Lakers are already third parties, Nuggets date back to Grizzlies and Clippers, Warriors and Wolves do not fail

Behind the Lakers appear the Nuggets (49-32, rooms) and the clippers (also 49-32, fifths). Sixth with the last direct place to playoffs appear the Warriors (48-33), although the Wolves (senses) also present the same balance (48-33).

Eighths include the Grizzlies (47-34), in low hours and already mathematically condemned to the play-in. In addition, the Kings (39-42, ninth) and the Mavericks (also 39-42, tenths) will see the faces in the play-in but remains to be seen who will have an advantage as a local.

On Sunday, 15 meetings will be played with the 30 NBA teams and with these crosses in the west, some explosives such as Warriors-Clippers, for the sets involved in the fight for the postseason and without its defined position:

– Rockets against Nuggets (rooms).

– Warriors (sixth) against clippers (quintos).

– Timberwolves (seventh) against jazz.

– Grizzlies (eighth) against Mavericks (tenths).

– Kings (ninth) in front of Suns.

Lakers 140-109 Rockets

The Lakers (50-31) managed to distance themselves from the huge west mess and keep third place. In addition, they got their first season with 50 or more wins since the 2019-2020 campaign, which ended the ‘bubble’ ring.

Those of purple and gold took advantage of some rockets with nothing at stake and with multiple absences (Ames Thompson, Alperen Sengun, Fred Vanvleet, Dillon Brooks …) to seal their maximum score of the course with 140 points.

The main responsible was a star Luka Doncic with 39 points (large 13, 19 in shots with 5 of 9 in triples), 8 rebounds and 7 assists in 31 minutes. LeBron James (14 points and 8 assists) and Austin Reaves (23 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists) put their grain of sand in some Lakers that will have a whole week of rest before starting on their court the ‘playoff’.

CAM Whitmore (34 points and 8 rebounds) was the best of Houston.

Nuggets 117-109 Grizzlies

In addition to guiding their nuggets (49-32, rooms) to a crucial victory, Nikola Jokic became the third player in the NBA history to average a triple-double during a course. His now partner Russell Westbrook (four times) and Oscar Robertson are the other two names of this exclusive list, the NBA reported.

The Serbian genius sealed its triple-double number 34 of the campaign with 26 points (11 of 19 in shots), 16 rebounds and 13 assists. In the absence of only a regular season match, the triple WVA winner presents an average spectacular of 29.8 points, 12.8 rebounds and 10.2 assists per game.

The Jokic recital was joined by Aaron Gordon with 33 points. Denver has won his two meetings with his new coach, David Adelman.

On the other hand, the Grizzlies (47-34, eighth) have lost strength at the worst moment, wasted a +15 in the second quarter and fit a partial brutal of 14-1 that sank them in the last six minutes of encounter.

Desmond Bane (24 points and 6 rebounds), Ja Morant (21 points and 6 assists) and Jaren Jackson Jr. (18 points) were put in front of Memphis. The Spanish Santi Aldama contributed 8 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Kings 100-101 Clippers

The seventh victory followed by some clippers thrown (49-32, fifths) came with work until the end because the Kings (39-42, ninth) had a triple of Demar Droan on the horn that did not enter to have completed the comeback.

James Harden (triple-double with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists), Kawhi Leonard (28 points and 7 rebounds) and Ivica Zubac (17 points and 11 rebounds) commanded the clippers, which on Sunday will be measured in a formidable duel to the Warriors (48-33, sixth).

Zach Lavine (26 points) and Sabonis (19 points and 16 rebounds) were the most productive of sacrament.

Blazers 86-103 Warriors

After their unexpected and hard stumble against the Spurs, the Warriors (48-33, sixth) recovered overwhelming the Blazers with 24 points and 7 assists from Jimmy Butler and five other players in double scoring digits, including Stephen Curry (14 points).

Golden State will receive the clippers on Sunday (49-32, fifths).

Timberwolves 117-91 Nets

Rudy Gobert matched his record record with 35 points (fantastic 13 of 17 in shots) and also added 11 rebounds for the Wolves (48-33, sevenths).

Anthony Edwards stayed at 9 points and also received his technical foul number 18 of the season, so by suspension Sunday’s encounter will be lost to the jazz.

Mavericks 124-102 Raptors

Only three caps remained Anthony Davis to seal the fifth double quadruple in the history of the NBA, something they have only achieved (since in 1973-74 robberies and caps began to register) Nate Thurmond, Alvin Robertson, Hakeem Olajuwon and David Robinson.

The inmate taught a master class with 23 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists and 7 caps in just 30 minutes for some Mavericks (39-42, tenths) that came to win 38 points.

In the rest of the meetings of the day in the west, the Thunder rolled the jazz (111-145) with 32 points and 10 of 14 in triples of Isaiah Joe while Phoenix Suns bent to San Antonio Spurs (117-98).