Warriors, Suns and Bulls continue their festival

• GOLDEN STATE ALWAYS ON THE TRNE

We thought the Warriors were dependent on Stephen Curry. We were wrong. Yesterday evening, the leader experienced an unusual clumsiness (12 pts 2/10 shooting), but his team will never have been worried by the Raptors. Why? Quite simply thanks to the 65 cumulative points of the duo Andrew Wiggins – Jordan Poole. Clearly, we no longer recognize the former Timberwolves, who made his second game over thirty points of the season, but he and Poole knew how to take their responsibilities and carry the team while their leader was absent, something that we do not know. had not seen the previous season. Poole’s explosion was relatively expected, given his end of last season, but adds an additional weapon to a team already at the top.

The pace of the Warriors is frightening, with just two games lost and without several important players (Thompson, Iguodala, Wiseman…). The Bay Guys hit hard from the start last night, winning the first quarter 36-24. Toronto chased after the score the entire game without ever threatening its opponent, including a horrendous 55% success on the throws. 15th success of the season for the Warriors, who will see their schedule become more complicated in the next games, with in particular a double confrontation against the Suns extremely promising in ten days.

• INCREDIBLE PHOENIX AND CHICAGO OF RGULARIT

It was a 12th straight win for the Suns, their best series since 2010. It was one of the easiest to get, however, against the decisive Nuggets, without Jokic, Murray and Porter Jr. Clearly, the Arizona players made it easy, winning the first quarter 48-28! They spent the rest of the match managing their advantage by rotating their squad (only Mikal Bridges played over 30 minutes), in preparation for their back-to-back San Antonio tonight. Without Jokic, DeAndre Ayton had a clear field in the racket (21 pts 75% shooting), and the whole team did its part, with in particular the 22 points of Cameron Johnson. Denver was quick to surrender, lacking the effective means to wrestle with the hottest team in the league, and is hoping their MVP will recover from his wrist pain quickly.

The Bulls come back to the top of the East conference after a narrow success over the Knicks yet back-to-back. If we wondered at the start of the season who would be the offensive leader of this team, DeMar DeRozan bring the answer night after night. The former Spurs again scored 31 points last night (6th game of the season more than 30 pts), and finds in Zach Lavine a perfect lieutenant. Lavine has indeed taken matters into his own hands in the money time, scoring 8 points in the last two minutes while his game has been average so far. Although opposite, we found the Julius Randle last season (34 pts, 10 rebounds), the bankruptcy of New York three points (25.9%) has cost them the victory. This is the 12th victory for Chicago, which will chain three affordable games before a shock at the top against Miami at the end of next week.

• JOB REMAINING FOR THE LOS ANGELES TEAMS

During the match played at the start of the evening, the Clippers had all the sorrows of the world to overcome Mavericks yet still orphans of Luka Doncic. LA led however by 10 points between the last quarter, but trembled until the end. The Clips got over it Paul George, author of 6 points in a row in the money time, to finally defeat Dallas or Kristaps Porzingis confirms his return to form (25 pts, 8 rebounds). But with a horrendous 20% three-point hit, the Mavs suffered from lack of offensive variety in the absence of their Slovenian star. The good presence of Tooth in painting (16 pts, 10 rebounds) and the 23 points of Reggie Jackson will have helped the Clippers to achieve a success that allows them to come back almost up to their opponent. Revenge expected in two days, still LA

The Lakers, them, gained their first success during their road trip East, but the affair was not easy vis-a-vis the Pistons far from presenting itself in expiatory victims. In a match despite the expulsion of LeBron James (his second in career for a nudge on Isaiah Stewart (also expelled), the Angelinos were able to count on a Anthony Davis dominant and on the edge of a “five-by-five” (30 pts, 10 rbds, 6 pds, 5 blk, 4 int), as well as a Russell Westbrook passed close to the triple double (26 pts, 10 pds, 9 rebounds). The Lakers turned the tables in a fourth quarter won 37-17, as they were outnumbered by the Pistons-men by 36 pts. Jerami Grant and the triple double of Cade Cunnningham (13 pts, 12 rebounds, 10 pds). This success is good for the Lakers, whose balance sheet finally returns to balance (9-9).

Only five games but the confirmation that Warriors, Suns and Bulls are launched at full speed and given the level of play displayed, it seems complicated to imagine that these teams will not finish top 3 of their conference at the end of the season. As for the Los Angeles teams, their performance remains suspect, but we know very well that these two teams will not be a gift in the postseason, as long as they are present. Hostilities continued tonight, with 10 games and the Nets moving Cleveland to regain power in the East.

Dallas 91 LA 97

LA Lakers 121 Detroit 116

New York 103 Chicago 109

Denver 97 Phoenix 126

Toronto 104 GS 119

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