The Thunder dominated the Knicks, the Celtics reached 50 wins and the Raptors made history

Oklahoma City Thunder was imposed this Sunday on New York Knicks, Boston Celtics added his 50th win of the season against Charlotte Hornets and Toronto Raptors They recorded a 31-0 run, the largest in NBA history.

The Thunder received one of the most difficult teams in the final stretch of its season, in a key match for the aspirations of both in the classification, and achieved a solid 111-100 victory.

Oklahoma City (59-16), with its victory, maintains the two-game cushion over the San Antonio Spurs (56-18) in the lead of the West.

For their part, the Knicks (48-27) are not only moving away to an almost insurmountable distance from the Boston Celtics (50-24), second in the East, but they are beginning to see the Cleveland Cavaliers (46-28) very close.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 30 points (13 free throws). Jalen Williams had his best game since his return from injury with 22 points.

The game’s leading scorer was Jalen Brunson with 32 points.

Boston Celtics stomp in the East

“50 wins in a year of transition,” Jaylen Brown put on his social networks after the Celtics’ 114-99 victory in Charlottewith which they mathematically secured one of the playoff spots in the East.

The Celtics, who were going through a year of adjustments, became strong candidates for the ring. They are the fourth team in the league with 50 wins, only behind the Thunder, the Spurs and the Detroit Pistons.

In addition, the victory consolidates their second position in the East, with which they ensure home place in a hypothetical conference semifinals against the Knicks.

Jayson Tatum had 32 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists and Payton Pritchard contributed 28 points against the Hornets in great form since the beginning of the year, with whom they could face each other in the first phase of the playoffs.

Toronto Raptors historic partial

The Raptors beat the Orlando Magic 139-87in a display that led them to dominate by 56 in the last quarter and sign a devastating partial 31-0 in the first half.

The record-breaking partial started in the first quarter, when the Magic were up 20-14 after the 6 minute and 30 second match.

At the end of the first quarter, the Raptors had already managed to turn the result around with a 38-20 lead, a good streak that lasted during the first 2 minutes of the second quarter until 45-20 before a basket by Paolo Banchero.

Between Jamal Shead’s free throws that opened that 31-0 run and Jakob Poeltl’s basket that closed it, 7 minutes and 11 seconds of a total nightmare passed for Orlando, which did not raise its head again.

This is the largest partial since the NBA began recording play-by-play data 29 seasons ago, in 1997-1998..

Denver Nuggets beat Golden State Warriors 116-93 with 25 points, 15 rebounds and 8 assists from Nikola Jokic, Houston Rockets beat New Orleans Pelicans 134-102 with 36 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists from Alperen Sengun, Los Angeles Clippers beat Milwaukee Bucks 127-113 and thus added his fifth consecutive victory.

Indiana Pacers defeated Miami Heat 135-118although it remains the worst team in the NBA with one more loss than Washington Wizards, who this Sunday fell 123-88 against the Portland Trail Blazers. AND Brooklyn Nets broke a ten-game losing streak by beating the Sacramento Kings 116-99in a duel between two of the weakest teams in the league.