The battle of the two favorites for the MVP award, the Nuggets went 114-110 from Philadelphia. Nikola Jokic with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists made another exuberant appearance, but the difference was made by Bones Highland, who scored four three-pointers in the last period and scored a total of 21 points. Joel Ebid with 34 points and 9 rebounds and James Harden with 24 points and 11 assists were not enough for the Sixers.
THE Carl-Anthony Towns made a career-high record this year across the NBA. In the victory of the Timberwolves over the Spurs in San Antonio with 149-139, the center of Minnesota “raged” with 60 points having 15/16 shots, 12/20 two points and 7/11 three points, completing his statistics with 17 rebounds in 36 minutes. .
THE Lakers downhill continued with another defeat at the Staples Center, this time with 114-103 by the Raptors. Gary Trent with 28 and Pascal Shiakam with 27 points led Toronto, which came close to the Cavaliers for the sixth place in the East. LeBron James had 30 points and 9 rebounds for the LA team, which is ninth in the West and if it continues like this, even its place in the play in may be in danger.
Draymond Green returned from injury but stole the show Steve Carey who combined his 34th birthday with 47 points (7/14 three points), 6 rebounds and 6 assists.
After 47 points against the Pacers, Trey Young put the Blazers 46 and the Hawks took another win, 122-113, while the Bulls lost for the sixth time in their last eight games, 112-103 in Sacramento.
The Hornets went through Oklahoma with 134-116 despite the good performance of Alexei Pokusevski with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in 27 minutes.
Analytically:
Atlanta Hawks-Portland Trail Blazers 122-113
Philadelphia 76ers-Denver Nuggets 110-114
Oklahoma City Thunder-Charlotte Hornets 116-134
San Antonio Spurs-Minnesota Timberwolves 139-149
Golden State Warriors-Washington Wizards 126-112
Sacramento Kings-Chicago Bulls 112-103
Los Angeles Lakers-Toronto Raptors 103-114
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