falling behind by 16 points, with the first scoring 28 points and the second scoring 27 points.
2023-12-18 11:39:18
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