Glendale (USA), 10 Feb. The Milwaukee Bucks added their tenth win in a row this Friday against the Los Angeles Clippers while Jimmy Butler saved the Miami Heat “in extremis” with an “alley-oop” at the buzzer and the Spanish Santi Aldama continued his great season with the Memphis Grizzlies.
CLIPPERS 106 – BUCKS 119
The tenth straight win for these fantastic Bucks came against the Clippers and just one day after knocking out the Lakers.
Giannis Antetokounmpo (35 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists) was once again the best for the Bucks, while for the Angelenos, without Kawhi Leonard, the top scorer was Brandon Boston Jr. (20 points).
HEAT 97 – ROCKETS 95
An “alley-oop” at the last moment by Butler saved a very modest game for the Heat, who had their best man in Tyler Herro (31 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists).
Jabari Smith Jr. (22 points and 8 rebounds) was the best for Houston and the Spanish Usman Garuba had 2 points and 4 rebounds for the Rockets.
GRIZZLIES 128 – TIMBERWOLVES 107
With 18 points (6 of 8 shooting) and 4 rebounds, Spanish Santi Aldama was once again a key man for the Grizzlies, who beat Minnesota led by Ja Morant (32 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists).
Jaylen Nowell (21 points) stood out in a Wolves team that suffered the powerful 58.3% shooting from the field by Memphis.
PELICANS 107 – CAVALIERS 118
Donovan Mitchell (30 points) led Cleveland’s win against the Pelicans, who had 25 points and 8 assists from Brandon Ingram.
The Spaniards Ricky Rubio and Willy Hernangómez did not play.
CELTICS 127 – HORNETS 116
Jayson Tatum scored 41 points and Derrick White replaced Jaylen Brown (low with a broken jaw) with 33 points as the Celtics, the first team this season to reach 40 wins, easily beat the Hornets.
LaMelo Ball touched the triple-double in Charlotte (24 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists).
KINGS 114 – MAVERICKS 122
Still without the injured Luka Doncic, the Mavericks devastated the Kings, a direct rival of the Texans in the West, in a game with 25 points and 10 rebounds from Kyrie Irving and in which seven of the ten players used by Dallas added more of 10 points.
De’Aaron Fox’s 33 points and 6 rebounds were useless in Sacramento
RAPTORS 116 – JAZZ 122
The Raptors only needed the last six minutes of their game against the Jazz to throw away a game they were leading by 13 points with just six minutes left.
Pascal Siakam (35 points and 6 rebounds) stood out in Toronto while the Spanish Juancho Hernangómez had no minutes.
Lauri Markkanen and Walker Kessler each had 23 points at Utah.
SIXERS 119 – KNICKS 108
The Sixers got their act together in the fourth quarter (27-15) to overcome the Knicks with 35 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists from Joel Embiid.
Jalen Brunson and Julius Randle added 30 points apiece for a New York team that blew a 13-point lead in the third quarter.
PISTONS 138 – SPURS 131
Neither against the Pistons, penultimate in the East, nor with two overtimes in between could the Spurs return to the path of victory, which has already accumulated eleven defeats in a row.
Devonte’ Graham made his San Antonio debut with 31 points and Bojan Bogdanovic, who ultimately didn’t come out on the transfer market after being one of the most mentioned men, scored 32 in Detroit.
PACERS 104 – SUNS 117
Six Suns players, led by Deandre Ayton (22 points and 11 rebounds), topped 10 points in Phoenix’s road win against the Pacers.
Bennedict Mathurin (22 points) excelled in Indiana, where Chris Duarte had 7 points, 6 rebounds and an assist.
BLAZERS 129 – THUNDER 138
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gave a recital (44 points and 7 assists) for the Thunder to win Portland with a 12 of 24 triple.
Damian Lillard had 38 points (with 6 triples) and 9 assists for the Blazers.
. Classifications:
. Eastern Conference:
.1. Boston Celtics 40-16
.2. Milwaukee Bucks 39-17
.3. Philadelphia 76ers 35-19
.4. Cleveland Cavaliers 36-22
.5. Brooklyn Nets 33-22
.6. Miami Heat 31-25
.7. New York Knicks 30-27
.8. Atlanta Hawks 28-28
.9. Chicago Bulls 26-29
10. Washington Wizards 25-29
11. Toronto Raptors 26-31
12. Indiana Pacers 25-32
13. Orlando Magic 23-33
14. Detroit Pistons 15-42
15. Charlotte Hornets 15-42
. Western Conference:
.1. Denver Nuggets 38-18
.2. Memphis Grizzlies 34-21
.3. Sacramento Kings 31-24
.4. Dallas Mavericks 31-26
.5. Phoenix Suns 31-27
.6. Los Angeles Clippers 31-28
.7. Golden State Warriors 28-27
.8. New Orleans Pelicans 29-28
.9. Minnesota Timberwolves 30-29
10. Utah Jazz 28-29
11. Oklahoma City Thunder 27-28
12. Portland Trail Blazers 27-29
13. Los Angeles Lakers 25-31
14. San Antonio Spurs 14-42
15. Houston Rockets 13-43.
NEXT DAY (Saturday, February 11)
Brooklyn Nets – Philadelphia 76ers
Charlotte Hornets – Denver Nuggets
Orlando Magic – Miami Heat
Washington Wizards – Indiana Pacers
Atlanta Hawks – San Antonio Spurs
New York Knicks – Utah Jazz
Cleveland Cavaliers – Chicago Bulls
Golden State Warriors – Los Angeles Lakers
Sacramento Kings – Dallas Mavericks. EFE
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