highlights nba
Crazy Morant: 52 points! Miami beats the Bulls
Ja Morant signs his new career high and franchise record by scoring 52 points in the win over San Antonio. Miami wins the big match against Chicago and reaches the top of the Eastern Conference, while Brooklyn collapses at home against Toronto led by rookie Scottie Barnes. Domestic successes for Milwaukee and Orlando (who reunites Markelle Fultz), both Minnesota and Sacramento win away despite Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 37
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES-SAN ANTONIO SPURS 118-105 | Memphis takes advantage of Golden State’s misstep yesterday e returns to just one race away from second place in the West, but above all he enjoys one memorable evening of own star Ja Morant. They are in fact his 13 points in a row in the middle of the fourth period to permanently close the accountsafter the Spurs had returned to -5 led by 22 points from Lonnie Walker and 21 from Dejounte Murray (sent off for throwing a ball at a referee)
If in the second half Morant decided the game, in the first he gave a show with a dunk on the head of Jakob Poeltl, a triple from the midfield logo and above all an acrobatic buzzer beater on the siren of the second quarter after receiving an all-court pass from Steven Adams’ throw-in. At the end of the race they are 52 points, retouching his career high and franchise record (as are the 22 baskets scored on 30 attempts). “It’s all thanks to my teammates and my coaches,” he said after the match
MIAMI HEAT-CHICAGO BULLS 112-99 | Fourth win in a row for the Heatwho even without Kyle Lowry control the direct clash between the first and second forces in the East without ever going under in the score, putting two races away at the top of the Eastern Conference. Gabe Vincent and Tyler Herro are top scorers with 20 points each followed by 15 by Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo, while Max Strus puts 13 all in the fourth period for ensure the tie-breaker of the season to his team (3-0 in direct clashes with Chicago)
