Jazz and Suns Regain Winning Path; the Nuggets and the Trail Blazers keep it

Houston (USA), March 20 (EFE) .- The Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns recovered from the surprise losses they had suffered in their respective previous games and returned to the winning path, while the Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers they kept it.
Something that the Brooklyn Nets could not do, despite having two of their “Big 3” with them, while the Houston Rockets lived the worst day in their history in terms of consecutive losing streak, after suffering the nineteenth consecutive .
Guard Donovan Mitchell contributed 31 points as the best scorer for the Jazz, who beat the Toronto Raptors 112-115 on the road, who lost the seventh straight game.
Utah avoided losing on consecutive nights for the first time since Jan. 5-6.
Mitchell scored eight of his 31 points in the last minute and a half that ensured the victory of the Jazz (30-11), who now have two advantage over the Los Angeles Lakers (28-13), seconds, and rested.
Point guard Chris Paul had 20 points and nine assists with which he helped the Suns regain their status as a winning team against the league’s worst Minnesota Timberwolves by beating them 113-101 and taking revenge for their surprise loss. given in the previous match that both teams had played.
The Suns, who have won 16 of their last 20 games, put their mark at 27-13, half a game behind the Lakers, who are leaders in the Pacific Division.
Serbian center Nikola Jokic (34 points, 15 rebounds and 9 assists) and Canadian point guard Jamal Murray (34 points) were the key players who led the Nuggets to victory, in overtime, 131-127 over the Bulls, and They achieved the third in a row, eighth in the last nine games played, and the thirteenth in home games against the Chicago team.
Guard CJ McCollum began to demonstrate his franchise status with the Trail Blazers and on his return after recovering from a foot injury he scored 32 points and led his team to a 125-119 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.
McCollum scored 32 points, including seven triples, and scored the deciding points in the final stretch of the game that made the difference in favor of the Trail Blazers, who confirmed that they also play great basketball as a team.
The point guard Damian Lillard had 31 points and the veteran power forward of Puerto Rican origin Carmelo Anthony, who came out of reserve, added 18 points as the third highest scorer of the Portland team (25-16), second in the Northwest Division, tied with the Nuggets, and fifth in the Western Conference.
Slovenian point guard Luka Doncic, in his line of doing it all on the field, accumulated statistics with 38 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, but his team took the defeat and dropped the mark to 21-19, the eighth best in the Conference West, but only and tenth of the Golden State Warriors (22-20), who without their star, Stephen Curry, beat the Memphis Grizzlies 103-116 at home.
While young forward Keldon Johnson had a double-double of 23 points and 21 rebounds, his best mark as a professional, and he became the figure that led the San Antonio Spurs to the 110-116 victory over the Cavaliers on their visit. to Cleveland.
San Antonio won its third consecutive game to climb six wins, the season-high, above 50 percent and consolidate leaders in the Southwest Division with a 22-16 record, two and a half games ahead of the Mavericks.
Those who lost the opportunity to stay alone in the leadership of the Atlantic Division were the Nets when they fell 121-113 defeated against the Orlando Magic, who broke a streak of nine straight games without knowing the victory.
Although point guard Kyrie Irving scored 43 points, his best mark so far this season, the Nets (28-14) fell to second place in the Atlantic Division standings, where the Philadelphia Sixers (28-13), who rested, are once again the solo leaders.
Point guard Malcolm Brogdon added 27 points as the leading scorer for the Indiana Pacers, who beat the Miami Heat 110-116 on the road and generated the second upset of the day.
Pivot Bam Adebayo achieved 20 points as the best scorer of the Miami team, but they were not enough to avoid the second consecutive defeat after having five wins in a row, although they are still leaders in the Southeast Division (22-20) .
The guard-guard Frank Jackson had 23 points – the best mark of the season – and helped the Detroit Pistons beat the Rockets on the road 100-113, who reached 19 consecutive losses, the worst streak in team history Texan.
Point guard De’Aaron Fox scored 29 points as the leader of the Sacramento Kings, who beat the undervalued Boston Celtics 96-107 on the road, who suffered the third loss in a row.

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