Celtics headed for playoffs after win over Nuggets
With permission from the Toronto Raptors (8 wins in a row), the Boston Celtics They are the fittest team in the NBA right now and against the Denver Nuggets They added their seventh consecutive victory after a tight match.
Jayson Tatum (24 points and 6 rebounds) and Nikola Jokic (23 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists) they were the best of the Celtics and the Nuggets, respectively, in a game in which the Latino players stood out.
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Thus, the Argentine Facundo Campazzowho is going through a difficult time with the Nuggets, vindicated himself with 14 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, a steal and a block while the Dominican Al Horford contributed 9 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks for the Nuggets.
Fourth win in a row for the Cavaliers
The surprising but fully established Cleveland Cavaliers They achieved their fourth victory in a row by coming back with much merit to the Indiana Pacers who were winning by 21 points in the second quarter.
Caris LeVert, in his first game against his former team, and Jarrett Allen were, with 22 points each, the executioners of some Pacers in which his new signing, Tyrese Haliburton (23 points and 6 assists) had a very good debut.
Dominican Chris Duarte had 18 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and a steal for the Pacers.
Victory and waiting for James Harden
Still waiting for James Harden to arrive, the Philadelphia 76ers were imposed without much difficulty on the Oklahoma City Thunder thanks to a Joel Embiid not very successful in aiming (25 points with 8 of 25 shots) but dominant in the paint (19 rebounds).
Derrick Favors (16 points and 9 rebounds) was the leading scorer for the Thunder who have lost their last four games and failed from 3-point range (6 of 35, 17.1%).
DeMar DeRozan and his great scoring streak
The Chicago Bulls pressed the accelerator in the last quarter (42-31) to take a valuable victory against some Minnesota Timberwolveswho had won five of their last six games.
With an exceptional 63.2% shooting rate, the Bulls had four players over 20 points with DeMar DeRozan as the leader (35 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists) while the Wolves had the American of origin dominicano Karl-Anthony Towns as his main reference (27 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists).
Juancho Hernangomez debut with Utah Jazz
Five wins in a row they’re wearing some greased-up Utah Jazz again and that they beat the Orlando Magic with Donovan Mitchell (24 points and 7 rebounds) driving the car.
Wendell Carter Jr. (22 points and 9 rebounds) shone for the Magic while Juancho Hernangomeznewcomer to Utah from the San Antonio Spurs, he debuted for the Jazz playing just over a minute without leaving a mark on the statistics.
LaMelo Ball breaks the losing streak of the Hornets
After six consecutive losses, the Charlotte Hornets they needed a victory like water and they got it knocking down the Detroit Pistonswhich are the team with the worst balance in the entire NBA.
LaMelo Ball (31 points and 12 rebounds) guided the Hornets while Saddiq Bey (25 points) led Detroit.
Dejounte Murray, the player with the most triple-doubles in Spurs history
The San Antonio Spurswith 18 of 32 in triples (56.3%), beat the Atlanta Hawks in a game that they controlled from start to finish and that they already dominated by 26 points in the third quarter.
Dejounte Murray’s triple-double (32 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists) was too much for some Hawks in which he stood out Bogdan Bogdanovic (23 points).
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