ROMA – Also thanks to an America stopped for the Super Bowl, there were only two NBA games played on Sunday. Among these the one between the Celtics and the Hawks of Gallinari, who starts in the quintet but does not take advantage of the chance: only 5 points with 2/8 from the field (1/3 from the arc) in 23 minutes. Atlanta is defeated against Boston, which is confirmed instead among the teams in the best form of the moment and centered the eighth victory in a row (105-95), despite going down by 10 at the long interval. Decisive Tatum (38 points and 10 rebounds), while Young (30 points and 10 assists) and Bogdanovic (26 points) tried in vain to keep the Hawks in the game until the end. Torna a vincere Minnesota (129-120 on Indiana) with 37 points from Anthony Edwards who, at 20 years and 192 days, becomes the fourth youngest player ever in the NBA to reach 2,500 points: only LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Devin Booker.
Nba, the results
These are the results of the NBA regular season matches that took place on the Italian night:
- Boston Celtics vs. Atlanta Hawks 105-95
- Indiana Pacers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves 120-129