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WARRIORS 125 – BUCKS 116

In a date between the last two NBA champions, the Warriors triumphed in overtime driven by Steph Curry’s 36 points and six triples, in a duel in which the Bucks could not count on the Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Warriors came back strong at home after suffering three straight losses and Curry decided with 22 of his 36 points between the fourth quarter (13) and overtime (9).

GRIZZLIES 112 – MAVERICKS 108

Without Luka Doncic, out due to a muscular problem in his left thigh, or Kyrie Irving, absent due to discomfort in his right foot, the Mavericks crashed in Memphis before 25 points from Desmond Bane and 24 from David Roddy coming off the bench. The Grizzlies extended their brilliant home record to 27-8 in their fourth game without Ja Morant, suspended after posting a video at a nightclub last week in which he was seen with a gun in one hand.

SUNS 119 – KINGS 128

Monumental triumph of the Kings in the field of the Suns, orphans of Kevin Durant, in an appointment between the third and fourth of the West, respectively. Seven Kings players finished in double figures, led by Harrison Barnes’ 19. The Californians’ bench also made a difference, contributing 65 points to the 34 for the Suns.

HAWKS 125 – CELTICS 134

Jayson Tatum signed a double double of 34 points and fifteen rebounds and Jaylen Brown contributed 24 points in the victory of the Celtics, second in the East, in the field of the Hawks. It was the second consecutive victory for Joe Mazzulla’s team, against some Hawks that were not enough for Trae Young’s 35 points.

CLIPPERS 106 – KNICKS 95

Russell Westbrook surpassed Isiah Thomas and reached the ninth position in the table of players with the most assists in the NBA, reaching, with his three against the Knicks, 9,062 in his career. The Clippers’ victory was led by Kawhi Leonard’s 38 points against some Knicks who suffered their third consecutive loss, despite Julius Randle’s 26 points, in a new game without Jalen Brunson due to a foot problem.

MAGIC 126 – HEAT 114

The Heat lost the opportunity to get closer to the sixth place of the Knicks when they fell in Orlando in overtime, after forcing the extra time with a spectacular triple on the buzzer by Jimmy Butler (38 points). Wendell Carter scored seven of his 27 points, with eleven rebounds, in an overtime dominated by the Magic (18-6).

HORNETS 111 – JAZZ 119

Talen Horton Tucker signed 37 points, eight rebounds and ten assists to lead the triumph of the Jazz, eleventh in the West (33-35), in the field of the Hornets, orphans of LaMelo Ball. For the Jazz, center Walker Kessler contributed a double double of 17 points and 16 rebounds and Finn Lauri Markkanen contributed a double double of thirteen points and thirteen rebounds.

PISTONS 115 – PACERS 121

The Pacers extended the losing streak of the Pistons, bottom team in the East, to eleven, with six players in double figures, led by Jalen Smith’s twenty points and nine rebounds coming off the bench. The Dominican Chris Duarte contributed six points and six rebounds for the Pacers, eleventh, who are fighting for a place in the ‘play-in’.

ROCKETS 111 – BULLS 119

A 32-16 run in the fourth period allowed the Bulls, with 36 points from Zach LaVine, to come back and win at the Rockets’ field to tie the Washington Wizards in the table, tenth. Billy Donovan’s team celebrated its second win in a row, after the beating inflicted on the Denver Nuggets, and is just one win away, and one game less, from the Toronto Raptors, ninth.

PELICANS 96 – THUNDER 110

Shai Gilgeous Alexander scored 35 points, without attempting triples, and led a momentous victory for the Thunder over the Pelicans, which allowed Oklahoma City to reach New Orleans in eleventh place (32-35). The Spanish Willy Hernangómez had no minutes.

76ERS 120 – TRAIL BLAZERS 119

Joel Embiid capped his 39-point night with the decisive basket with 1.5 seconds remaining to give the 76ers their fourth straight victory after a game in which they came back from 21 points behind.

James Harden contributed 19 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, while for the Blazers, Anfernee Simons contributed 34 points, without a prize.

LAKERS 122 – RAPTORS 112

The Lakers’ bench contributed 61 points to the Raptors’ twelve and the Angelenos sealed a great victory to place ninth alone in the West (33-34) with their third consecutive victory.

