Nothing is going well for the Nets. Kyrie Irving (27 points, 11 assists) and his teammates seem to have lost the secret of winning. Opposed to the Nuggets, they conceded an eighth straight defeat (124-104), after yielding in the second part of the match on Sunday. Until the break, the Nets were in the game (76-75), but the return from the locker room marked the flight of the Nuggets thanks to a largely dominated third quarter (31-16). And it is collectively that Denver has taken the upper hand since seven of its players end up with 10 points or more, including Nikola Jokic who signs a triple double (27 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists).
First in the Eastern Conference, the Bulls were surprised by Philadelphia (119-108). The 76ers were able to count on an unleashed Joel Embiid (40 points, 10 rebounds) to stand up to the Bulls who could never recover from a difficult start (34-26 in the first quarter). Despite their individual stats, DeMar DeRozan (45 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists) and Nikola Vucevic (23 points, 7 rebounds) failed to lead the revolt to the end for Chicago, which recorded the 20th defeat of its season. and sees Miami take the lead in the Eastern Conference.
Finally, Minnesota logically got the better of Detroit (118-105) with three players at 20 or more points.
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DeMar DeRozan became the fourth Bulls player to record more than 45 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in a game on Sunday. Michael Jordan (25 times), Jimmy Butler (2 times) and Zach LaVine (3 times) had accomplished such a performance.
