New York (AFP)
The Boston Celtics rose to the top of the Eastern District in the NBA, with a 134-112 victory over its guest Minnesota Nemberwolves, while the Charlotte Hornets disrupted Kyrie Irving’s participation for the first time at home this season, by defeating the Brooklyn Nets 119-110.
Jason Tatum scored 34 points, Jalen Brown added 31 and 10 rebounds, leading the Celtics to their sixth straight win.
Boston ended the first half leading 72-49, which is its highest score in the first two quarters of this season, to achieve its 47th victory once morest 28 defeats, equal to Miami as the best record in the Eastern Province.
Order is very important, Brown said. We definitely want to take advantage of that. But at the same time, we will face whoever the opponent is.
He continued: The battle in Al Sharqiya will be very fierce, so we are not running away from anyone.
The defending champion Milwaukee Bucks III and Philadelphia 76ers IV enjoy the same record (46-28), in an intense struggle for the top spot in the East.
Philadelphia lost 114-104 once morest the Phoenix Suns, the leader of the West and the league, which strengthened its record to 61-14 following its eighth victory in a row.
From the winning side, Devin Booker scored 35 points, while Chris Paul added 19 and 14 assists. Cameroonian Joel Embiid of the Sevens Sixes was the best with 37 points and 15 rebounds.
In Brooklyn, Irving, who was not vaccinated once morest the Corona virus, played his first home game following a change in the rules related to the pandemic in New York, which previously prohibited him from playing matches at home.
However, Charlotte refused to disrupt this comeback led by Lamelo Paul, who scored 33 points, nine assists and seven rebounds.
Kevin Durant was the best in the Nets with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, while Irving contributed 16 points and 11 assists.
In New Orleans, LeBron James’ 39 points with the Los Angeles Lakers were not enough to avoid a 108-106 loss once morest the Pelicans, who rose to ninth place in the West at the expense of the 2020 champion, who became tenth, in the last qualifying positions for the playoff playoffs. .
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The Suns take the lead in the NBA and the Grizzlies to the Playoffs
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Los Angeles (AFP)
The Phoenix Suns finished top of the regular season in the NBA, by beating the Denver Nuggets 140-130.
The Suns owes its 67th consecutive victory of the season once morest 14 defeats to Devin Booker, who rained the Nuggets basket with 49 points, in a meeting in which his fellow veteran playmaker Chris Paul participated following an absence of five weeks due to injury.
And regarding his team’s ability to take the lead in the season and the western region and the attendant advantage of the stadium during the playoffs, Booker said: It is a beautiful feeling. It was a very intense match. We wanted it, we wanted our 60th win tonight and we got it.
Booker succeeded in 16 of his 25 attempts, including 15 out of 17 free throws, in addition to achieving 10 assists, to contribute, with the help of Michael Bridges (22 points), to enhance the Suns record away from home with 30 wins out of 36 games.
Chris Paul participated for thirty minutes and scored 17 points with 13 assists and 4 rebounds, and played a decisive role in frustrating the Nuggets’ resolve, by scoring four free throws in the last seconds of the match.
Paul has been absent from the team since suffering a right hand injury during the victory over the Houston Rockets on February 16, and the team suffered four defeats in 15 games in his absence.
Despite 28 points from Serbian star Nikola Jokic, Nuggets suffered his 31st defeat to 43 wins, but he remained sixth in the Western Region standings, a match ahead of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
With a sweeping victory over the Indiana Pacers 133-103, the Memphis Grizzlies became the second team from the Western Region following the Suns to settle their ticket to the “Playoff”, by achieving the fifty-first victory in 73 games.
In other games, the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks beat the Washington Wizards 114-102, the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Chicago Bulls 126-109, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Houston Rockets 117-104.
NBA: Machtdemonstration! Boston Celtics vermöbeln Sixers
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
What a disassembly! The Boston Celtics take apart the Sixers according to all the rules of the art – including a franchise record. Meanwhile, Giannis Antetokounmpo explodes for 50 points, the Clutch-Suns do their thing once more and Karl-Anthony Towns leads Minnesota to a comeback win in overtime.
Atlanta Hawks (27-30) – Cleveland Cavaliers (35-23) 124:116 (BOXSCORE)
- After four losses from five games, it took a true Trae Young explosion to get the Hawks back on track once morest the surprise Eastern Conference team. His 41 points and 9 assists with strong odds (13/22 FG, 4/7 threesomes and 11/13 FT) as well as important buckets from Bogdan Bogdanovic (10) and Kevin Huerter (13) in crunch time sank the Cavs.
- Both teams fought an exciting exchange of blows over long stretches, then in the middle of the final section it was Young and De’Andre Hunter (18) who gave the home side from Downtown an important advantage. Although Cleveland continued to hold back bravely, but only Bogdanovic and two and a half minutes before the end of Huerter also put the final needle pricks from a distance, at the latest a young floater made everything clear.
- Atlanta got good production from almost the entire team across the board in the final run. In addition to the players already mentioned, Danilo Gallinari (25) also put in a good performance. “We just played well. We hit our shots and got stops when we needed them,” said Young happily.
- In the fourth quarter, Darius Garland in particular put up a fight for the Cavs. The point guard marked 10 of his 30 points (plus 8 assists) in the last round, but that was not enough. Evan Mobley put on a double-double (22 and 10 rebounds, plus 4 assists and steals each), Kevin Love threw in 21 points from the bench.
