Despite Jayson Tatum (34 points), Boston lost to Atlanta (99-110) and remains stuck in the soft underbelly of the Eastern Conference, like its evening opponent. Detroit beat Indiana (97-89) which continues to disappoint following the hope born of the return of Rick Carlisle on the bench. The Pacers are 13th in the East. Rolled by Golden State 24 hours earlier, Brooklyn reacted by dominating Cleveland (109-99), carried by James Harden (27 points). Finally, Minnesota won once morest Sacramento (107-97).
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Another fifty-point game in the NBA, Saddiq Bey carries the Detroit Pistons against the Orlando Magic
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Hayes, 11 minutes then the infirmary
Author of a solid start to the match, especially in the creation (5 assists), the French leader Killian Hayes, who was part of the starting five, left his team following eleven minutes of play (two missed shots). On his second miss, wanting to recover his rebound, the former Cholet player took his teammate Kelly Olynyk’s elbow in the face. Stunned, he might not resume the game.
Karl-Anthony Towns, first player to 60 points this season in Minnesota win at San Antonio
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
The performance and the statistics will remain but the purists will undoubtedly regret the way. While the meeting between Minnesota and San Antonio was played three minutes from the final siren (149-139) and his personal counter indicated 56 points, Karl-Anthony Towns was returned to the floor of the AT & T Center with a single goal: reach the 60-point mark for the first time in his career.
Despite five faults, the interior of the Timberwolves was not asked. An award-winning basket and a free throw later, he reached 60 stacks, setting a new record for the franchise and also becoming the first player to reach this level this season, while LeBron James and Trae Young had previously shared the leadership with 56 points.
” Before the match, explained Towns, I told the coach that I was ready to do everything to win this match because we needed this victory. I told him that I might play 44 or 48 minutes if necessary. I had this state of mind, that of wanting to dominate, of wanting to be at my best level. » He was particularly so during a third quarter that he flew over, placing Minnesota in orbit for victory (+15, 121-106, 36th).
Popovich: “(Towns) is an incredible player”
During those twelve minutes, which he played in full, Towns scored 32 points with an excellent 9 of 13 shooting (5 of 6 from three points) and a 9 of 9 on free throws. He added six rebounds for good measure (out of 17 in the game). “Karl was fantastic, blew Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. He attacked the basket, he shot, he was always involved. He’s an incredible player so it’s no surprise to see him play like this but tonight was special. »
And necessary for Minnesota who would like to catch up with Denver (1 victory and a half behind for the moment) and steal sixth place from the Nuggets in order to avoid the always risky “play-in” to enter the play-offs. It will no doubt take other XXL performances from Towns to achieve this.
The Phoenix Suns re-stick to the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the NBA play-offs
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
At the end of a low intensity meeting, the Phoenix Suns punished the Los Angeles Lakers (100-92) in game four of the first round of the NBA play-offs at Staples Center, and returned to a tie (2 games everywhere). A contrasting encounter like this between Lakers who were dominant but very quickly casual and disorganized, sometimes even fragile, once morest the Suns who knew how to come back perfectly well in this part following being led by nine points in the second quarter. They then took matters into their own hands to turn at the break with a four-point lead, an advance that they transformed into a substantial gap (68-54) at the start of the third quarter.
Injured to the adductors, Anthony Davis (6 points, 4 points, 3 assists in 19 minutes) terribly missed the Lakers, especially since on a false rhythm, polluted by many approximations, this game four propelled the Suns at the end of the third quarter -time on the score of 81-65. To believe that the Lakers, in the greatest disorder and very little involvement, had mourned this game that was really too messy to be interesting.
From the start of the fourth quarter, the Suns dominated (eighteen points ahead), skilfully played the clock and were never caught, even if opposite, LeBron James, seemed at the end capable of carrying this match on his broad shoulders, managing to raise his level of play (25 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists). A good defense of the Lakers, finally, reduced the gap to seven points (95-88) two minutes from the end but it was not enough. We hope, on Tuesday (4 hours), for a more exciting sequel, which shouldn’t be very difficult…