In their first duel since the NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors left the Boston Celtics without revenge this Saturday, in which the Brooklyn Nets confirmed their great moment by adding their seventh victory in eight games despite not having their stars against the Indiana Pacers .
WARRIORS 123 – CELTICS 107
klay thompson (34 points) and Stephen Curry (32 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists) combined to defeat a Boston Celtics who arrived at a great moment (8 wins in 10 games) but fell again in San Francisco.
Jaylen Brown (31 points and 9 rebounds) was the best for Boston on a difficult night of Jason Tatum (18 points with 6 of 21 shooting and 7 rebounds).
PACERS 133 – NETS 136
Without Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons By rest, the Brooklyn Nets, with 33 points from Cam Thomas, took a valuable and very creditable victory from Indiana in a direct duel to reinforce their fourth place in the East.
Tyrese Haliburton (35 points and 9 assists) was the best of some Pacers who fought until the end but in which Andrew Nembhard he missed a three-pointer in the closing seconds to have forced overtime.
NUGGETS 115 – JAZZ 110
With the triple-double number 80 of his career (31 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists), Nikola Jokic was the highlight of Denver Nuggets in his close and hard-fought victory against Utah Jazz.
Nickel Alexander-Walker (27 points) led a very worthy Jazz despite his multiple absences (Lauri Markkanen, Jordan Clarkson, Collin Sexton and Mike Conley). The Argentine Leandro Bolmaro played 17 minutes, without points, but with 3 assists and 1 rebound.
BULLS 144 – MAVERICKS 115
Without Luka Doncic for rest, dallas mavericks was beaten during his visit to Chicago before some bulls led by DeMar DeRozan (28 points and 9 rebounds) and who excelled with 63.5% shooting from the field and 55.9% from the perimeter (19 of 34 from triples).
Spencer Dinwiddie he stood out with 27 points and 8 assists in these irregular Mavericks.
BLAZERS 124 – TIMBERWOLVES 118
Damian Lillard (36 points and 8 assists) and Anfernee Simons (31 points) were too much for the Minnesota Timberwolves, very poor in the fight for the rebound (28 to 45).
Anthony Edwards (26 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists) set the pace for the Wolves.
CAVALIERS 110 – THUNDER 102
With some trouble at the end, cleveland cavaliers beat Oklahoma City Thunder with 22 points from Caris LeVert and 21 per head from Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, with 23 points, was one more night the benchmark for the Thunder.
WIZARDS 107 – CLIPPERS 114
A triple by Nicolas Batum with 24 seconds to go was instrumental in the victory of Los Angeles Clippers of a great Paul George (36 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists). John Wall (13 points) lived a special night reuniting with the team in which he became a star.
In some Wizards adrift with six consecutive defeats, Kristaps Porzingis He was the top scorer (35 points and 15 rebounds), but on the last play he made a mistake with a very hasty and forced triple with 18 seconds left on the clock.
HEAT 111 – SPURS 115
Miami Heat continues to offer bad performances and this time he fell to san antonio spurs that, after chaining a horrible streak of eleven defeats in a row, added two consecutive victories.
keldon johnson (21 points and 6 rebounds) commanded the choral game of the Spurs (six players over 10 points) and in the Heat they did not reach 30 points with 11 of 16 shooting Jimmy Butler.
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NBA summary: Boston Celtics could not beat Golden State Warriors and Brooklyn Nets stomps in the East