LOS ANGELES — Dallas Mavericks winning streak ends abruptly”>Luka Doncic was the antidote for the Dallas Mavericks will stop the Memphis Grizzlies who had eleven straight wins while the Golden State Warriors, who were coming off a very lopsided loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, tore apart some soulless Chicago Bulls and with Zach LaVine injured.
In a hectic Friday day with nine games, the Phoenix Suns held the lead in the Western Conference, the Philadelphia 76ers submitted the Boston Celtics in a duel of history in the East, Miami Heat already stalks Chicago Bulls, and Orlando Magic won their first game after ten consecutive losses.
2:45
With Luka Doncic as lord and master for his triple-double (27 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists), the Mavs prevailed by a categorical 112-85 at the Grizzlies’ court.
GRIZZLIES 85 – MAVERICKS 112
The succulent confrontation between Ja Morant and Luka Doncic ended with a resounding victory for the Slovenian, who guided the Dallas Mavericks to a very resounding victory at the home of the NBA’s revelation team.
Doncic had 27 points (12 of 22 shooting, 0 of 6 3-pointers), 12 rebounds and 10 assists (with 6 turnovers) to overwhelm the Grizzlies, which, drowned out by the excellent defense of the Dallas team, only scored 30 points in the second half (the Mavericks managed 62).
Ja Morant had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists (with 8 turnovers) and the Spanish Santi Aldama played 5 minutes for the Grizzlies in which he grabbed a rebound.
3:03
The Warriors had several high points and defeated the Bulls in Illinois by a resounding 138-96. Kuminga shined and contributed 25 points, while Steph Curry added 19 points.
BULLS 96 – WARRIORS 138
The Golden State Warriors, who had been beaten by the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday (118-99), reacted in the best way with a monumental home win for the East-leading Chicago Bulls and that they also fell with a crash on Wednesday against the Brooklyn Nets (112-138).
Jonathan Kuminga shone in a Warriors (25 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, a steal and 3 blocks) in which the Mexican Juan Toscano-Anderson added 7 points (3 of 6 shooting), a rebound and an assist in 14 minutes.
The worst news for Chicago was the injury of Zach LaVine, who went to the locker room with knee pain when 4 minutes had passed in the first quarter.
2:07
The Phoenix team won 112-94 with a great performance from Booker (35 points) and Ayton (27 points and 12 rebounds). In Indiana, Holiday was the leading scorer with 25.
PACERS 94 – SUNS 112
Devin Booker with 35 points (23 of them in the second half) and Deandre Ayton with 27 points (21 of them in the first half) and 12 rebounds led the Phoenix Suns in their home win over the Indiana Pacers.
Justin Holiday (25 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists) was the top scorer for a Pacers in which Dominican Chris Duarte returned (7 points with 2 of 9 shooting, 3 rebounds, one assist and 2 steals) after six games of absence first due to coronavirus and, later, for having been the father of his second child.
2:00
The Philadelphia team beat the Boston cast 111-99, which fell after three wins in a row. Embiid was the great figure with 25 points and 13 rebounds. Maxey contributed 23. In the rival, Brown added 21 and Tatum 20.
SIXERS 111 – CELTICS 99
Joel Embiid stayed close to the triple-double (25 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists) to knock down the Boston Celtics who had three consecutive wins and in which Jayson Tatum’s effort (20 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists) was not enough.
The Dominican Al Horford got 5 points (2 of 5 shooting), 2 rebounds and 2 assists and a block in 17 minutes in the Celtics while the Spanish Juancho Hernangómez ran out of minutes again.
2:19
With a great performance by Herro (24 points) and Butler (23 points and 10 assists, decisive in the clutch), the Miami team surpassed Atlanta by 124-118. Point guard Young finished with 24 in the visit.
HEAT 124 – HAWKS 118
Already hot on the heels of the Bulls for the East lead, Miami Heat chained their fourth consecutive victory with a great collective performance (seven players over 10 points) that led Jimmy Butler (23 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists).
Trae Young (24 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists) couldn’t lift a free-falling Hawks who have lost their last four games.
1:11
The team with the worst record in the NBA was victorious by Moritz Wagner, who finished with 26 points. For the locals, LaMelo Ball finished with 23.
HORNETS 109 – MAGIC 116
The Orlando Magic have not had many reasons for joy this year as they are the worst team in the NBA and until tonight they had ten straight losses, but smiled again with a win over the Charlotte Hornets sponsored by the German brothers Moritz Wagner (26 points and 4 rebounds) and Franz Wagner (19 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists).
For the Hornets, who only made 28.6% of their three-pointers, LaMelo Ball was the main reference with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.
1:42
The Pistons took advantage of an inspired night of Tyler Lyles with 21 points, to overcome the Canadians in this NBA Friday.
PISTONS 103 – RAPTORS 87
The Detroit Pistons gave the surprise by beating the Toronto Raptors thanks to the good performance of Trey Lyles (21 points and 7 rebounds) leading five players over 10 points.
Fred VanVleet (24 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists) and Pascal Siakam (23 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists) led the Raptors but were ineffective shooting (6 of 21 and 8 of 17, respectively).
2:20
Led by a sensational Garland (32 points and 8 assists), the Cavs won 114-109 in Texas in an electrifying game that was decided in the final minutes.
SPURS 109 – CAVALIERS 114
The Cleveland Cavaliers held on a great Darius Garland (32 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists) to defeat the San Antonio Spurs on the road.
The Spurs were unable to stop the Cavaliers despite a great game from Dejounte Murray, who was on the brink of a triple-double (30 points, 14 rebounds and 8 assists).
1:35
The Kings relied on 27 points from De’Aaron Fox to beat Houston at home in the first of a two-game series against the Texans.
KINGS 126 – ROCKETS 114
Marvin Bagley III played his best game this season (26 points and 13 rebounds) to lead, along with De’Aaron Fox (27 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists) to victory for the Sacramento Kings over the Houston Rockets.
Christian Wood (26 points and 8 rebounds) was the leading scorer for the Rockets, who remain in last position in the West.
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