Grizzlies, Pistons, Suns and Heat won in a short NBA day

Grizzlies, Pistons, Suns and Heat won in a short NBA day

Memphis Grizzlies, Detroit Pistons, Phoenix Suns and Miami Heat they took the victory this saturday in an NBA day with three postponed games.

Two of them, Los Angeles Lakers-San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Clippers-Charlotte Hornets, were already delayed on Friday due to the serious fires that Los Angeles is suffering.

In addition, the NBA announced this Saturday morning that the game that was going to be played in the afternoon between the Atlanta Hawks and the Houston Rockets would also be played on another date due to low temperatures and ice in Atlanta.

Two acrobatic baskets by Ja Morant in the last minute gave the Grizzlies (25-14) the victory in this vibrant duel in which neither team had leads of more than 6 points.

Those two key actions made up a discreet performance by Morant, who was left with only 12 points on a poor 5 of 19 shooting. The best for Memphis were Jaren Jackson Jr. (33 points and 8 rebounds) and Desmond Bane (21 points).

The Spanish Santi Aldama once again gave good minutes with 11 points and 3 of 4 in triples.

For their part, the Wolves (20-18) lost after three straight wins and Anthony Edwards failing to win the game with a three-point attempt at the buzzer. The Minnesota star scored just 15 points (4 of 13).

Donte DiVincenzo recorded a double-double with 27 points (6 of 11 on triples) and 10 rebounds, in addition to 7 assists, for the Wolves who made 56.6% of their shots but had 19 turnovers that led to 27 Grizzlies points. Additionally, they allowed 21 offensive rebounds for Memphis.

Cade Cunningham excelled with a triple-double (22 points, 10 rebounds and 17 assists) as the Pistons (20-19) earned their sixth victory in their last seven games. Tim Hardaway Jr. was also fundamental in Detroit with 27 points and a huge 7 of 8 in triples within the Pistons who shone from the perimeter with a great 19 of 33.

Immanuel Quickley (25 points) was the most productive of the adrift Raptors (8-31), who are second to last in the East and who have had five consecutive losses.

Taking advantage of an easy stretch of their schedule, the Suns (18-19) have won three in their last four games, but they are still out of the play-in in the West.

Devin Booker (34 points with 6 of 12 triples) and Kevin Durant (25 points and 7 assists) led Phoenix. In the Jazz (9-28), who suffered their third straight loss and remain second to last in the West, the top scorer was Lauri Markkanen (24 points).

In the last game of the day, the Heat (20-17) added their third straight win in a duel against the Blazers (13-25) who already dominated by 20 points in the second quarter, but in which they had to contain the reaction local in the third quarter.

Tyler Herro took the reins for Miami with 32 points (7 of 14 on triples) while Anfernee Simons did the same for Portland with 28 points (also 7 of 14 from the perimeter). Mexican Jaime Jáquez Jr. scored 11 points for the Heat.