New York, Nov 23 (EFE).- Without Luka Doncic, the Dallas Mavericks this Friday spoiled the return of Nikola Jokic in a new day of the Emirates NBA Cup in which Giannis Antetokounmpo confirmed his excellent moment and the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics continued adding.
NUGGETS 120 – MAVERICKS 123
Jokic had missed the last three games with the Nuggets (8-6) due to the birth of his son and tonight he gave it his all with a triple-double of 33 points (13 of 22 shooting), 17 rebounds and 10 assists. But he ran into a great version of the Mavericks (9-7), who without Doncic due to injury sealed a great victory in Denver and achieved their fourth straight victory.
Dallas (2-1 in the NBA Cup) controlled the game from the beginning but, after leading by 24 points in the last quarter, they found themselves behind on the scoreboard for the first time with a triple by Peyton Watson with 5:34 left. .
However, Jason Kidd’s team did not throw in the towel and scored the victory with six players above 10 points.
Naji Marshall (26 points off the bench), PJ Washington (22 points and 13 rebounds) and Kyrie Irving (19 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists) stood out for the Texans.
BUCKS 129 – PACERS 117
With a triple-double of 37 points (14 of 21 shooting), 10 rebounds and 11 assists, Antetokounmpo led the Bucks (7-9) to their third consecutive victory and their fifth victory in the last six games. In the NBA Cup, Milwaukee is 2-0.
For the Pacers (6-10), who have suffered three losses in a row and are 0-2 in the NBA Cup, Pascal Siakam was the standout with 25 points and 8 rebounds.
PELICANS 108 – WARRIORS 112
Leaders of the West (12-3) and with a 3-0 in the NBA Cup that places them as the first mathematically classified for the playoffs. The Warriors continue to smile and this time their victim was the Pelicans (4-13), who suffered 30 points from Andrew Wiggins and 19 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists from Stephen Curry.
Trey Murphy (24 points) was the top scorer for the Pelicans still with many injured.
WIZARDS 96 – CELTICS 108
Boston (13-3) did not have a good time against the very poor Wizards (2-12) and was unsuccessful in the three-pointers (11 of 46) but ended up winning the game thanks to Jaylen Brown, who scored 31 points and 11 rebounds. The Celtics have won their last four games and are 2-1 in the NBA Cup.
Candidate for the worst team in the league after just one month of competition, Washington has lost its last 10 games. Jordan Poole stood out for the capitals with 23 points and 8 assists.
SIXERS 113 – NETS 98
Without Joel Embiid or Paul George, the Sixers (3-12) gave themselves a small respite in a traumatic start to the season by beating the Nets (6-10) with 30 points from rookie Jared McCain and 26 from Tyrese Maxey.
Cameron Johnson was the best of the team coached by the Spanish Jordi Fernández with 37 points and a huge 9 of 13 in triples.
In the rest of the games, the Houston Rockets continue to give good sensations and beat the Portland Trail Blazers (116-88), the Chicago Bulls defeated the Atlanta Hawks (136-122) and the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Sacramento Kings ( 104-88). EFE
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