Con suffering until the end after leading by 19 points in the third quarter, the Celtics (14-3) added their fifth consecutive victorywhile The Cleveland Cavaliers continue at an excellent level with 17 wins in 18 games.
Aside from the matches of the day, Sunday’s news in the NBA was the injury to Grant Williams, who will miss the remainder of the season with the Charlotte Hornets due to a tear in the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
CELTICS 107 – TIMBERWOLVES 105
With suffering until the end after leading by 19 points in the third quarter, the Celtics (14-3) added their fifth consecutive victory thanks to Jaylen Brown (29 points with a fantastic 7 of 10 in triples) and Derrick White (19 points and 9 rebounds in addition to a great defensive performance).
With 7.1 seconds on the clock, The Wolves (8-8) had possession to win the game or force overtime but Naz Reid’s triple hit the buzzerwhich also seemed out of time and should have been reviewed, did not enter.
Anthony Edwards (28 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists), Julius Randle (23 points and 6 rebounds) and Rudy Gobert (10 points and 20 rebounds) were the highlights for Minnesota.
CAVALIERS 122 – RAPTORS 108
Con six players above 10 pointsthe Cavaliers (17-1) returned to exhibit the power and understanding of their block in this overwhelming start to the season. Donovan Mitchell (26 points with 5 triples), Ty Jerome (26 points with 4 triples and 6 assists) and Jarrett Allen (23 points and 13 rebounds) led Cleveland.
Jakob Poeltl (12 points and 19 rebounds) He was one of six players with double figures for the Raptors (4-13) but none of them reached 20 points.
KINGS 103 – NETS 108
Kings coach Mike Brown joked before the game that to his reunion with Fernándezwho was his assistant coach in Sacramento, wanted to “kick his ass” on the court and then “give him a hug.”
In the end it was Fernández the one who got his way with a hug to Brown after the victory as his Nets (7-10) won in Sacramento with 34 points and 6 assists from Cam Thomas, 18 points off the bench from Noah Clowney and 16 points and 6 rebounds from Cam Johnson. Brooklyn shined from the perimeter with a 19 of 39 three-point shooting.
In the Kings (8-9), De’Aaron Fox (31 points), Domantas Sabonis (13 points, 18 rebounds and 7 assists) and DeMar DeRozan (18 points) could not prevent Fernández’s triumphant return to Sacramento.
“He is more than a mentor to me. He is like a family member to me. I wouldn’t be in this position without him”said the Spanish coach in reference to Brown.
HEAT 123 – MAVERICKS 118
Jimmy Butler was the hero of the Heat (7-7), in their victory in overtime against the Mavericks (9-8), since he forced overtime with a basket with 4.3 seconds remaining and finished the game with 33 points (11 of 17 in field goals, 11 of 16 in free throws), 9 rebounds and 6 assists.
Without Luka Doncic for the second game in a rowDallas, which had won four, had the game in hand in the final seconds of the fourth quarter but Kyrie Irving, its best man, missed a free throw that left the difference at +2 so Butler could tie.
Little could be blamed on Irving who added 14 points in a spectacular final quarter and finished with 27 points (9 of 21) and 6 assists.
SIXERS 99 – CLIPPERS 125
Sin Joel Embiid ni Paul George, The Sixers took another step in their horrible start (3-13) and also saw how a former player of the franchise, James Harden, led the Clippers (11-7) with 23 points (12 of 12 from the personal line) and 8 assists. The Angelenos led by 33 points in the third period and made 58 of their shots.
Jared McCain (18 points) and Tyrese Maxey (17) were the most productive of a poor attack by the Sixers with 39.5% in attempts to the basket and 23.1% in triples.
This Sunday’s day was completed by 115-103 victory for the Indiana Pacers against a ruinous Washington Wizards who have lost 11 games in a row and have the worst record in the league (2-13).
