2024-03-18 04:58:00
Dallas (29:39) – Denver (21:47) 105:107
The NBA entered the last month of the regular season this week, and the games are becoming more and more fateful for the teams that still have something to fight for. After the night games (between Sunday and Monday), for example, three teams are in an almost complete tie in the battle for sixth place, and the last automatic ticket to the playoffs. Dallas entered this match at the very last moment, with a victory basket that somewhat resembles a character from “The Enchanted Princess”.
Inigo Montoya was such a skilled swordsman that he could hold his sword even with his weak left hand. Kyrie Irving, whoever he is off the floor, is still one of the most talented scorers of his generation. He doesn’t necessarily need his right hand, the one he usually throws to the basket with, to score – even if it has to be a buzzer-beating basket against champion Denver. With 2.8 seconds left on the clock, Irving received an outside pass, ran away from Nikola Jokic, and had no choice but to shoot with one hand – the left one – from a distance of a meter outside the paint area. The ball went in at the buzzer, and Dallas celebrated an important victory that almost eluded them; She already led by 13 points with seven minutes to go, but with half a minute to go she already found herself behind.
“When you’re a short guard, you have to know how to score in all kinds of ways,” Irving explained his varied abilities that he displayed tonight, “Sometimes I can work on left-handed shots for an hour straight. It’s something I’ve been working on since I was a kid.” A bit like Inigo Montoya. Irving finished the night with 24 points, 9 assists, 7 rebounds and 3 steals. Luka Doncic, who tied with a big three earlier, led Dallas scoring with 37 points and added 10 rebounds.
The champion was led by Mari with 23 points, but only 7 of 20 from the field. Jokic also experienced a difficult shooting night, with 16 points on 6 of 16 from the field – which were accompanied by complaints about fouls that were not whistled in his favor, both from the center and from his coach. Mike Malone also had complaints about his team, of course, mainly due to the balance of rebounds – 37:59 in favor of the Mavericks, who also collected 21 offensive rebounds. “I can’t remember the last time an opponent had 22 more rebounds than us,” the Nuggets coach said. Denver lost for just the second time since the All-Star break, against 11 wins. It was enough for her to drop to second place in the West, behind Oklahoma City.
Washington (57:11) – Boston (14:53) 130:104
The meeting between the team with the worst record in the league and the team with the best record in it – by a significant margin – is a game with a foregone conclusion, even if Washington’s three best players were available. But due to a string of injuries, the Wizards had to host Boston without Kyle Kuzma, Tyus Jones or Danny Abadia. The Celtics did well even without three of their own starters – Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porzingis and Derrick White – en route to an easy victory in a game where they were not behind.
Due to the absences, Jordan Paul started in the starting five for the second time since returning from the All-Star break. He led the scorers of the entire game with 31 points without playing in the fourth quarter, and especially “starred” in the first half, when Boston jumped to a 33-point lead. In the end, it went into the break leading “only” 53:81 thanks to a critical basket by Paul in the last seconds of the second quarter, which the deficit to 28 and increased his balance to 24 points at the half.
Boston had two leading scorers, with 30 points each. Jayson Tatum’s were more conventional, while forward Sam Hauser was 10-of-13 from the field, with all attempts coming from beyond the arc, before he was injured midway through the third quarter. Guard Peyton Pritchard, another name that doesn’t often stand out on regular days in Boston, added 14 points and 13 assists. “We can simply bring in certain players when we get into certain situations, and the expectation is that we won’t miss a beat.” Against Washington, it wasn’t difficult.
Team Wins Losses Percent Team Fourteenth Percent
1 Boston Celtics
531479%
2 Milwaukee Bucks
442465%
3 Cleveland Cavaliers
422563%
4 New York Knicks
402760%
5 Orlando Magic
402859%
6 Indiana Pacers
383056%
7Philadelphia Sixers
373055%
8 Miami Heat
373055%
9 Chicago Bulls
333549%
10 Atlanta Hawks
293744%
11 Brooklyn Nets
264238%
12 Toronto Raptors
234534%
13 Charlotte Hornets
175125%
14 Detroit Pistons
125518%
15 Washington Wizards
115716% team wins losses percentage team 50%
1Oklahoma City Thunder
472070%
2Denver Nuggets
472169%
3 Minnesota Timberwolves
462169%
4 Los Angeles Clippers
422464%
5 New Orleans Pelicans
412661%
6 Sacramento Kings
382858%
7 Phoenix Suns
392957%
8 Dallas Mavericks
392957%
9 Golden State Warriors
353153%
10 Los Angeles Lakers
363253%
11 Houston Rockets
323548%
12 Utah Jazz
293843%
13. Memphis Grizzlies
234534%
14 Portland Trail Blazers
194828%
15 San Antonio Spurs
155322%
More tonight in the NBA
Orlando (28:40) – Toronto (45:23) 96:111
San Antonio (53:15) – Brooklyn (42:26) 115:122 in overtime
LA Clippers (25:42) – Atlanta (37:30) 110:93
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