Aside from the Denver Nuggets’ win over the New York Knicks in a game last night (Saturday), six more games took place tonight in the NBA. After the big win over Phoenix, Golden State surprisingly lost to San Antonio; Chicago defeated Brooklyn away, Milwaukee overcame Miami while Memphis went on to mature after the historic victory over Oklahoma City.
Night Games:
New York Knicks (12:11) – Denver (11:11) 113: 99
Brooklyn (7:16) – Chicago (8:16) 111: 107
Milwaukee (9:15) – Miami (10:14) 102: 124
Dallas (11:11) – Memphis (10:13) 97:90
Golden State (4:19) – San Antonio (13: 8) 112: 107
Portland (12:11) – Boston (11:12)
Sacramento (14: 9) – L.A. Clippers (11:12)
Golden State (4:19) – San Antonio (13: 8) 112: 107
Precisely after the impressive win over Phoenix, the Warriors stopped at home against the Spurs, who recorded their fourth straight win, just before they themselves meet the Suns, who will try to put together a new winning streak after the loss to Golden State.
The game between the two was actually decided already in the first quarter, in which San Antonio scored 36 points against only 21 of the host. Steph Kerry, despite a weak shooting evening, scored a critical three with less than three minutes left to set up a 103: 104 win over Golden State at the end of a 4:21 run. And that was already too much for the hostess.
The Warriors’ lead was scored by Kerry with 27 points on a bad percentage (7 of 28 from the field, 5 of 17 from outside the arc). He also had eight rebounds, five assists and three steals. Jordan Paul added 21 while White excelled with 25 points.
Brooklyn (7:16) – Chicago (8:16) 111: 107
A third consecutive victory for the Bulls – and this time also a particularly convincing one. The team from Ghost City defeated one of the candidates for the championship outside despite a weak start to the game. The Nets led the encounter almost all the way and only in the fourth quarter did Chicago manage to narrow the gap, turn the score around and eventually even come out with a rather prestigious away win from Brooklyn.
The two Chicago superstars – Zack Lavine and Damar Druzen were unstoppable with 31 and 29 points respectively. Lavin even added eight rebounds and six assists.
The Nets’ lead was as usual led by Kevin Durant, who finished with 28 points and ten rebounds. James Harden scored 14 on 5 of 21 from the field and added 14 assists and seven rebounds.
Milwaukee (9:15) – Miami (10:14) 102: 124
Even without the injured Yannis Antecompo, the Bucks had no trouble facing the Heat, who once again missed the injured Jimmy Butler and his injured mother-in-law. The champion was already leading by 31 points in the second half as Miami only managed to sweeten the pill in the deciding minutes as it narrowed the gap.
In the absence of Yannis, Pat Conaton took the opportunity with both hands, and with seven threes from 13 attempts led the scorer of the winner. Chris Middleton added 22, nine assists and six rebounds and Bobby Fortis scored 19 and picked up 16 rebounds. The Miami shots were led by Max Strauss with 25 from the bench.
New York Knicks (12:11) – Denver (11:11) 113: 99
The Nuggets with a second win in the last nine games, while the Knicks with a third straight loss. Nikola Jukic and his teammates led almost the entire game and at the peak there was already a 30 point lead in their favor. The Serbian center finished the game with 32 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, Zik Naji scored 21 points and added 8 rebounds, Will Barton scored 13 and added 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Jeff Green contributed 11 points and 5 balls Returning. The Knicks led Julius Randall with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, Ivan Fournier scored 15, RJ Barrett scored 13, Alec Borax and Derek Rose contributed 11 points each.