“Trains” Celtics and Knicks, gela for Sixers

The Celtics they extended their lead in the East by also taking advantage of the missteps of their persecutors. The Boston team passed 118-101 from the home of the Pacers with Jayson Tatum scoring 38 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists, while another 31 points were scored by Jaylen Brown. The Celtics’ defense made the difference by holding the hosts to 9/42 three-pointers, while Tyrese Haliburton had 17 points, but on 5/17 shooting and had just 7 assists and 4 turnovers.

THE in the absence of Joel Embiid due to injury he was “yelling” and the Sixers lost 121-105 in Philadelphia by the Jazz. The visitors scored 72 points in the racket taking advantage of the lack of the Cameroonian, without whom his team is 2-6 this year. Lauri Markkanen had 33 points and 13 rebounds for the winners, while Tyrese Maxey had 25 and Kelly Oubre had 24 points for the hosts.

The Knicks reach four-game winning streak with easy 121-105 win over Washington. Julius Randle with 39 and Jalen Brunson with 33 points “carried” the New York team offensively, while Isaiah Hartenstein’s contribution was also important with 8 points, 19 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 assists and 2 blocks.

Detailed results:

Pacers-Celtics 101-118

Wizards-Knicks 105-121

Sixers-Jazz 109-120

Rockets-Bucks 112-108