Miami Heat (37-21) – Dallas Mavericks (34-24) 99:107 (SPIELBERICHT)
Milwaukee Bucks (36-23) – Indiana Pacers (19-40) 128:119 (BOXSCORE)
- The night before, Giannis Antetokounmpo was given a break due to an injured ankle, but the Greek Freak was back in top form once morest Indiana. The Pacers felt this in a painful way, Giannis gave the guests a highly efficient 50 points as well Dunks on the assembly line one.
- “This efficiency, that’s… that’s… that’s just Giannis,” coach Mike Budenholzer mightn’t help but be amazed following his superstar had hung up 50 points at 17/21 (!) from the field. “It’s hard to see how he can score 50 points on 21 shots.”
- The two-time MVP provided the explanation, among other things, with a dominant appearance in the zone including several crashing dunks. But also with 2 threes in 3 attempts and a relatively safe hand from the line (14/18 FT). The Bucks were also dependent on this Giannis explosion, Milwaukee might not shake the Pacers until the fourth quarter.
- But then Antetokounmpo sank a buttery three-pointer and several freebies that put the Bucks some distance (+14). Giannis’ 19 points in the final stretch ensured Milwaukee’s victory would stay in the end, with Khris Middleton (19 and 8 assists) and Jrue Holiday (14 and 8) otherwise on hand. On the other hand, Buddy Hield was on fire, scoring a season best of 36 points (13 in the fourth quarter) and welding 8/12 threes through the trap. Tyrese Haliburton provided assists with 17 points and 8 dimes.
Lance Stephenson caused euphoria in his first home game as Pacer in four years and resisted the Nets. The Spurs seemed to give the Celtics overtime, but Boston failed.
Charlotte Hornets (20-19) – Detroit Pistons (7-29) 140:111 (BOXSCORE)
- Blowouts don’t have to be slow, especially when Kelly Oubre Jr. decides to chase an NBA record in the fourth quarter. After an inconspicuous appearance over three quarters, Oubre hit eight of his nine litters from downtown in the final section. The league record for triples in a quarter is nine.
- The Hornets were well on their way to victory even before this explosion, behind Oubre (32 points, 9/14 3FG) Gordon Hayward and Miles Bridges were the top scorers with 19 points each, and three other Hornets scored double-digit points. Among them was LaMelo Ball with 12 points and assists as well as 8 rebounds.
- Charlotte was never behind during the game and in the meantime even led with 36 points. The Hornets played 39 assists and hit 57.1 percent of their threes as a team (24/42). The pistons were already far in the rearview mirror following the first quarter (19:37).
- With the much longer list of failures, Detroit presented itself respectably, led by Trey Lyles (17, 7 rebounds) and Cade Cunningham (16, 7 assists). Josh Jackson contributed 15 points from the bench.
- Corona-Protokoll: Vernon Carey Jr., Scottie Lewis (alle Hornets)
Orlando Magic (7-32) – Philadelphia 76ers (21-16) 106:116 (BOXSCORE)
- The Sixers are still on the upswing with their fifth straight win but have struggled with the Magic for a long time. Joel Embiid brought his colors with 31 points at 12/22 from the field to the winning road, but also made 6 turns with 4 assists.
- Orlando led once more and once more over longer distances, in the third quarter even with up to +11. There were brief injuries to both Cole Anthony (26, 7 assists) and Franz Wagner when the two hobbled into the catacombs within a few minutes. However, both returned to the stage, Wagner collected 15 points (6/11 FG) and 6 rebounds and 4 turnover.
- Embiid received active support from Tobias Harris (22, 9 rebounds) as well as Seth Curry and Furkan Korkmaz with 20 points each, Andre Drummond filled the box score from the bench with 12 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.
- Danny Green did the exact opposite, not recording a single point (0/2 FG), rebound, assist, steal or block in almost 24 minutes. The “tactic” didn’t pay off, Green had the worst plus / minus of all Sixers with -13.
- Corona Protocol: Markelle Fultz, Robin Lopez (All Magic) – Tyrese Maxey, Matisse Thybulle, Jaden Springer, (All Sixers)
Washington Wizards (19-19) – Houston Rockets (11-28) 111:114 (BOXSCORE)
- So you can report back from a suspension, Kevin Porter Jr.! With 9 points at 3/13 FG and 8 assists, the point guard did not make a good game for a long time, but hit the most important throw of the game. His goal from downtown left the Wizards only 0.9 seconds to compensate, Kyle Kuzma’s turnaround triple in distress completely missed the ring.
- The Rockets led the whole game up to a few minutes and even with +11 in the fourth quarter, but allowed Raul Neto (14) to equalize with a simple layup 22 seconds before the end. Corey Kispert (7) had previously stolen the ball from Eric Gordon.
- Christian Wood also cut a good figure following his suspension from a game, together with Jalen Green (22 each) he was the top scorer of the Rockets and collected 11 rebounds. Jae’Sean Tate (13, 10 rebounds, 4 turnover) contributed a double-double, Gordon put up 19 points.
- The Wizards had to do without Bradley Beal (27, 9/25 FG) for a long time in the last 15 minutes, who had to go on the bench with five fouls in the third quarter and was eliminated early in the final section with an offensive foul. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (26, 5/9 3FG) and Kyle Kuzma (24, 9 rebounds, 0/8 3FG) jumped into the breach, in the last few seconds the Wizards mightn’t get the ball into the hands of KCP.
- Corona-Protokoll: Armoni Brooks, DeJon Jarreau (alle Rockets) – Thomas Bryant, Spencer Dinwiddie, Anthony Gill, Rui Hachimura, Montrezl Harrell, Aaron Holiday, Brad Wanamaker (alle Wizards)
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