Jalen Brunson scores 41 points as Knicks defeat Wizards, Utah’s winning streak ends against Thunder

Los Angeles (AFP) – Jalen Brunson scored 41 points with the Knicks and Utah saw its winning streak end against the Thunder on Thursday in the NBA.

Published on: 01/19/2024 – 09:35

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. Brunson catches fire

New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson blazed with 41 points including 20 in the last quarter for a difficult victory against poorly ranked Washington (113-109). Brunson notably scored nine points after the Wizards came back to one point thanks to Jordan Poole. Brunson added 8 rebounds and 8 assists to his great evening.

. End of series in Utah

After six consecutive victories, the Utah Jazz of Lauri Markanen (26 points) and Collin Sexton (31 points) fell at home against the Oklahoma City Thunder and their confusing Canadian leader Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (31 points, 6 rebounds, 6 passes). After a failed start to the season, Utah is however well back in the race for the play-offs (9th in the west, 22 wins – 21 losses), as is the attractive Thunder, currently 2nd in the west (28 wins – 13 losses). ), should return for the first time since 2020. The Jazz had seen their Wednesday match against the Golden State Warriors postponed due to the death of Serbian assistant coach Dejan Milojevic.

. . . . And attendant Siakam

The Indiana Pacers won on the floor of the Sacramento Kings (126-121) without their leader Tyrese Haliburton, injured in a hamstring and for the moment without the Cameroonian Pascal Siakam, flagship recruit made official on Wednesday. The Pacers travel to Portland on Friday, where Siakam could start, then to Phoenix on Sunday.

. Discreet blues

Small event, Evan Fournier played for only the third time this season, he who is usually confined to the bench of the New York Knicks by his coach Tom Thibodeau. In just over 5 minutes, the back of the French team was clumsy (0 out of 4 shooting) and did not score a point. Opposite, rookie Bilal Coulibaly was rather discreet with the Wizards (5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists in 17 minutes). Gobert validated a new double double (17 points, 10 rebounds) for the victory of Minnesota, leader in the west, against Memphis (118-103), all with 6 blocks and 4 assists. His teammate Anthony Edwards pulled off a little madness in the 3rd quarter, eliminating a defender with a fake shoot before throwing the ball on the board to better recover it in the air and crush a spectacular dunk.

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2024-01-19 08:35:13
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