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Damian Lillard misses himself in the money time, the Nuggets at the end of the suspense, Luka Doncic impressive

  • Los Angeles Clippers 122 Portland TrailBlazers 117

Here is one that will hurt the Blazers … Launched in an operation playoffs, the men of Terry Stotts bowed against Clippers who were deprived of Patrick Beverley, Montrezl Harrell and Kawhi Leonard. And they had the game in hand for a good chunk of the 48 minutes. Damian Lillard was not in it, especially from afar (22 points 2/10 from afar), but other players were able to level up: Gary Trent Jr (22 points), CJ McCollum (29 points), Carmelo Anthony (21 points and 7 rebounds) or Jusuf Nurkic, at the edge of triple double (10, 13 and 9). Suddenly, three minutes from the end, a free throw from the same Nurkic allowed them to post a 5 point lead. Paul George on the bench (21 points), we said to ourselves that the Clippers did not really want to win this match, and that the victory was not going to escape the Blazers. Except that the Los Angeles players will come back equal with a three-point Patrick Patterson one minute from the end. Lillard finally asserts its status with a layup to regain the advantage, but Rodney McGruder (7 points tonight) answers him in the crowd, 3 points, to take a point ahead of 27 seconds of the siren. The rest will be a long nightmare for Lillard, who will miss two free throws, then a three points while the Clippers finish, them, the job on the repair line.

  • Utah Jazz 132 Denver Nuggets 134 after two overtime

It was the thriller of the day, and once again it was the team that led most of the game, the Nuggets, who won. In the wake of a Jordan Clarkson great evenings (19 points), the Jazz starts the game better and has up to 18 decks in advance in the first period. Rudy Gobert (22 points and 13 rebounds last night), contains well Nikola Jokic, which only scores two points in the first 24 minutes. Only the Joker will wake up in the third quarter (14 points over the period), and in its wake it is all the Nuggets who are hurting the defense of Jazz. Michael Porter Jr (23 points and 11 rebounds) impresses again, and Jamal Murray, back for his first game since March 11, also does a good job, despite the fatigue, clearly visible in his game. The leader was to play the original only 22 minutes, but his 23 points, 12 rebounds and 8 decisive passes have helped his team and his coach Mike Malone decided to play it for 39 minutes in total. And it took at least a to make up for the big game of a Donovan Mitchell on a mission. The back has a Russian one layup to equalize 0.9 seconds from the end of regular time, leading both teams into overtime. He was then 22 points, and still had some under the hood. unlike Murray, who let Jokic take the lead in first overtime. The pivot scored ten points in five minutes. Including a very important basket: Mitchell (again him) had just registered his eighth point of the period thanks to a jumper. There are then 3.4 seconds to play. The throw-in is played, the clock does not start, but Jokic will still score under the basket. After reflection, the referees believe that the Serb has scored in the allotted time, and sends the two teams into a second overtime. Mitchell will still do everything to win, scoring five points, including a three to come back two small units 4.2 seconds from the end. Murray misses his two shots, and the back has a chance to win the game three points, but his shot misses its mark.

  • Los Angeles Lakers 111 Indiana Pacers 116

TJ Warren is definitely untenable in the bubble … The Pacers winger made another work last night to allow his Pacers, still deprived of the All-Star Domantas Sabonis, to win against the Lakers. And he didn’t need a warm-up lap, since he put on the pearls in the first quarter, to finish with 18 points. The Pacers took the opportunity to take the lead (34 24), but they suffered the wrath of LeBron James (31 points, 8 rebounds and 7 decisive assists) in the second quarter and were five points behind at halftime. The rest of the meeting is fairly balanced, the two men surrender one after the other, supported by Victor Oladipo (22, 7 5) and Malcolm Brogdon (24, 5 and 6) in the case of Warren, and Dwight Howard (10 points and 12 rebounds), Kkyle Kuzma (11 and 5), Quinn Cook (21 points) and the rookie Talen Horton-Tucker for James. Unfortunately for the Lakers, the very badAnthony Davis (8, 8 and 4 3/14) will hurt them a lot, and they will be too short.

  • Phoenix Suns 119 Miami Heat 112

The Suns continued to impress in the bubble, and clinched a fifth straight win over a heat deprived of Jimmy Butler, Goran Dragic and Kendrick Nunn, but who nevertheless fought very well. It must be said that the men ofErik Spoelstra had a fairly simple game plan: take two out of Devin Booker as soon as possible and force them role players of the Suns take their responsibilities. went rather well at first, thanks in particular to the bad match of Deandre Ayton (author of 18 points and 12 rebounds, but with minimal impact). Like on the other side of the field Tyler Herro dazzled everyone thanks to an unsuspected versatility (25 points 10/16, 8 rebounds and 10 assists), that Duncan Robinson (25 points) put their shots, and the duo Bam adebayo (18, 7 and 9) /Jae Crowder (17 points) controlled the racquet well, the Heat leading the race for three quarters. And this despite the big game of Booker (35 points). But his assaults, coupled with those of Jevon Carter (20 points) ended up bending the Heat, who dropped in the last quarter. They came back three points after three throws from Duncan Robinson with only a few seconds remaining, but an illegal block from Adebayo 11 seconds to go sealed their fate.

  • Milwaukee Bucks 132 Dallas Mavericks 136 aprs prolongation

The Mavericks won against the Bucks in this last game of the night. During the whole meeting, the two teams changed big runs, without one of them being able to gain the advantage. Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kris Middleton (21, 6 and 11) rather discreet at the start of the game, it is Brook Lopez which has done a big job in regulatory time. The inside finished with 34 points and 7 rebounds, 12/27 on shots. A good performance, unfortunately compensated by this tap misses at the very end of the last quarter time on a failure three points of Geroge Hill, which could have sealed the victory of his team. He also had trouble defending on Kristaps Porzingis (26 points and 11 rebounds), and Dorian Finney-Smith (27, 11 and 5) also hurt in the racket. Moreover, when the Latvian came out for six fouls 1min 20 from the end, and the Mavericks were only 4 points ahead, it did not necessarily feel good for the Texans. But Luka Doncic, dazzling today with 36 points, 14 rebounds and 19 (!!) decisive assists for only 2 losses of ball did not fail to drive home the point. He managed the entire overtime perfectly by distributing the game, while Giannis Antetokounmpo took matters into his own hands to finish with 34 points and 13 rebounds. Not enough to win against the Slovne so, who did you meet with a floater to take a five-point lead 11 seconds from the end.

L.A 122 Portland 117

Utah 132 Denver 134 – PR

L.A Lakers 111 Indiana 116

Phoenix 119 Miami 112

Milwaukee 132 Dallas 136 – PR

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