SGA and Butler “talked” at the end-Awesome Murray with 12 3-pointers for Kings

The Thunder they got past Denver 118-117 and climbed to second in the West. The hero of the last moment was Cy Giljus-Alexander, who with a difficult shot in the 1” before the end? He judged the match. The Canadian had 25 points, while Jaylen Williams added one less for Oklahoma, which overturned an 8-point deficit in the final 3:33. Rookie Chet Holmgren was also impressive with 17 points, 11 rebounds and 9 blocks. Nikola Jokic had 24 points and 12 assists for the champions, who dropped to fourth in the West at 17-10.

SGA CALLED GAME. pic.twitter.com/B92cqG8dDW

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A basket of Jimmy Butler on exhalation give to Hit the 118-116 win against the Bulls. The leader of Miami had 28 points, while the injured Adebayo and Hiro were absent. DeMar DeRozan had 27 points for Chicago, which had won 124-116 yesterday at the same stadium.

JIMMY BUTLER FOR THE WIN ?? pic.twitter.com/hzu7zo3Kh9

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The fourth victory in the last five matches was scored by Kings who had no trouble getting to 125-104 against the Jazz. THE Sasha Vezenkov played 11 minutes with 3 points (1/2 3-pointer, 0/1 2-pointer), 4 rebounds and 2 assists, as his competitor for the forward positions, Keegan Murray had 47 points on 12/15 3-pointers two shots shy of Klay Thompson’s NBA record of 14.

With 42 points and 15 rebounds by Joel Embiid Sixers they … cruised to Charlotte 135-82, with -53 being the widest loss in Hornets history.

Karl-Anthony Towns (40 points) and Anthony Edwards (37 points) combined for 77 points and the Timberwolves beat the Pacers 127-109 who played without the injured Tyrese Halliburton while maintaining first place in the West (19-5).

Unstoppable Luka Doncic, he had 40 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists during the Mavericks by 131-120 from Portland. It was the Slovenian’s fifth triple-double this year and 61st overall.

The Warriors ended a three-game losing streak with a 124-120 win over the Nets, with the Splash Brothers doing all the work. Steph Curry had 37 and Klay Thompson another 24 points shooting a combined 10/17 three-pointers.

Finally, the Clippers they reached the seven-game winning streak by crushing the Knicks 144-122 with 36 points from Kowai Leonard and 25 from Paul George.

Detailed results:

Hornets-Sixers 82-135

Cavaliers-Hawks 127-119

Hit-Bulls 118-116

Timberwolves-Pacers 127-109

Warriors-Nets 124-120

Nuggets-Thunder 117-118

Blazers-Mavericks 120-131

Kings-Jazz 125-104

Clippers-Knicks 144-122