The full results of the night in stats and highlights, it’s here!
(find the summaries of the 3 other posters here)
Seasonal record (40 points at 15/25, 9 rebounds, 7 assists) and Wolves’ 141-123 victory in Houston! D’Angelo Russell had 22 points and 10 assists, Jarred Vanderbilt 21 points and 19 rebounds and Anthony Edwards 19 points and 6 assists in this 4th consecutive victory for Minnesota. Aggressive, Towns scored 22 points in the 1st half (75-54 Wolves at the break). The team broke their season scoring record, with 74 points in the paint and 31 on the counterattack. Christian Wood was the Rockets’ leading scorer with 22 points.
Denver got scared but ended up winning 99-95 at OKC tonight, with 22 points and 18 rebounds from Nikola Jokic and an Austin Rivers in season record mode with 22 points. Denver takes revenge after losing 108-94 to the Thunder on December 22. The premises returned to 97-95 at the end of the game while they were down 61-49 at the break, Will Barton came to fault Lu Dort with 12.6 seconds from the end. Dort was nudged in the face over the action but it was not reviewed by the referees and Barton definitely killed the game with 2 shots behind. SGA was held to 8 points at 2/14.
Another big game from Fred VanVleet and yet another victory, the 6th in a row, for the Raptors, 105-101 winners of the Pelicans. The leader scored 32 points (11/27, 4 rebounds, 4 assists), well accompanied by the 29 points and 10 rebounds of Pascal Siakam. Toronto (20-17) is 3 games above 50% winning streak for the first time since its strong start to the season (6-3). For NOLA, led by Jonas Valanciunas (20 points, 17 rebounds) and Brandon Ingram (22 points) it is a 4th defeat in 5 games.
Wire-to-wire win for Anfernee Simons Blazers, 31 points in her team’s 103-88 win against Sacramento. Jusuf Nurkic added 14 points, 16 rebounds and 9 assists and Portland is recovering after 2 losses in a row. On the Kings side, led by Tyrese Haliburton’s 17 points, it is a 7th loss in a row away from home. Simons widened the game’s biggest gap on a 3-point for the +20 (90-70) with 7 minutes remaining, before putting another for the +15 at 4’36 after a 10-2 cashed in by his own.
LA Clippers – Atlanta Hawks 106-93
Toronto Raptors – New Orleans Pelicans 105-101
Orlando Magic – Washington Wizards 100-102
Oklahoma City Thunder – Denver Nuggets 95-99
Houston Rockets – Minnesota Timberwolves 123-141
Portland Trail Blazers – Sacramento Kings 103-88
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