Los Angeles Lakers (17:28) – Philadelphia (13:32) 109: 101
The champion failed to stop the losing streak and without the injured LeBron James and Anthony Davis, came down undefeated from the floor for the fourth time. The Sixers, for their part, continued galloping and completed a 10-game victory in 11 games to establish their position at the top of the East. Frank Fogel can at least be pleased with the character his players displayed in the absence of the two stars when after a shocking third quarter in which they surrendered 35:17 and fell behind 18, they provided a big last quarter and stretched the visitors to the end, with the difference already reduced to 4 points in the closing minutes. Despite this, the others maintained the advantage, mainly thanks to Danny Green’s 28 points at the expense of the ex, while on the other side 25 of Kyle Kozma were of no use to the locals.
San Antonio (20:22) – Los Angeles Clippers (16:30) 98:85
An impressive defensive display by the team from City of Angels, which completed a fourth straight win and remained close to the Utah Jazz at the Western Summit. The Tyrone Lou players, who were informed a few hours before the game of Rajon Rondo joining the trade at the expense of Lou Williams, were still halfway behind after a weak second quarter, but came back aggressive from the locker room and after keeping the Spurs on just 13 points in the third quarter, The bowl. The visitors conceded just 20 points in the crucial 24 minutes, with a defense that gave them a calm finish and a double-digit victory, even on a solid offensive evening, in a game in which Kwai Leonard was rested.
Reggie Jackson led the scoring list with 28 points, Paul George stood out with 24 points and 13 rebounds. Damar Drusen was the only one to function on offense for Greg Popovich, but his 23 points were short of saving the host.
Miami (23:22) – Portland (18:26) 125: 122
Tonight’s close game took place on the floor in Florida and as befits a close game, Damien Lillard was there to provide a dramatic decision for the Trailblazers, who came back to win after two losses. We will jump straight to the closing moments. 32 seconds to the last buzzer if Edbaio raised the hit to 119: 120, but Derrick Jones Jr. returned with a dunk and a foul and went 120: 122. Adbaio went to the line on the other side and forced a tie with 10 seconds left, then came “Time Time”. A single second to the finish and before going into overtime, Lillard squeezed an offside pack from Tabor and went 3 times to the line, how did it end? Of course with 3 points that closed the story and gave the guest an important away win.
Lillard settled for 22 points this time, while CJ McCollum led the Trailblazers with 35 points of his own. On the other hand, Eric Spolstra did not have enough 29 points from Tyler Hiro and a similar number from Adbaio, who also added 9 rebounds and no less than 5 blocks.
Sacramento (25:20) – Golden State (23:22) 119: 141
A third straight loss to the Warriors, who after another weak display on defense, continued to get entangled in the battle for the playoffs in the West and are currently in 10th place leading to the play-offs. On the other hand, the Kings narrowed the gap from the opponent to 3 games, after completing a fifth victory in six games. After a close first quarter, the Purples ran to 24:37 in the second quarter and went down to the break with a double-digit advantage (61:72), which only grew in the face of the visitors’ lack of defense in the second half. In fact, in each quarter the Kings scored at least 34 points. D’Arone Fox fired with 44 points for the winner, Andrew Wiggins led the visitors with 26 points in the absence of Steph Kerry.