Jayson Tatum played the hero by making a difficult 3-point shot at the buzzer to lead Boston to a victory over Toronto (126-123 in overtime), much to the delight of TD Garden. For him 24 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists. But the best scorer for the Celtics was Jaylen Brown with 27 points, compared to 35 by Jakob Pöltl for Toronto. Boston thus maintains 2nd place in the East standings with 11 wins and 3 losses.
Despite the first triple double of the season for Giannis Antetokounmpo (22 points, 15 rebounds, 12 assists), Milwaukee suffered its ninth defeat (4 wins), this time by one point, in Charlotte (115-114), led by LaMelo Ball ( 26 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists).
The day after a great performance against San Antonio, Anthony Davis once again led the Los Angeles Lakers to victory, on the court of the New Orleans Pelicans (104-99). The All-Star pivot accumulated 31 points and 14 rebounds, allowing the Lakers to erase a disappointing first period and make the difference in the 4th quarter. LeBron James scored 21 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and provided 5 assists for the fifth consecutive success for the Lakers, leading the Western standings (9 wins – 4 losses). Author of 60 points on Friday, De’Aaron Fox continued yesterday with 49 (and 9 assists) to lead the Sacramento Kings to success against the Utah Jazz (121-117).
Without Victor Wembanyama, resting after a blow to his right knee on Friday, the Spurs were defeated by Dallas (110-93) and Kyrie Irving (22 points), despite a decent evening from Luka Doncic (16 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assist).
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