Kyrie Irving gave the Brooklyn Nets an away win at defending champion Milwaukee Bucks thanks to his best performance of the NBA season.
Irving, who was not eligible to play in home games due to his lack of corona vaccination, scored 38 points and five rebounds and assists at 126:123. The Nets have only two wins from the previous 15 games and have slipped far down the Eastern Conference table as a result – the win against the Bucks was therefore very important in the fight for the playoffs. In the home game against the Toronto Raptors, the Nets have to do without Irving again.
In the top game of the day, the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Chicago Bulls 116-110. The outstanding man on the field was Ja Morant, who contributed 46 points to the success and thus has at least 40 points for the fifth time this season. The Grizzlies consolidated third place in the Western Conference with the win, while the Bulls lost first place in the east to the Miami Heat, who won their home game against the San Antonio Spurs 133:129.
