The Wiggins-Curry Swirl! Tense evening in Minneapolis, SGA slices; Sacramento dominates LA; Portland wins in Salt Lake

After the beating put to the Knicks by Dallas at Madison Square Garden in the early evening, there were 6 other games to play in the NBA tonight. The Clippers C, 7th in the West, hosted Sacramento, 5th, and fell 123-96 at Crypto.com Arena against Domantas Sabonis (24 points at 10/11, 5 rebounds, 6 assists) and his teammates. Their worst loss of the season. Sabonis scored 15 points in the first quarter alone, and the gap rose to 31 points in the 4th. Keegan Murray signs 23 points. Milwaukee won in Charlotte without needing the services of Giannis AntetokounmpoKhris Middleton or Jrue Holiday, all resting.

Back, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 3rd best scorer in the league, signed 33 points in the success of his team on the floor of Wolves, who lost Rudy Gobert in the 2nd quarter on an exclusion following a trip while he was on the ground with Kenrich Williams. In all, 8 techniques were whistled in this match, including 5 for Minnesota. Josh Giddey signed his 8th double-double of the season (21 points, 12 assists) while opposite D’Angelo Russell and Anthony Edwards, dominated 38-27 in the last quarter, signed 27 and 26 points respectively in vain . Toronto, 56% on shots, regained victory with a season record tied for OG Anunoby but also 26 points and 10 rebounds from Pascal Siakam, inflicting the Magic an 8th loss in a row.

At home the Warriors had no trouble getting rid of the Rockets with a duo Andrew Wiggins (36 points at 14/19, 8/10 at 3-point) – Stephen Curry which combines for 66 points (30 points at 10/21, 8/17 from afar, 10 assists). Their domination was clear from the start with a 22-4 entry then a 1st quarter completed 39-23. Golden State is the 2nd team in history to make 20 3-point shots in 4 out of 5 games (the Jazz did it between November 27 and December 8, 2021). Finally Portland, still without Lillard but with a huge duo Anfernee Simons (45 points at 15/25) – Jerami Grant (33 points including 13 in the 4th quarter at 10/18) went to win in Salt Lake City. Simons scored a clutch block with 4.6 seconds remaining as Utah could equalize.

Kings – Clippers 123-96