Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers, on a positive streak in the NBA
Oklahoma City Thunder achieved a great victory at home over Boston Celtics to shield his first position in the West, and Cleveland Cavaliers did not give him the option Charlotte Hornets at home and reinforced its leadership in the East.
Thunder and Cavaliers illuminated Sunday’s NBA day in which LeBron James He had a great personal performance, but he could not avoid the setback of Los Angeles Lakers in view of Houston Rockets.
The Thunder gave a spectacular test of strength against the Celtics, current NBA champions, by limiting them to 27 points in the second half to seal their fifteenth consecutive victory.
Dort, who started with five consecutive misses, finished the game with three decisive three-pointers in a row, although the Thunder’s leading scorer was, once again, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
The Canadian scored 33 points, in addition to 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, one of them against Jayson Tatum in the fourth quarter during the Thunder’s escape, which sealed an 18-5 run that opened the way to the triumph.
Jayson Tatum was the top scorer for Joe Mazzulla’s team with 26 points and 10 rebounds, while the Latvian Kristaps Porzingis contributed 19 points and 9 rebounds.
The Cavaliers chained their tenth consecutive victory by imposing their law at home against the Hornets led by 25 points from Darius Garland, who also connected on four triples.
Jarrett Allen contributed a double-double of 19 points and 11 rebounds, while Donovan Mitchell contributed 18 points.
The Hornets are second to last in the East, ahead of only the Washington Wizards.
Charlotte has ten consecutive losses.
The Rockets reinforced their second place in the West with a victory over the Lakers driven by 33 points from Jalen Green and a double-double of 23 points and 16 rebounds from Amen Thompson.
LeBron James almost reached the triple-double with 21 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists, while Anthony Davis contributed a double-double of 30 points and 13 rebounds, but they could not prevent the Lakers’ defeat.
Austin Reaves also had a double-double for the Lakers, with 21 points and 10 assists.
The absence of De’Aaron Fox did not stop the Kings’ show, who overwhelmed the Warriors on the road with Malik Monk leading a group of seven players with more than 10 points.
Monk scored 26 points and had 12 assists, while Domantas Sabonis contributed 22 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists.
The Kings reached a maximum lead of 39 points against the Warriors in which Steph Curry was the top scorer with 26 points (4 triples).
The Warriors are eighth in the West, while the Kings are eleventh in the same Conference and have won four in a row.
In the other games played this Sunday, the Utah Jazz beat the Orlando Magic 105-92 as a visitor and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Washington Wizards 110-98, also away from home.
