Aaron Gordon signed a dunk this Sunday for Christmas Days history in the NBA in the Denver Nuggets’ victory against the Phoenix Suns, in a program in which Slovenian Luka Doncic, dominant against the Los Angeles Lakers, Jayson Tatum, with 41 points against the Milwaukee Bucks, and Cameroonian Joel Embiid, with 35 points against the Knicks, gave spectacular performances.
Nuggets 128, Suns 125
Serbian Nikola Jokic scored a triple-double of 41 points, fifteen rebounds and fifteen assists and Gordon contributed 28 points and thirteen rebounds, with a spectacular dunk against Landry Shamet that proved decisive for the Nuggets victory in overtime against the Suns.
Jokic made the 83rd triple-double of his career and his Nuggets reached the only lead in the West (21-11) at the expense of a few suns in which Shamet signed 31 points, with seven triples, without a prize.
Devin Booker retired after just four minutes (two points) on the track with a relapse from his pubic injury and set off alarm bells for the Suns.
Celtics 139, $118
The Celtics took the field in a duel between the two franchises considered favorites to play in the finals of the Eastern Conference in the next ‘playoffs’.
Jayson Tatum had 41 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals, while Jaylen Brown had 29 points, five rebounds and four assists. Dominican Al Horford contributed 11 points and four rebounds.
For the Bucks, Antetokounmpo had 27 points with nine rebounds and three assists, while Jrue Holiday had 23 points with six rebounds and seven assists.
Warriors 123, Grizzlies 109
The Golden State Warriors showed their faces and, after the two humiliations suffered against the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets, beat the Memphis Grizzlies at home thanks to Jordan Poole’s 32 points, in a night marked by five technical fouls and the champions were called NBA.
Thompson contributed 24 points and Draymond Green, also accused of technique, stood out with a double-double of thirteen rebounds and thirteen assists, to which he added three points, the result of a triple.
It’s a two-sided season for the Warriors, the worst road team in the NBA (3-16) and the best at home (16-2), tied with the Grizzlies.
Spaniard Santi Aldama contributed nine points, two rebounds, two assists and one shooting in 20.43 minutes on the track with Memphis.
