NBA: Shai’s Thunder beat the Jokic Nuggets and the CAVs reached 14 victories in a row
Oklahoma City Thunder He won this Sunday to Denver Nuggets By 127-103, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander strengthening your candidacy for MVP before Nikola Jokicwhile Cleveland Cavaliers He won as a visitor to Milwaukee Bucks By 112-100 to add his fourteenth victory followed.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the duel to MVP candidates to Nikola Jokic, in what could also be an advance of the west final.
The Canadian ended with 40 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists the game in which Oklahoma City Thunder (53-11) beat Denver Nuggets (41-23).
Jokic touched a new triple-double with 24 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists.
With the defeat in Oklahoma City, the Nuggets fell back to the third position of the West, surpassed by Los Angeles Lakers.
Cleveland Cavaliers (54-10) added his fourteenth victory followed during his visit to Milwaukee Bucks (36-27).
The Cavaliers are a single triumph of matching their record of 15 victories in a row, which established this season, between October and November 2024. Tuesday they receive Brooklyn Nets in the Rocket Arena.
It was a blow of authority of the undisputed leaders of the East, also the best NBA team, headed by Max Strus with 17 points and 9 rebounds and by Donovan Mitchell, which scored 15.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points and caught 9 rebounds, while Damian Lillard scored 22, but the bucks of the Bucks only contributed 21.
Phoenix Suns (30-34) took a key duel in the fight for the tenth position of the west, the last of the play-in, which Dallas Mavericks still occupies (32-33).
Pens of casualties and still touched by the exit of Luka Doncic, the Mavericks are in free fall and against the Suns added their fifth defeat followed.
Kevin Durant touched the triple-double with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, while Devin Booker scored 24 and Bradley Beal 19.
Naji Marshall led the Jason Kidd team with 34 points. Klay Thompson scored 26.
Ja Morant (32 points) and Desmond Bane (30 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists) led Memphis Grizzlies (40-24) in a final adjusted against New Orleans Pelicans (17-48).
The Pelicans had two opportunities to send the game to the extension, but José Alvarado 5 seconds from the end and Kelly Olynyk about the horn failed their respective triple attempts.
Trey Murphy III was New Orleans’s top scorer with 27 points. Puerto Rican Alvarado signed a double-double with 11 points and 11 assists.
Detroit Pistons (36-29) won by 18 points ahead in the third quarter, but the victory of the hands almost escapes when Portland Trail Blazers (28-37) was put at 3 points in the absence of 20 seconds.
Cade Cunningham scored 28 for the Pistons, Tobias Harris, 20 and Jalen Duran signed a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds.
For Blazers, Anfernee Simons scored 34 points and Jeami Grant, 25.
Detroit was strengthened in the sixth position of the east and is a single victory of the fourth place that occupies Milwaukee Bucks.
Minnesota Timberwolves (37-29) ended with 8 players with 10 points or more, led by Anthony Edwards who scored 25 and Naz Reid with 20.
The Timberwolves shone with an outstanding 55.8% success in field shots (53 of 95), an excellent 50% in triples (21 of 42) and 93.3% in free throws.
It was the fifth consecutive victory of Minnesota, who fights with Golden State Warriors for the sixth place in the west to avoid the play-in.
For San Antonio Spurs (26-36), De’aaron Fox scored 22 points and rookie Stephon Castle (20 points) continued to make merits to win the Rookie award of the year.
Los Angeles Clippers (35-29) forced the extension after a partial of 7-0 in the last minute and 20 seconds to tie the game to 97.
The clippers and sacramento Kings (33-30) fight for the eighth position of the west, which would give them a second chance in the play-in in case of falling into the first tie.
With a point below and the last possession with 21 seconds on the clock, Kawhi Leonard took the ball, exhausted the time and threw on the horn to give the clippers an agonizing victory.
James Harden touched the triple-double with 29 points, 11 assists and 9 rebounds, while Ivica Zubac also signed a double-double of 22 points and 14 rebounds.
Demar Derozan finished with 31 points and 10 assists for the Kings and Zach Lavine scored 30.
In addition, this Sunday Philadelphia 76ers beat Utah Jazz with 78 of its points (61.9 %) scored by substitutes.
