The favorites of the Eastern Conference do not disappoint and the NBA is still red hot.
This Friday night and Saturday morning, a new NBA day left great meetings where the favorite teams from the Eastern Conference showed their cards. Milwaukee Bucks added his tenth win in a row against the Los Angeles Clippers, Boston Celtics prevailed against Charlotte Hornets to continue in the lead and Miami Heat victory over the horn in Houston Rockets by the hand of the savior Jimmy Butler.
CLIPPERS 106 – BUCKS 119
Just one day after knocking out the Los Angeles Lakers, the tenth consecutive victory for these fantastic Bucks came against the Clippers, with a Giannis Antetokounmpo outstanding (as usual) who took advantage of the loss of Kawhi Leonard.
The Greek (35 points, eight rebounds and six assists) was once again the best in the Milwaukee cast, while the top scorer for the Angelenos was the youngster Brandon Boston Jr. (20 points).
This way, Those led by Mike Budenholzer continue in second place in the East, very close to the Celtics, and show their badge as a candidate. Giannis wants another ring.
CELTICS 127 – HORNETS 116
The Celtics knew how to make up for the loss of Jaylen Brown (broken jaw) and, with Jayson Tatum y Derrick White notables, they were positioned as the first team of the season to reach 40 winsafter easily beating the Hornets and continuing on top of the East.
Tatum, in the race for the MVP of the regular phase, scored 41 points. For his part, White enrolled with 33.
For his part, the skilful point guard of the team chaired by Michael Jordan, LaMelo Ballwas the best in Charlotte and was close to a triple-double (24 points, nine rebounds and ten assists).
HEAT 97 – ROCKETS 95
Un ‘alley-oop’ in the last hundredths of a second of Jimmy Butler saved a very discreet game by the Heat, who had in Tyler Herro his best man (31 points, nine rebounds and eight assists) against some young Rockets who have a great future, but little present (bottom of the West).
The game was tied 95-95 and when everyone thought we would see overtime at the Miami Dade Arena, Gabe Vincent he masterfully assisted Butler while the clock was stopped and left Houston’s inexperienced defense undaunted.
😤 ¡JIMMY BUTLER!
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Jabari Smith Jr. (22 points and eight rebounds) was the best in the South box.