Darvin Ham’s team is just one win away from the sixth place of the Dallas Mavericks, which gives direct access to the ‘playoffs’.

On a night in which Anthony Davis did not exceed eight points, D’Angelo Russell had 28 points, with five 3-pointers, in his return after six games out due to injury. Dennis Schroder had 23 and Austin Reaves had 18 coming off the bench.

HEAT 119 – CAVALIERS 115

Jimmy Butler led with 33 points, twelve of them in the fourth quarter, the Heat’s home win against the Cavaliers, and thwarted Donovan Mitchell’s 42-point night.

Erick Spoelstra’s team relaunched its ambitions to fight the Brooklyn Nets for sixth place in the East.

The Spanish Ricky Rubio completed a great game with eight points, eight assists and three rebounds. He made up for the notable loss of Darius Garland, affected by a contusion in the quadriceps.

SPURS 128 – NUGGETS 120

The Nuggets lost for the first time this year when Jokic signed a triple double, after adding 25 consecutive victories. The Serb contributed 37 points, eleven rebounds and eleven assists, but his team suffered its second consecutive setback after the surprising beating received by the Bulls.

The Spurs, penultimate in the West, could count on 23 points from Keldon Johnson and twenty from Doug McDermott, with four of four on triples.

WIZARDS 107 – HAWKS 114

The Hawks sealed their second victory in two days at the Wizards field, boosted by Trae Young’s 28 points, and reinforced their eighth place in the East (34-33).

The Wizards, despite Bradley Beal’s 27 points, are tenth and lost their advantage over the Chicago Bulls, who can catch up with them in the table with a victory this Saturday at the Houston Rockets, bottom of the West.

TIMBERWOLVES 123 – NETS 124

Mikal Bridges and Spencer Dinwiddie scored 63 points, 34 the first and 29 the second, and the Nets signed a great victory in overtime against the Timberwolves.

The Nets left behind the defeat suffered against the Milwaukee Bucks and strengthened their sixth position, which gives direct access to the ‘playoffs’.

Fourth loss in five games for Boston

Grant Williams staggeringly missed two free throws in the last second of the fourth quarter and the Celtics went into overtime against the Cavaliers, who capped their comeback thanks to Donovan Mitchell (40 points and 11 rebounds). Jaylen Brown (32 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists) was the best of the Celtics who had lost on Sunday against the New York Knicks in two overtimes and who on Monday played without Jayson Tatum and the Dominican Al Horford.

Denver remains intractable in the West

With four straight victories and eight in their last nine games, the Nuggets consolidate their leadership in the West day by day and this Monday their victim was the Raptors who made things very difficult for them but who gave up in the outcome (35-25 in the last room). Nikola Jokic touched a new triple-double for Denver (17 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists) and Fred VanVleet (21 points and 14 assists) was the top scorer for the Canadians.

Embiid-Harden couple scoring festival

With an extraordinary duo formed by Joel Embiid (42 points) and James Harden (14 points, 9 rebounds and 20 assists), the Sixers scored their seventh win in the last ten games by defeating the Pacers in a game of voracious attacks and invisible defenses. Tyrese Haliburton (40 points and 16 assists) gave the reply in Indiana and the Dominican Chris Duarte had 4 points, a rebound and 3 assists.

Rest of the day

Domantas Sabonis, with a triple-double (19 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists), led these imposing Kings in the West -and who are already putting pressure on the Grizzlies for second place in the conference- in the victory against the Pelicans for whom the season is getting very long and also the absence due to injury of Zion Williamson. Brandon Ingram (24 points and 7 assists) was the best of some Pelicans who have only won one game in their last seven games and in which the Spanish Willy Hernangómez had no place against Sacramento.

The Heat played with fire but in the end they didn’t get burned and took the game ahead against the Hawks thanks to Jimmy Butler two spans from the triple-double (26 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists). Trae Young’s Hawks (25 points and 7 assists) were left without a prize despite the remarkable collective effort in Miami (seven of his nine players exceeded 10 points).

Hand in hand with a triple-double by Damian Lillard (31 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists), the Blazers signed the eighth consecutive defeat of some Pistons who remain bottom in the East and who reached the dubious honor of being the first team in the East. year to reach 50 games lost. Isaiah Livers (17 points) was Detroit’s most productive.