[ad_1]
Curry again decisive
The Golden State Warriors have chained a fifth victory to consolidate their fifth place to the west, en route to a direct qualification for the play-offs.
Stephen Curry shone again: after performances at 37 points against the Lakers and 52 points against Memphis, the star of the Warriors scored 36 points in success (118-104) against the Denver Nuggets, fourth but who have lost their last three matches.
Nikola Jokic (33 points, 12 rebounds) was not sufficiently accompanied. The Warriors now have a balance sheet of 46 victories for 31 defeats, putting the Nuggets under pressure (47-31) at the end of the regular season.
Boston record
The NBA loves this kind of statistics. The Celtics set a new record for the number of three-point shots scored in a single season after their victory (123-103) against Phoenix.
By scoring 14 long distance shots against the Suns, the title champions fix the new reference to 1370 three -point baskets. They eclipse the old brand held by the Golden State Warriors (1363).
Jaylen Brown was Boston's best scorer with 31 points, while Jayson Tatum finished with 23 points in a victory that brought a new blow to the hopes of the Suns, 11th to the west.
Houston warns the Thunder
Just officially qualified for the play-offs, the Rockets, second to the west, marked the blow by beating the leader OKC (125-111).
Jalen Green with 34 points and Alperen Sengun (31 points) knocked out the Thunder, who remained on eleven success and who has lost only 13 times this season, for 64 victories (the best assessment of the League).
The young Rockets collective warns OKC in what could be a conference final. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, candidate for the title of MVP, was limited to 22 points by the defense of Houston. Jalen Williams finished best marker for OKC with 33 points.
Playtons in play-offs
The Pistons de Detroit, for the moment fifth in the east, have won their ticket for the play-offs by winning (117-105) in Toronto.
Tim Hardaway Jr. finished best scorer with 23 points for Detroit, who saw six of his own at ten or more points.
It is a total reversal for the pistons, which had finished in the last place in the last season, with only 14 victories against 68 defeats.
Lakers recover
After their defeat against the Warriors, the Los Angeles Lakers resumed their march forward towards the play-offs by dismissing (124-108) the Pelicans of New Orleans.
Luka Doncic (35 points), Austin Reaves (30 points) and LeBron James (27 points) brought the Lakers to the west with a 47 victories for 30 defeats.
In San Antonio, the Cleveland Cavaliers, leaders of the East Conference, were hung by the Spurs, which they only beaten from a point 114-113.
Night results
- The clippers – Dallas: 114 – 91
- Boston – Phoenix : 123 – 103
- Toronto – Detroit: 105 – 117
- Golden State – Denver : 118 – 104
- Chicago – Portland : 118 – 113
- Houston – Oklahoma City : 125 – 111
- San Antonio – Cleveland : 113 – 114
- Charlotte – Sacramento : 102 – 125
- Indiana – Utah: 140 – 112
- La Lakers – New Orleans: 124 – 108
[ad_2]
