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Miami was hot, Denver as boss, the Lakers quiet

  • miami 113 – 101 golden state

The Miami Heat stayed on three consecutive defeats before moving on the floor of the Golden State Warriors. Beaten the night goes by the Portland Blazers, teammates Jimmy Butler, back in the group after two games missed due to a painful shoulder, played with fire. Indeed, after dominating the head and shoulders the first two quarters, the playersErik Spoelstra, who were up to 25 points ahead, let their opponents come back in the third quarter. After having let the storm pass, Miami applied itself at the end of the match to seek a new success and consolidate its fourth place in the East. Jae Crowder, fresh out of Memphis, was particularly productive with his 21 points and 8 rebounds in addition to his defensive performance. Jimmy Butler finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds while Bam adebayo is not far from the triple-double with its 13 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists. Finally Duncan Robinson was, as usual, the silent assassin. The number 55 finished with 17 points 5/13 three points and especially returned from extremely important shots when his team needed it. This movement of the Heat on the Warriors floor was also an opportunity to Andre Iguodala to make his comeback in a city with which he was champion three times. The former Warriors player was entitled to his tribute clip before the start of the game and even a short speech by Klay Thompson. Iguodala took the time to greet all the members of the Warriors organization and only had sweet words for his old franchise when speaking to an audience delighted to review his MVP of the Finals.

Ct Warriors, the evening was therefore marred by defeat but we will especially remember the good match of Marquese Chriss. Author of 17 points, 9 rebounds and 2 interceptions, the Golden State power forward was the starting point for the Warriors’ rebellion in the third quarter. At its side, Andrew Wiggins, who experienced delayed ignition, finished with 18 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists. Damion Lee finishes him best scorer of his team with his 26 points 5/7 three points.

  • san antonio 120 – 127 denver

Another defeat for San Antonio, this time on the floor of the Denver Nuggets. This is the fifth consecutive setback for men of Gregg Popovich and as much to say that this one clearly makes task. Indeed, LaMarcus Aldridge and his teammates had up to 23 points ahead of half the third quarter before completely collapsing. Result, Nikola Jokic and his gang seized the opportunity and finally won by 7 points. The Serbian pivot ends close to the triple-double: 19 points, 8 rebounds and 13 assists. He was well helped by the 26 points of Jamal Murray or the 22 points of Paul Millsap leaving the bench. The players of Mike Malone have once again been able to show character to reverse a complicated situation but be careful that this does not become a habit because against teams stronger than the Spurs, it may not go away. No matter at the moment, Denver is second in the Western Conference wrestling with the Clippers. However on the side of Spurs, nothing is going well. The 33 points of Aldridge are useless and without DeMar DeRozan, the Spurs have sunk into the money time. This fifth straight loss means that San Antonio is now five wins from eighth place in the West and given the pace of the teams above, it will be very difficult to qualify for a new playoff campaign.

  • phoenix 100 – 125 l.a lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers continue to prance at the top of the Western Conference. LeBron James & co hosted the Phoenix Suns and it only took one quarter for players to Frank Vogel don’t take the measure of their opponents. Behind, the Lakers have quietly managed their lead and despite a small alert on the return from the locker room, the Angelinos end up winning 25 points after a long garbage time. Anthony Davis finished top scorer in this Lakers formation with 25 points and 10 rebounds. He is closely followed by … Rondo region ! The former Celtics player ends the game with 23 points 9/13 for shots. At the end of the bench Dwight Howard pulls out a big double-double: 14 points and 15 rebounds while Kentavious Caldwell-Pope plant 13 points. For his part LeBron James was rather awkward with a 6/16 on shots but he ended up close to triple-double: 17 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists. For the Suns, the scoring is pretty well distributed with 18 points for Mikal Bridges, 15 points for Cheick Diallo, 13 points for Ricky Rubio. What did the Suns miss to make the Lakers worse? Without a doubt a great Devin Booker. The Arizona team franchise player ends with just 10 points … 2 out of 11 on penalties. With this defeat, the 33rd of the season, the Suns occupy the thirteenth place of the Western Conference and are gently saying goodbye to the playoffs too.

Charlotte 87 Detroit 76

Brooklyn 106 Indiana 105

Atlanta 126 Orlando 135

Minnesota 126 Toronto 137

Sacramento 111 Milwaukee 123

Utah 123 Dallas 119

San Antonio 120 Denver 127

Miami 113 G.S 101

Phoenix 100 L.A Lakers 125

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