The Cavaliers add four losses in a row and the Thunder is a top
The Cleveland Cavaliers chained their fourth defeat followed This Friday before Phoenix Suns (123-112), while Oklahoma City Thunder defeated 141-106 to Charlotte Hornets And they approach the playoffs at overwhelming pace, now turned into the best league team.
The Cleveland Cavaliers (56-14) expanded their worst negative streak of the season with four defeats in a row with a Donovan Mitchell denied with the hoop, with only 2 of 18 scoring schedules scored (11.1 %), including a nefarious 0 of 8 in triples.
Kevin Durant scored 42 points for some Phoenix Suns (34-37) who needed the victory to hold on to the tenth plaza of the West Conference, the last of the ‘play-in’, because all his persecutors also won.
The fourth defeat of the Cavaliers sows doubts in the Cleveland franchise a few weeks after the start of the postseason.
Review of Oklahoma City Thunder (58-12) to the Charlotte Hornets (18-52). In the Paycom Center the usual film was projected: the best NBA team took the first advantage of the game and no longer released it.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who returned to the quintet after missing the last game, scored 30 points, distributed 9 assists and caught 6 rebounds. The Canadian continues to make merits in his struggle for the MVP with Nikola Jokic.
Oklahoma finished with eight players with double digits and was very dominant in the painting, with 64 points for only 26 of the Charlotte Hornets.
The Latvian Kristaps Porzingis signed a great night with 27 points and 10 rebounds in the victory of the Boston Celtics (51-19) against Utah Jazz (16-55), which had 30 points from Collin Sexton.
The victory of the Celtics combined with the defeat of the cavs, leaves those of Boston to 5.5 victories of the first position of the East Conference, an still solid margin for Cleveland but that could be in danger if they continue to click.
Today, for the Celtics, Jayson Tatum accompanied the double-double of Porzingis with 26 points.
The Houston Rockets (46-25) are strengthened in the second position of the West Conference with its worked victory-the novena followed-before a Miami Heat (29-41) which is the other face of the currency with ten consecutive losses.
Fred Vanvleet scored 37 points for rockets, with a 9 of 11 in triples. Amen Thompson scored another 18 for Houston, who only had eight players on the court.
For the Heat, Andrew Wiggins made 30 points, his maximum scoring since he arrived in Miami from the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Jimmy Butler.
With Jamal Murray back, but still without Nikola Jokic, the Denver Nuggets (44-27) shipwrecked against some Portland Trail Blazers (32-39) that end the campaign harassing the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns for the last position of the play-in.
Deni Avdija set his best game with Blazers with 36 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 robberies and a plug.
Murray only scored 10 points for Denver, who had a maximum reference in attack on Aaron Gordon, with 23 points.
In addition to these games, this Friday the Minnesota Timberwolves won 134-93 to the New Orleans Pelicans and the Dallas Mavericks defeated 123-117 to the Detroit Pistons.
In San Antonio, the Spurs exceeded 128-120 to the Philadelphia 76ers, while the Washington Wizards fell 105-120 against Orlando Magic.
