Basketball – NBA – Joel Embiid (Philadelphia) still on cloud nine

Another author of a new maousse performance (38 points), Joel Embiid propelled Philadelphia to victory Sunday at San Antonio (115-109). Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic also showed off. San Antonio Spurs – Philadelphia Sixers: 109-115 The list is impressive: looking at Sixers results, the name of Joel Embiid appears each time as the top scorer of his team for a little over a month, or 17 matches in a row. Among them, only two outings emerge at less than 30 points (once 25 and once 23). The Cameroonian was again huge on Sunday (38 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists) and, icing on the cake, he scored the two shots that sealed the victory of “Philly” 15 seconds from the end despite a decimated outside sector by injuries (Curry, Green, Milton and Thybulle).

read also Miami takes the lead in the East Toronto Raptors – Portland TrailBlazers: 105-114 The TrailBlazers don’t like to move. Only the Pacers and Pistons have won less than them this season away. Hence the importance of the success obtained in Canada, which is moreover at the end of a match dominated from the start (7-0 after two minutes) to the end. In the absence of Damian Lillard and Norman Powell, the mark was distributed (four Blazers between 17 and 19 points) with a particular mention for Anfernee Simmons, author of two key award-winning baskets in the money time.

read also Rudy Gobert injured against Golden State Dallas Mavericks-Memphis Grizzlies: 104-91 The Grizzlies are struggling against Dallas’ good defense this season. Sunday, they lost for the third time in a row against the Mavs after a meeting where the Texans took the lead in the middle of the first quarter and then did not let go. Luka Doncic conceded having “a little stiff neck” after a heavy fall on Friday against Phoenix but that did not prevent the Slovenian from scoring 23 of his 37 points in the second half.

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read also Evan Fournier and the Knicks revive Denver Nuggets – Detroit Pistons : 117-111 After Jayson Tatum, Joel Embiid and Luka Doncic, another standout individual performance came on Sunday, this time at the Pepsi Center in Denver, with Nikola Jokic’s 34 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists as the Nuggets clinched the he result of a meeting where Detroit, which was led by 16 points at the start of the last quarter, almost succeeded in a hold-up. This was marked by the debut of DeMarcus Cousins ​​in the Denver jersey (2 points).

read also The results of the night Charlotte Hornets – Atlanta Hawks: 91-113 When a team misses its first 19 three-point shots, it has little chance of winning. This is what happened to Charlotte, deprived of Gordon Hayward (foot) and corrected at home by Atlanta after a match where LaMelo Ball and Terry Rozier combined a 0/14 behind the arc. It’s simple: Trae Young made twice as many winning baskets (8/15) as all the Hornets combined (4/36).

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