Irving’s Return to Brooklyn Silences Former Crowd as Mavericks Secure Victory

A year after his transfer to Dallas, Irving (36 points) worthily celebrated his return to Brooklyn, helped by Luka Doncic (35 pts). A little heckled by his former crowd, Irving silenced them with an alley-oop at the start of the third quarter.

The Mavericks have just had two victories and are improving in the Western Conference standings (8th, 28-23). The Nets, on the contrary, are in difficulty in the East (11th, 20-30).

Dallas’ next opponent, New York dominated the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night, but perhaps lost Jalen Brunson: author of 27 points, he then injured his ankle on a foul in the last quarter. Against Memphis, the Knicks relied in particular on the performance of Donte DiVincenzo (32 pts), not without giving themselves a scare by letting the Grizzlies come back to four points.

Surprise in Chicago where the Bulls, 9th in the East, got the better of Minnesota, thanks in particular to the performance of the duo DeMar DeRozan and Coby White, 33 points each. Anthony Edwards (38 pts) tried to respond but Minnesota faltered in the second half, squandering a 20-point lead before losing in overtime (129-124).

With this defeat, the Wolves cede the throne of the Western Conference to the Los Angeles Clippers and are now tied with Oklahoma City, beaten in Utah, and Denver.

In the other matches of the evening, Indiana beat Houston (132-129), Miami pushed back Orlando (121-95) and Phoenix won against Milwaukee (114-106).

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2024-02-07 08:05:00
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