Lthey took the Brooklyn Nets 11 derrotas consecutivas on his worst streak of the season. The Brooklyn Nets had been in a depression for more than a month and at the center of all the rumors about the internal fights in the locker room, injuries and extra-sports problems of its stars. In short, the Nets had an irregular march that had made them go from great favorites to the ring to try to fight to enter the playoffs. And in these an unexpected actor arrived and put an end to the crisis.
After the earthquake caused by the departure of James Harden, without Durant due to injury and without Irving, who still cannot play home games, the Nets faced the game against the Sacramento Kings with the urgent need to add a win that would put an end to the crisis. And he did it without stars and sustained in an unexpected actor as it is Seth Curry. A player who hasn’t been in the franchise for even a week and who has already become the new idol of the fans of the New York neighborhood.
In his first game with the Nets jersey Curry ($8 million per season on a team valued at $172) He has shown that he can be a differential player in Steve Nash’s schemes because of the space he can generate as an outside threat from almost anywhere in the Nets’ attack. Together with Patty Mills it can become the perfect weapon to complement a Big Three that seems to have found the shooter it needed.
Praise and qualifiers are beginning to run out for DeMar DeRozan’s season with the Chicago Bulls. The shooting guard once again demonstrated that he is one of the best offensive players in the league and against the Spurs (120-109 for the Illinois team) he exploded with 40 points and 67% shooting from the field. He is he sixth consecutive game of the shooting guard above 35 points in a streak that has not been seen in Chicago since the days of Jordan. In addition, DeRozan becomes the second player in NBA history after Wilt Chamberlain with six games in a row above 35 points and 50% accuracy in field goals.
While we wait to see what happens with the future of the contract of Juancho Hernangmez In the NBA, the forward continues to add minutes during his time with the Utah Jazz. The Spanish international disputed his second match with the Salt Lake City team jersey and finished with three points in four minutes in the victory (135-101) against the Rockets.
Another that has already been released with his new shirt has been Serge Ibaka. The pvot of Congolese origin has disputed his first minutes in the defeat of the Milwaukee Bucks against the Portland Trail Blazers (107-122) in a game in which Ibaka occupied the starting position left by Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Spanish international disputed 31 minutes and added six points, seven rebounds, a block and a steal.
The last representative of the Spanish legion in the NBA who was the protagonist in the NBA night was Willy Hernangmez, who proved to be fully recovered in the Pelicans’ win (120-90) against the Toronto Raptors. The pvot from Madrid came back from the bench to play seven minutes in which he scored two points, grabbed three rebounds and put up a block.
RESULTS OF THE NBA DAY
- Wizards 103-94 Pistons
- Nets 109-85 Kings
- Knicks 123-127 Thunder
- Bulls 120-109 Spurs
- Bucks 107-120 Trail Blazers
- Pelicans 120-90 Raptors
- Nuggets 121-111 Magic
- Jazz 135-101 Rockets
- Clippers 119-104 Warriors
The change of scenery seems to have served CJ McCollum well, as he begins to remember the lethal scorer he once was on the Portland Trail Blazers. In his third game with the Pelicans, McCollum was decisive with 23 points and five three-pointers, showing that he has not lost his accuracy in the key moments of the games.
In that same game we saw one of the data of the night in some Raptors who lived a fateful night in the shot as evidenced by their poor 23% accuracy from the triple with just eight 3-pointers made from 34 attempts. Especially falln was Gary Trentwho barely scored two of the eight outside shots he attempted.
The Denver Nuggets dominated the Orlando Magic by 22 points in the second quarter but had to sweat until the end to take the victory thanks to a Nikola Jokic that follows his own and that he returned to flirt with the triple-double after adding 26 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists.
Los Angeles Clippers managed to minimize the maximum the effects of a Stephen Curry (33 points and 8 of 13 from the triple) that he was too alone in the Warriors attack. In contrast, the Los Angeles team had six players with double figures in scoring, led by Terance Mann with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.
