- NBA night of surprises, beginning with the Knicks’ defeat at Madison against Wolves, despite Julius Randle’s 57 points.
- Grizzlies beat Mavs at home without Doncic, in a huge game between Jaren Jackson and Santi Aldama. Kings fall in Utah and drop to third in the West, Memphis moving up to second.
- In the NCAA and March Madness world, Lola Pendande from Almería enters the Sweet 16 with Miami, being a key element in the victory against Indiana (seed one).
- Where and when to watch the NBA. Best Matches of Week 23
- Cover Photo: Icon Sport
NBA RESULTS
| BROKEN | MVP |
| Charlotte Hornets 115-109 Indiana Pacers | Kelly Oubre Jr. |
| Philadelphia 76ers 105-109 Chicago Bulls | Big Three Bulls |
| New York Knicks 134-140 The Minnesota Timberwolves | Julius Randle |
| Houston Rockets 108-121 Golden State Warriors | ‘Splash Brothers’ |
| Memphis Grizzlies 112-108 Dallas Mavericks | Santi Aldama & Jaren Jackson Jr. |
| Utah Jazz 128-124 Sacramento Kings | Broken Black |
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THE + HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NBA SUMMARY
Day of surprises and unexpected victories, beginning the NBA summary of March 20 with the Grizzlies victory at FedEx Forum against Mavs without Doncic. The couple Jaren Jackson Jr. and the Spanish Santi Aldama They were key to adding an important victory and moving up to second position, with a spectacular 30-5 at home, the best mark in the NBA, taking advantage of the defeat of the Kings. Jackson Jr. scored 28 points and a must-have basket with 17 seconds left. Aldama from the Canary Islands added 22 points and fourteen reboundscoming off the bench, the highests of his career in both statistical fields, remaining as the great game in a remarkable season of sophomore. A victory linked to Ja Morant’s return to team dynamics, being with his teammates, but without jumping onto the field. Irving led the Mavs with 28 points, well seconded by Hardy with 20, but he missed a lot in the fourth quarter, he and the entire team, closing the period at 29-12.
BIG UPS. BIG NIGHT FOR SLIM SPAIN. YEAH YEAH. pic.twitter.com/BJMttIeTRh
— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) March 21, 2023
The Sixers were playing at home and a win was synonymous with ‘playoff times‘ for the Pennsylvanians, but the Bulls were more in need and the Big Three formed by DeRozan, LaVine and Vucevic led the road victory. The match ended with 105-109 with two overtimes, snapping the 76ers winning streak of eight straight wins. Embiid, as usual, went up to 37 points and 16 rebounds, being the tenth consecutive game that he has gone above 30. On the opposite side, La Barba had one of his worst games as a 76ers player, scoring only five points, having a dismal 12 of 14 shooting. Both teams meet again in back-to-back Wednesday at the United Center.
The first surprise, coupled with the Bulls’ victory, came with the Knicks loss at Madison Square Garden despite Randle’s 57 points, which he could not round off with a victory. The All-Star player equaled the third best recorded scorer for the legendary franchise of Knickerbockers, but Thibodeau’s men lost to Wolves -a franchise that he knows from his past in it-, by 134-140. Randle was upset at the end about losing the match, but he matched Richie Guerin, trailing Carmelo Anthony’s 62 in 2014 and Bernard King’s 60 last year. Christmas Day from 1984.”It’s a shame to waste a performance like that.“, said Tom Thibodeau at the end, but the final moments were dominated by the Wolves, with a Taurean Prince who scored 35 points with eight triples without a miss.
Utah Jazz stunned Kings at home with a 128-120 winwith 27 points of Broken Black, including six triples, together with the good help of Olynyk with 19+10+8 and Dunn adding 18 points and ten assists. Eight Will Hardy players climbed above double digits in scoring, shooting 52 percent. On the Sacramento side, Fox scored 37 points, but with the loss they saw them drop to third place, going 11-3 after the All-Star and had added eight straight wins on the road. The Jazz were forever ahead with 1:34 remaining, adding a good series of final free throws, in a game that they could not count on Lauri Markkanen (the Italian Fontecchio came out of the quintet, scoring twelve points), Jordan Clarkson and Collin Sexton. The noob Walker Kessler put in five blocksdoing that for the 10th time this season, matching rookies David Robinson, Mutombo, Alonzo Mourning, Shaquille O’Neal, Shawn Bradley and Tim Duncan.
