Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings And Milwaukee Bucks They have won games heading into the final round of the NBA Cup on Saturday New Orleans Pelicans He was the only one who lost in the decisive stage. And Boston Celtics And New York Knicks They rested.
The Los Angeles Lakers (12-9) won in a very exciting match over the Houston Rockets (8-9), led by the great Anthony Davis (27 points and 14 rebounds), and presented his credentials to win the National Basketball Association Cup, in which he will achieve a major victory. It hosts the Suns on Tuesday in the quarterfinals.
Turkish Alperin Singun was the best player for the Rockets, scoring 21 points and grabbing 13 rebounds.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored his first triple-double this season (32 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists) and the thirty-sixth in his career by defeating the Milwaukee Bucks (14-6), who victoriously reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League. NBA Cup, where they will face the New York Knicks this Monday.
For the Atlanta Hawks (9-10), Trae Young was the best with a double-double (32 points and 12 assists).
The Phoenix Suns (12-8) also reach the NBA Cup with a victory after defeating the Memphis Grizzlies (5-14) in a game that remained tied during the first half, but the locals put pressure on its accelerator to start from the third quarter. .
The Suns’ best player was Devin Booker in double figures (34 points and 10 rebounds), while the Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. had his best numbers of the season with 37 points (13 of 21 on field goals, 61.9). %) and 9 follow-ups.
The Sacramento Kings (11-7) is another team that will face the final stage of the Cup with confidence after defeating the current NBA champion Denver Nuggets (14-7), who arrived with four straight wins.
Nikola Jokic achieved his usual double-double with 36 points, 13 rebounds and 14 assists, but the Kings completed a very strong game led by DeAaron Fox, who contributed to a double-double with 26 points and 16 assists.
The Indiana Pacers (10-8) broke a streak of consecutive defeats before the final stage of the NBA Cup, in which they will face the Boston Celtics, with a convincing victory over the Miami Heat (11-9).
For the Pacers, which has the strongest attack in the NBA, the best was Bruce Brown with 30 points, while Jimmy Butler scored for the local team 33 points.
Mexican rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr., who came out as a reserve for the Heat, contributed 11 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals.
The Chicago Bulls (7-14) defeated the New Orleans Pelicans (11-10) in a match that dominated practically the entire second half, in which Coby White shined, scoring 31 points and 9 rebounds, his highest tally in the match this season. .
DeMar DeRozan, who missed the previous game, recorded a double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds, while the reserves contributed 41 points for Chicago.
On the Pelicans side, the only team that will play in the final stage of the National Basketball Association Cup and that lost today, Saturday, the best was Brandon Ingram, who scored 23 points.
The Minnesota Timberwolves (15-4) remain the team with the best record in the NBA after their difficult victory over the Charlotte Hornets (6-12), while Dominican Republic’s Karl-Anthony Towns tops the scoring list with 28 points.
In addition to Towns, Rudy Gobert shined with the Timberwolves, scoring a double-double with 26 points and 12 rebounds. Terry Rozier was the Hornets’ best player with 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists.
The Los Angeles Clippers (9-10) made an epic comeback with a hat-trick scored by Paul George 8 seconds before the end of the game, giving them their first and last lead in the match against the Golden State Warriors (9-11), who had 22 points. feature.
In addition to the hero, George was the best in the Clippers with 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. As for the Warriors, the best was Stephen Curry, who recorded a double-double, with 22 points and 11 assists.
The seventeenth loss in a row for the Detroit Pistons (2-18), who controlled the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers (11-9) for most of the first, second and third quarters, but collapsed in the decisive minutes.
Cade Cunningham was the best player for the Pistons, scoring 23 points, 11 assists, and 8 rebounds. Cavaliers player Jarrett Allen also recorded a double-double (19 points and 12 rebounds).
Although the Pistons’ streak is one of the worst in history, it is still far from the record of 26 consecutive losses in a season shared by the Philadelphia 76ers (2013-2014) and Cleveland Cavaliers (2010-2011).
The Brooklyn Nets (10-9) dominated from start to finish, ending a nine-game winning streak for the Orlando Magic (14-6), the second-best team in the Eastern Conference so far this season.
Mikal Bridges led the Nets with 42 points, close to his scoring record (45 points), achieving 60% accuracy on field goals (12 of 20); While Paolo Banchero shined for the Magic with double goals (19 points and 10 rebounds).
The Dallas Mavericks (11-8) were not enough thanks to Luka Doncic’s amazing hat-trick (36 points, 15 rebounds, 18 assists) to win their match on Saturday against the Oklahoma Thunder (13-6), third in the group. Western Conference.
The Thunder, who led by 24 points at the start of the fourth quarter, went on a 30-0 run that nearly cost them the game.
Jalen Williams shined in Oklahoma City with 23 points, in a team that benefited from the substitutes contributing 55 points.
The Utah Jazz (7-13) defeated the Portland Trail Blazers (6-13) in a match at the bottom of the Western Conference standings, as the two teams are far from the positions that allow them to play.
For the home team, the best was Colin Sexton, who scored 25 points off the bench. In fact, the Jazz scored 49.1% of their points (58 of 118) with second unit players.
Malcolm Brogdon and Shaydon Sharp shined for the Blazers with 25 points each.
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