Dand all the players that populate the bsket planet, Kevin Durant It is the one that shows the widest repertoire and the one that gives the greatest samples of being unstoppable. Is a gamer frustrating for every defender that no matter how hard you try to mark it, you end up with the feeling of having been vastly outmatched.
That is the image that he returned to Sixers, 122-113, in a game in which he gave a whole recital with 34 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, scoring until plays of four decisive points and distributing passes that only he saw. It has been installed in the top most complete players in the NBABut sometimes their superiority is almost insulting.
In view of Philadelphia the party was compromised. First because of the many casualties of the Nets, including that of James Harden, because of the covid. And especially because in front was another predator like Joel Embiid who usually takes advantage of the games against the big stars to reclaim his throne. The cameruns went to 32 points and 9 rebounds, but did not achieve the victory for his team, as did KD.
Already in the month of December, the debate on the race for the MVP is strongly rekindled. By now, Durant is one of the strongest candidates since the season began. His sublime performance and first place in the East of the Nets give him an absolute favoritism, and only a superlative Stephen Curry, at the level of the MVP he won in 2016, or that extraordinary Giannis Antetokounmpo They are preventing the NBA from giving him the award right now.
Watching Durant is a delight for the amount of records he uses in a game, in one play. Perhaps we are talking about the most decisive player in recent years whose recovery from an injury as serious as Achilles is almost miraculous.
Against the Sixers, Durant ended up with songs of MVP, MVP! and the player wanted to return so much affection to the public at the end: “There’s nothing like gambling in Brooklyn. They show great love and appreciate the best basketball. We will continue to fight for them. “
Results of the day
- Pacers 122-113 Pistons
- Nets 114-105 76ers
- Rockets 103-116 Knicks
- Suns 118-98 Wizards
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When the ballots of candidates for the title are distributed, the Suns they usually get few, very few. They began with those doubts that many took advantage of to think that the team had reached the ceiling with a final and only a hard fall awaited them. But not. The regular season The Arizonans are being so fabulous that they are the best team in the League even with the Warriors.
After winning the Washington Wizards by a wide 118-98, the Suns lead the West with the same balance of Golden State, 23-5. Since last October 27 they have won 22 of the 24 games they have played, including the best streak in the League, 18 wins in a row. And they are a choral ensemble, something that usually gives many guarantees. Against the Wizards, no player from Phoenix reached 20 points, but eight of them reached or exceeded 10, including the five starters. It would be very good if the top candidates take these Suns very seriously, who are looking to repeat their experience in the final.
You don’t have to score 35 points to be the best on the NBA day. Sometimes a player who achieves only 15 can be on the top list if, as is the case with Miles McBride, you sign a statistical line without losses.
Because it is very unusual to end a game with 15 points, 9 assists and 4 steals in 36 minutes coming off the bench and not having lost a single ball. McBride was the best in terms of complete performance in the victory of the Knicks before the Rockets, 103-116, a crash in which Usman Garuba barely had two minutes of action.
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