New York is recovering; The Grizzlies clutchs; Dallas goes on; Things go wrong in Denver; 5/5 for Phoenix

The full results of the night in stats and highlights, it’s here!

(find the summaries of the 3 other posters here)

2nd victory in 5 games for the Knicks, led by an excellent Julius Randle, author of 31 points including 8 during a decisive run in the last quarter. Without Joel Embiid (rest / COVID protocol) but with a Drummond at 14 points and 25 rebounds, the Sixers – who remained on 6 wins in a row – are well hung after being up to 19 points behind in the meeting.

After their loss to Washington, the Grizzlies won in overtime against the Wolves, with a Ja Morant at 33 points and a Brandon Clarke at 20 points and 9 rebounds. 16 points behind at 7’30 from the end of the 4th, they managed a 21-4 to come back. Minnesota only landed one shot in 10 and lost 5 balls in the last 5’22 of regulation time, but was saved by a crazy buzzer shot from Karl-Anthony Towns for overtime, dominated 12-5 by Memphis .

Dallas’ side Luka Doncic (25 points), Tim Hardaway Jr. (17 points) and Jalen Brunson (17 points) formed a winning trio despite a sluggish start to the game against the Pelicans. New Orleans led by up to 11 points in the 1st quarter but was quickly caught up at the start of the 2nd quarter, and lost for the 7th consecutive time. Brunson and Hardaway (4/5, 3-pointers) took part in the Mavs 12-0 to start the final quarter, and that put Dallas (3/3) away in scoring, 93-71.

In Denver the evening could have been perfect for Nikola Jokic (25 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists), Will Barton (25 points) & co but the Serbian, jostled by Markieff Morris at the end of the game, violently avenged himself by jostling The Heat winger with the Heat from behind, and the two were ejected. Jimmy Butler was the Heat’s leading scorer, beaten by 17 points, with 31 units.

Finally the Suns won by little in Sacramento, with a season record for Cameron Payne (24 points in 22 minutes) and a changed whistle (offensive foul of Harrison Barnes, author of 26 points) by the referees for go for a 5th victory in a row. Devin Booker finished at 18 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Chris Paul and Mikal Bridges added 16 points each. Phoenix led by up to 21 points at the start of the 4th but the Kings came back strong in the last 5 minutes.

Knicks – Sixers 103-96