One of the most exciting duels of the night took place on the Memphis side with a game between the Grizzlies of Ja Morant and the Spurs of Dejounte Murray, two of the best point guards of the season. At the end of this meeting won by Memphis 118-105, Ja Morant clearly made an impression again. The fresh All-Star slams 52 points, his career high, and a standard dunk on Jakob Poeltl in the second quarter. A few moments later, Morant, still him, came and planted a completely crazy shot at the half-time buzzer to allow his team to pass + 10 (68-58). Despite the XXL performance of the Memphis leader, the Spurs were in contact and even returned to minus 5 (104-99) in the middle of the last quarter. Then Morant scores 13 consecutive points and extinguishes the Texans hopes. With his 52 points, he becomes the first player in Grizzlies history to reach 50 units. In detail, Morant added 7 rebounds and shot 22 of 30! On the San Antonio side, Murray finished with 21 points and 8 points before being sent off late in the game. Lonnie Walker is 22 points, while Jakob Poeltl is 16 points and 10 rebounds.
It was the clash of the night, but there was no match. In this battle for first place in the East, Miami has largely dominated Chicago, 112-99. Only once trailing for 48 minutes, the Heat raced in the lead all the way against the clumsy Bulls from long range who missed their first 14 three-point shot attempts. It took until the third quarter to finally see a successful shot behind the arc. Another proof that the evening did not go well for the visitor, with the performance of DeMar DeRozan. The back scored 18 points and saw his streak of 10 consecutive games at least 30 points come to an end. Despite this awkwardness and a struggling DeRozan, Chicago was still on the lookout at the break 9 points behind, but was never going to place the right run and Miami, ruthless, won the quarter 36-21 to score. up to 24 points ahead. Without Kyle Lowry, the brand is widely distributed among Floridians. His replacement Gabe Vincent did more than the job with 20 points, as did Tyler Herro also 20 units. inside Bam Adebayo is still as complete with 15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks including a scotch on Vucevic. The latter finishes with 14 points, while Zach LaVine is top scorer with 22 points. Miami wins its 9th game of the last 10.
Still without Darius Garland, Cleveland received Minnesota and it was the young Wolves who got the better of the young Cavs 127-122. In the lead for a large part of the match, the Wolves even counted up to 23 points in advance in the 3rd quarter, then everything collapses in the last period and the locals return to equality (122-122) 30 seconds from time. Then with 11 seconds on the clock Karl Anthony Towns takes matters into his own hands and scores a 3-point shot to save Wolves. The recent winner of the 3-point contest at that same Cleveland venue finished with 17 points…1 of 4 from the arc. D’Angelo Russell scores him 25 points and Jaden McDaniels and Anthony Edwards are 17. For the Cavs, Kevin Love score 26 points, while Jarrett Allen and Cedi Osman are 21.
The Magic celebrates the first game of Markelle Fultz this season with a 119-103 win over the Pacers. Fultz scored 10 points. This is Wendell Carter Jr who achieves the best performance with 21 points and 12 rebounds. For the Pacers, Tyrese Haliburton score 23 points.
Toronto wins on the floor of the Nets 133-97 thanks to a great Scottie Barnes 28 points and 16 rebounds, all 12 of 14 on shots! Ct Nets, without Irving or always Durant and Simmonsit’s LaMarcus Aldridge the top scorer of his team with 15 units.
Milwaukee regains victory with an authoritative success over Charlotte 130-106. The mark is well distributed with 3 players with 20 points or more Giannis Antetokounmpo 26 units and 16 rebounds or Jrue Holiday 21 points, and 8 assists. Opposite LaMelo Ball scored 24 points. The Bucks host Miami tomorrow for an Eastern Conference clash.
Sacramento ends 4 straight losses by defeating the Thunder 131-110, despite 37 points and 10 assists. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander quite alone. His opposite number, De’Aaron Fox he scored 29 points to revive the Kings in the play-in race.
Cleveland 122-127 Minnesota
Orlando 119-103 Indiana
Brooklyn 123-97 Toronto
Miami 112-99 Chicago
Memphis 118-105 San Antonio
Milwaukee 130-106 Charlotte
Oklahoma City 110-131 Sacramento
