The Golden State, Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn continue to limp in the regular NBA season. In particular, i Warriors they must collect the second knockout in a row, the sixth in the last eight games, losing 129-114 on the field of the Minnesota Timberwolves (34-29 their budget, seventh place in the West), dragged by a super performance by Karl-Anthony Towns: the home number 32 puts 39 points and 9 rebounds on the scoresheet, making Curry’s 34 useless, who only hits 5 triples of the 16 attempts. Steve Kerr’s yellow-blues (43-19) must now pay attention to the Memphis Grizzlies behind them, now one step away from taking second place in the Western Conference.
LeBron is not enough for the Lakers, ko with the Mavs
Third consecutive defeat and sixth in the last seven outings for the Lakers, beaten 109-104 at home by the Dallas Mavericks: 25 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists for Luka Doncic in the Texans (37-25, fifth to the West), LeBron James does slightly better with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists, but the ‘King’ is no longer able to carry on the yellow-violet wagon alone and now the Californians (27-34, ninth place) really risk slipping even out of the play-in area. Instead, i Los Angeles Clipperswho go through 113-100 on the Houston Rockets court thanks to the 22 points and 12 rebounds of Zubac, star of the match, so as to consolidate the eighth place in the western conference (33-31).
Raptors stoppano Nets
Situation similar to that of the Lakers, but on the opposite coast of the United States, for the Brooklyn Nets (32-31, eighth in the East), who struggle to find continuity of results. Still lacking Durant and the newly arrived Simmons, with Irving at half-service due to the no-vax rules, the bianconeri lose by only one point (109-108) at home to the Toronto Raptors (34-27, seventh place in the East ): Johnson’s 19 points, Curry’s 18 and Aldridge’s 16 are not enough, because on the other side Trent Jr places 24 and Barnes makes a nice ‘double double’ of 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Hawks yield to the Celtics, 12 Gallinari points
I Boston Celtics (37-27, sixth in the East), driven by an excellent Tatum, author of 33 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, they won the home challenge with the Atlanta Hawks 107-98 (29-32, 10th place in the East ), to whom Young’s 31, Bogdanovic’s 25 and 12 with 8 rebounds by Danilo Gallinari, who started in the starting five and employed for 36 minutes, with an assist on the scoresheet are not enough. Home success also for i Washington Wizards (28-33, 11th in the eastern conference), who beat the Detroit Pistons in a sprint 116-113 (15-47, 14th place in the East): for the Capitoline eight players in double figures, with Kuzma the best scorer at 21 points , on the other hand, the 26 scored by Grant are useless.
