Anthony Edwards reigns without Curry, Durant rescues Rockets and the Cavs shine

Anthony Edwards He scored 42 points this Friday in the comfortable victory of Minnesota Timberwolves in the stadium of some Golden State Warriors (127-117) without Stephen Curryon a day of the NBA in which Kevin Durant rescued Houston Rockets with the winning shot against New Orleans Pelicans.

Besides, Cleveland Cavaliers He walked on the court Dallas Mavericks and Detroit Pistons reinforced its leadership in the East with a victory against Memphis Grizzlies.

At the Chase Center in San Francisco, the Wolves took advantage of the Warriors without Steph Curry, still affected by a right knee injury suffered at the end of January.

The loss of Curry, 38, is added to that of Jimmy Butler, who broke his cruciate, and that of Draymond Green, who has back discomfort.

Against some Warriors slowed down by absences, Edwards dominated with 42 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. It was the tenth game of the course with more than 40 points for Edwards.

The Wolves have six wins in their last seven visits to Chase Center.

Kevin Durant’s character

Durant put the cherry on top of his 32 points with the winning shot with 7.6 seconds left in the Rockets’ game against the Pelicans.

Houston won 107-105 and reached the Los Angeles Lakers in third place in the West with a balance of 41-25.

KD was supported by Amen Thompson with 23 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists on a night in which the Turkish Alperen Sengun was absent.

If the Rockets fight at the top of the West, their Texan neighbors the Mavericks continue with their season of suffering, after get blown out 138-105 at home by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Mavs, who had snapped an eight-game losing streak with a win against the Grizzlies, returned to their old ways at home and no longer have postseason ambitions.

The Cavs walked in Dallas with 29 points from Evan Mobley, 24 from Donovan Mitchell and 17 from James Harden and are fourth in the East (41-26).

The Pistons lead the East

That Conference is led by the Detroit Pistons, who took a breath and added their third consecutive victory to reinforce their leadership in the NBA East after winning 126-110 against a Grizzlies full of casualties.

Jalen Duren led the Pistons’ victory with a double-double of 30 points and 13 rebounds and led a group of seven Detroit players in double figures in scoring.

The Pistons rule the East with a record of 48-18, ahead of the Celtics (43-23) who lost three of their previous five games.

It was a relief for Detroit, which after dominating the season had had a paid setback with four straight losses. Boston took advantage of it to put pressure at the top of the East.

22 rebounds for Mitchell Robinson

Behind Detroit and Boston is the New York Knicks, who beat Indiana Pacers (101-92) in the rerun of last year’s conference finals.

Jalen Brunson led the New Yorkers with 29 points, OG Anunoby contributed 15 and Mitchell Robinson dominated in the paint with up to 22 rebounds.

Among the other results of the night, Toronto Raptors beat Phoenix Suns 122-115 and Portland Trail Blazers accelerated towards the play-in with a 124-114 to the Utah Jazz.