Important victory, on the road, of Golden State Warriors over Rockets, with Curry scoring 30 points and Thompson adding 29. The reigning champions were able to snap an eleven-game losing streak on the road. Kerr’s men took advantage of a 2-12 run early in the fourth quarter to pull away for good and hold on for their first road win since a Jan. 30 win in Oklahoma City, Klay saying at the end, “It’s nice to break an ugly streak like that. That streak was disgusting“. They are now sixth, despite an 8-29 record on visitors, continuing their tour away from San Francisco, visiting American Airlines in Dallas on Wednesday. Usman Garuba He was on court for 19 minutes, with 7 points scored and three rebounds, in a Rockets led by Tari Eason’s 21 points and Jalen Green’s 20.
SUMMARY NBA: THE + VIRAL
I Morant he was with the Grizzlies at the FedEx Forum, receiving a standing ovation from the fans when they took the field. On the Mavericks side, Luka Doncic he missed his fifth straight game with soreness in his left thigh, making it his eighth in 17 games since joining from Nets Irving.
Lonzo Ball He underwent surgery yesterday for cartilage in his left knee. Donovan commented at the end of the game that everything went well, being sidelined indefinitely after a third knee surgery in just over a year. He now begins another long road of recovery and rehabilitation. His brother LaMelo Ballof the Hornets, commented that he hopes to be able to be recovered by the start of the trainning camp in October, after undergoing surgery on his right ankle on March 1. LaMelo has only played in 36 games this season.
According to TNT journalist Chris Haynes, Damian Lillard He will no longer play again in this final stretch of the season with the Trail Blazers, considering the Oregon franchise that they will not reach Play-in. Another course of failure for the Blazers, casting many doubts on Billiups’ future as head coach and whether Lillard will return.
The NBA reported that Domantas Sabonis he is the player of the week in the West with his 22-8 points, 16 rebounds and ten assists, with a 3-1 mark for the Kings; in the Eastern Conference, the chosen one is Joel Embiid Sixers (3-0), with 35 points, 12.7 rebounds and 3.3 blocks.
THE PHRASE OF THE DAY
“We have a bigger goal in mind. We are fighting for our lives in every game. We’re just playing on that desperation right now“, commented DeRozanauthor of 25 points in Philly.
“Joel is the MVP. I thought he was the MVP last year. But can we stop trying to put people down? All of them are great. We don’t need to leave one to elevate the rest“, said Doc Rivers about Embiid.
The men’s team had no matches and they are already thinking about the Sweet16 They start on Thursday, but there was a lot of emotion and excitement in the Women’s Final Dance, with a close 69-71 victory for Ohio State against North Carolina, Tennessee Lady Volunteers by Marta Suárez, easily defeated Toledo (seed 12) 94-47. In the game of the day, Louisville beat Texas 73-51 as the top five seed, seed four and miami did the upsetwinning 70-68 over Indiana, seed one. Lola Pendande (Almería, 2000), emerged from the CB Roquetas quarry and cited by Miguel Méndez last year, was a starter and was on court for 34 minutes, scoring 19 points and grabbing seven rebounds. Duke fell to Colorado and UConn Huskies 77-58 easy win over Baylor with 22 points from Azzi Fudd and 19 from Edwards. It is the appearance number 29 in a row in the Sweet16the longest streak ever.
AND THE MARCH CONTINUES #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/U4KdQSNkMW
— Hurricanes Women’s Basketball (@CanesWBB) March 21, 2023
One of the news of the day in the NCAA world was the hiring and return to Big East of the legendary Rick Pitino like new head coach from the University of NY, Saint John’s Red Storm. The University announced that it will be presented next Monday at Madison Square Garden.
MVP-SOLOBASKET
The name of the day was Julius Randle, despite the loss of the Knicks in Madison against Timberwolves. The player, who emerged from the Kentucky factory, scored 57 points (51 in the first three quarters), going up to 19 of 29 from the field and 8 of 14 on 3-pointers, being the first Knicks player to score 50 or more since Carmelo Anthony. His performance was not enough for victory and there was another hero on the Wolves side, Taurean Princewith 35 points and 8 of 8 in triples.
57 POINTS.
Julius Randle was SPECIAL tonight.He became the fourth @nyknicks player with 55+ points and the FIRST with 55+ points and 8+ threes… MIN tops NYK in a thriller at MSG. pic.twitter.com/oYdCM27ZeD
— NBA (@NBA) March 21, 2023