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Atlanta (United States) (AFP) – The Brooklyn Nets beat the Atlanta Hawks 108-107 on Wednesday and raised their string of consecutive victories to ten in the NBA, while DeMar DeRozan surpassed his duel against the Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo in the triumph of the Chicago Bulls.
Star Kyrie Irving scored 15 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter, and Kevin Durant added 26 points, 16 rebounds and eight assists for the Nets, whose winning streak is the team’s longest since the 2005-2006 season and its longest. in the league this course.
The game was just one of the close encounters Wednesday in the NBA, with Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 119-118 and the Chicago Bulls defeating the Milwaukee Bucks 119-113 in overtime.
In Atlanta, the absence of Hawks leading scorer Trae Young, as well as Clint Capela and De’Andre Hunter, didn’t stop the hosts from taking a 63-56 lead after a first half in which they only turned over one ball. vs. Brooklyn’s eight.
But the Nets broke through in the third and Irving scored eight straight points on a layup and two 3-pointers to push the Nets lead to 93-82 early in the fourth quarter.
The Hawks, led by Dejounte Murray’s 24 points, responded and tied the score 104–104 with 1:48 to go, but were unable to prevent defeat.
“Sounds pretty good,” Durant said of the 10-game skid, highlighting the struggles the Nets have endured for a couple of years, including the slow start to this season, the firing of coach Steve Nash and the anti-Semitism issue that engulfed to Irving.
In New Orleans, Williamson returned after missing three games due to covid concerns and scored a career-high 43 points to lead the Pelicans over Minnesota.
Anthony Edwards and D’Angelo Russell each scored 27 points for the Timberwolves, but Edwards missed a potential game-winning shot as time expired.
DeRozan surpasses Giannis
In Chicago, DeMar DeRozan scored 42 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the hometown Bulls, who withstood a 45-point, 22-rebound performance by Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo of Greece.
DeRozan came up with a steal and fed Ayo Dosunmu for the game-tying dunk in the dying seconds of the fourth quarter.
After Nikola Vucevic’s 3-pointer put the Bulls up 111-110 with 1:28 left in overtime, DeRozan scored Chicago’s final eight points, six of them from the free throw line.
In Miami, star Jimmy Butler and center Bam Adebayo led the Heat in botching star LeBron James’ latest comeback to Florida, leading the hosts to a 112-98 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Butler, back after missing a game with a sprained ankle, had 27 points with five rebounds, four assists and six steals.
Adebayo, out of a game due to an illness not related to covid, scored 23 points and 14 rebounds.
For his part, LeBron, who led the Lakers with 27 points, said the discrepancy in shots attempted (Miami’s 92 to the Lakers’ 77) was a direct result of the Lakers’ 26 turnovers.
“They had 31 points from our turnovers. They had 19 second-chance points from offensive rebounds as well. That was the bottom line,” LeBron said.
– Results of Wednesday in the NBA:
Detroit and Orlando 121-101
Brooklyn a Atlanta 108-107
New Orleans and Minnesota 119-118
Washington a Phoenix 127-102
Miami a LA Lakers 112-98
Chicago a Milwaukee 119-113
– In Game:
Utah vs Golden State
Denver vs Sacramento
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