Nuggets @ Cavaliers : 115-109
Celtics @ Pacers : 142-138
Pistons @ Magic : 106-108
Grizzlies @ Sixers : 105-110
Pelicans @ Raptors : 110-115
Spurs @ Mavericks : 116-142
Trail Blazers @ Kings : 116-133
Warriors @ Lakers : 111-124
– What a game. A playoff atmosphere in Philadelphia, a boiling room, superstars who respond and spectacular actions. With suspense and a very nice comeback from the Sixers, winners of the Grizzlies after being up to 17 points behind. Joel Embiid was monstrous on both sides of the floor. 27 points, 19 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 blocks including this memorable counter on Ja Morant in the money time.
WHAT A BLOCK BY JOEL EMBIID 😱
Sixers trail by 2 with 0:47 left on TNT! pic.twitter.com/RNi7SYne3V
— NBA (@NBA) February 24, 2023
Embiid was decisive in the fourth quarter, notably converting 3 of his 5 attempts but also defending fiercely. James Harden finished with 31 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. But it was Tobias Harris who liberated Philadelphia with an award-winning basket 39 seconds from the buzzer. It’s already the fifth time this season that Philly have won after being 15 or more points behind.
WHAT A SEQUENCE ON TNT 🤯
SIXERS LEAD BY 3 WITH 0:23 TO GO.
THIS GAME IS UNREAL. pic.twitter.com/JA1Jg62fhF
— NBA (@NBA) February 24, 2023
The Sixers remain on 5 straight wins. It’s much more complicated for the Grizzlies, who have lost 10 of their last 14 games.
– There are three things that no one can avoid in life: taxes, death and a triple-double from Nikola Jokic. Every opponent goes through it. The Cavaliers suffered last night by suffering the 24 points, 18 rebounds and 13 assists of the Serbian pivot. His 13th triple-double in the last 16 matches. Already 22 this season for… 22 victories for the Nuggets. Pack it’s weighed, there’s nothing to see. Perfect behind the arc (2 of 2), he also planted an important award-winning basket, which followed two others from Michael Porter Jr, to allow his team to regain the upper hand in the final minutes.
The Cavaliers were limited to 18 points in the fourth quarter. With for example no basket from Evan Mobley, author of 31 points during the first 36 minutes. Reggie Jackson, for his part, was making his debut with the Nuggets and even if he was not super skilful (2 out of 8) he still made an impression by slamming this basket from his own camp.
REGGIE JACKSON FROM 3/4 COURT 😱
WATCH: https://t.co/0rrSPxOHD0 pic.twitter.com/yrU3MmxJbR
— NBA (@NBA) February 24, 2023
– The Celtics suffered against the Pacers. They suffered against Myles Turner. The Indiana pivot tied the best performance of his career by scoring 40 points, almost without missing a single shot. 13 of 15, including 8 of 10 three-pointers.
Myles Turner tonight:
40 PTS (ties career-high)
10 REB
8 3PM (career-high) pic.twitter.com/pV6J2ekHuQ— NBA (@NBA) February 24, 2023
But when the Celtics are hurting, they rely on Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. The All-Star duo compiled 61 points. 30 for Brown and 31 for Tatum, who also scored the last 4 points of the game to give Boston the win, 142-138 after overtime. Tyrese Haliburton had missed the attempt to win at the end of the fourth quarter. The Celtics have won 43 of their 60 games played so far and they still have the best record in the NBA.
Both Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown dropped 30+ as the Celtics won in OT.
☘️ JT: 31 PTS, 12 REB, 7 AST
☘️ JB: 30 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST pic.twitter.com/1Nxryp9ACf— NBA (@NBA) February 24, 2023
– Not so far from the play-in, the Magic won in extremis against the Pistons Thursday night. A success snatched from a tap by Wendell Carter Jr after a missed shot by Paolo Banchero.
WENDELL CARTER JR. CALLED GAME#TissotBuzzerBeater | #TimingEmotions pic.twitter.com/YabwRGkub9
— NBA (@NBA) February 24, 2023
Carter Jr finished with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Franz Wagner scored 21 points for Orlando, which has 7 players with 10 or more points or scoring. On the Pistons side, we will remember the 12 points and 5 assists of Killian Hayes, who resumed well after having experienced great difficulties in shooting before the cut of the All-Star Weekend.
– 3 matches with Jakob Poeltl, 3 wins for the Raptors. They beat the Pelicans last night with 21 points and 18 rebounds amassed by their Austrian pivot, who had already scored 31 points in the previous game. Chris Boucher slammed a big dunk on him from the free throw line, calmly.
CHRIS BOUCHER TOOK FLIGHT.
WATCH: https://t.co/1pomQZMAZK pic.twitter.com/2xy2aDuUks
— NBA (@NBA) February 24, 2023
– Oh, there you go. All it took was for the Mavericks to play Spurs for Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving to clinch their first win together. Dallas atomized its Texan neighbor by relying on the duo’s 51 points (28 Doncic, 23 Irving) but above all on a terrifying three-point address (22 of 42) to win without trembling. This is the 15th loss in a row for San Antonio, it’s starting to do a lot.
– Blocked for hours on the plane due to weather conditions, punctured, the Trail Blazers preferred to rest their executives. Suddenly, they took a pill against the Kings, led by 31 points from De’Aaron Fox.
– Even with a tired and very clumsy LeBron James, the Lakers have been ruthless with the Warriors. They imposed themselves by 13 points, relying in particular on their external address (16 award-winning baskets). Only problem, the injury of D’Angelo Russell.
