Phoenix picks up where it left off before the Cleveland All Star Game hiatus. The Suns (49-10) wiped out the Oklahoma City Thunder (18-41) 104-124 to take home the eighth win in a row. Without Chris Paul, stopped in the pits due to a fractured right thumb, Booker takes care of dragging the best team in the League with 25 points and 12 assists, despite on the other side, Gilgeous-Alexander (returning after the ankle injury that kept him away 10 games) scores 32 points. The match actually takes the path of Phoenix in the second half after a balanced first half in which the two teams have “divided” the quarters. A break of 30-13 in the final allows the Suns to return home with the victory.
Golden State breaks Portland
The break at Golden State did well, arriving slightly in trouble at the All Star Game. the Warriors (43-17) restart with a 132-95 victory in Portland with the Trail Blazers (25-35) still having to do without Dame Lillard. Steph Curry, Mvp of the night of the stars with 50 points and 16 triples, stops at 18 points at the Moda Center, but produces 14 assists to his teammates. The balance of the match is broken in the third quarter with the Dubs spreading in the partial (30-16) and taking over the reins of the game managing in the last quarter (32-22) without suffering.
Gallinari is not enough in Atlanta, it is DeRozan-show
In Danilo Gallinari’s best night of the season, it is a super DeMar DeRozan who takes the stage in Chicago-Atlanta with the Bulls (39-21) who beat the Hawks (28-31) in a sprint 112-108 with 5 consecutive points in the last minute of the small forward who in the end closes with 37 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, with 15/21 shooting and 5/7 free. Therefore, the 27 points of Bogdan Bogdanovic and above all the 26 points of the blue, to the best performance of the season, topped off by a percentage of 10/18 shooting, 2 triples out of 4 tried and 4/6 to the free. For Gallianri also 9 rebounds.
Denver-Sacramento, together against the war
Outside success of the Denver Nuggets (34-25) for 128-110 over the Sacramento Kings (22-39). Nice gesture made at the beginning of the match by the two teams: the players from Sacramento and Denver gathered and embraced in the middle of the field for a minute of silence as a sign of closeness to the Ukrainian Alex Len of the Kings. In the other races of the night the Detroit Pistons (14-45) beat the Cleveland Cavaliers (2) 106-103, while the Minnesota Timberwolves (32-28) beat the Memphis Grizzlies (41-20) 119-114. All easy at Barclays Center for Boston (35-26) who still beat the Brooklyn Nets (31-29) in New York after their success on February 8. This time it ends 129-106 and for the Celtics it is the ninth win in their last ten outings. For the Nets, however, it is still late at night: eighth knockout in the last ten games played.
The results
Detroit Pistons – Cleveland Cavaliers 106-103, Brooklyn Nets – Boston Celtics 106-129, Chicago Bulls – Atlanta Hawks 112-108, Minnesota Timberwolves – Memphis Grizzlies 119-114, Oklahoma City Thunder – Phoenix Suns 104-124, Portland Trail Blazers – Golden State Warriors 95-132, Sacramento Kings – Denver Nuggets 110-128.
