Follow the winning streak of Suns, Warriors, Celtics and Bulls.

RESULTS

THE MOST OUTSTANDING

After the break due to the All-Star weekend dispute in Cleveland, the Regular Season he has returned and he has done it seven days later, with important games and victories that continue with streaks of teams that are in the upper part of the East or West.

In Brooklyn there were some Celtics who leave NY on a roll, with a new victory that continues on the good path they left before the All-Star stop. Udoka has found the key and they are the most fit team in the NBA and may become a clear alternative in the East. On February 8, they already played the same game and a 91-126 victory for the Celtics. Again, great game Tatum that he went up to 30 points and Boston wins its sixth consecutive game as a visitor, in an afternoon that had seven players in double scoring figures and went up to 54% in field goals. Tatum would score four trebles and leave the play of the night, with a mate against two players: “I don’t do it that often, but at the right time I can still do those things“.

With this victory, they are only two games away from the third in the East. Instead, Nets, with casualties, since Durant and Simmons were in street clothes on the bench, and Irving still cannot play games, waiting for the sanitary protocol to be changed. Now they have to go on Saturday to play at the home of the current NBA champions.

From the Celtics’ hot streak to the East leaders, Chicago Bullswho beat Hawks at home in a new exhibition of DeRozan who is still in MVP plan. He scored 37 points and Chicago’s sixth straight win. The five-time All-Star is still on a roll and was key to victory, because he was in charge of scoring five points in the last minute, when the Hawks led 105-108 with 58 seconds left, well helped by LaVine with 20 points. Also an All-Star in Cleveland, he traveled to Los Angeles before the All-Star game to receive platelet-rich plasma therapy for his left knee. He now has no minute restrictions, but Donovan commented that in the back-to-back he may rest in the second game. The recently signed Tristan Thompson made his debut at the Bulls and he did so with eleven points scored in 13 minutes.

Phoenix Sunswho has to live with the loss of Chris Paul for the remainder of Regular Seasonwon on his visit to the Paycom Center in Oklahoma in a demonstration that they can beat anyone before the loss of one of their stars. Devin Booker he took all the power and scored 25 points, distributed 12 assists and went up to 6 steals (career-high). “I thought Devin handled the game well” commented his coach Monty Williams at the end of the game. The Suns will seek to turn Paul’s absence into a growth experience. And that’s how it was seen in players like Cameron Johnson or in the great Mikal Bridges. In the end, they won by twenty points, but OKC He never stopped fighting the match in the second leg after Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was absent for ten games, and he went up to 32 points, but Australian Giddey’s streak of three triple-doubles in a row was broken.

In one of the games of the day and the resumption of the NBA, it was the Wolves against the Grizzlies. Two young teams. Minnesota fighting for the Play-in, Grizzlies fully involved in the Western Playoffs. In Minneapolis, D’Angelo Russell He went up to 37 points and 23 were in the last period, including the triple that broke the tie with 1:23 left. Ja Morant left the game injured, with pain in his hip, but returned to play the final minutes.

The Detroit Pistons beat the Cavs in the return of Finn Markannen. End without fear of Cunningham who scored four free throws with 46 seconds remaining. Goodwin commented at the end of the match: “Give Detroit credit, they were more focused tonight“. Piston debut for Marvin Bagley III who scored 16 points.

In the Nuggets against Kings there was a moment to give support to Ukraine regarding the armed conflict that Russia began yesterday invading Ukrainian territory. The two teams hugged each other in the center of the court and held a moment of silence in support of Ukraine. Two players from that country, Kings center Alex Len and Raptors shooting guard Mykhailuk, sent a tweet in the form of a joint statement to express their grave concern: “Ukraine is a peaceful and sovereign state inhabited by people who want to decide their own destiny. We pray for our families, friends and relatives and all the people who are in Ukraine. We hope that this terrible war ends as soon as possible“.

The match was won by Nuggets, since with Jokic and Will Barton they were enough. On Saturday the two teams will meet again. Good game for the Serbian and Barton is five three-pointers away from being the best three-pointer in Nuggets history. The record is held by JR Smith with 768.

THE DATA

Devin Booker He is the first Phoenix Suns player to reach 25 points, give 10 or more assists and steal 5 or more balls since Jason Kidd, current Dallas Mavericks coach, did it in 2001. The other Suns fact is that They have a record of 5 wins and no losses when Chris Paul is not playing, be it in Regular Season o playoffs.

THE MVP OF THE NIGHT

And following the last MVPs of the NBA day in Solobasket, it has to be again DeMar DeRozan, which continues to get closer to the two great candidates: Jokic and Embiid. Another game, and there are already eight with 35 or more points, and he joins as the seventh NBA player who does so along with six players who have been chosen among the 75 best in the NBA: Chamberlain, Baylor, Jordan, Bryant, James and Harden.

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