The Cavaliers remain intractable and the Mavericks won without Irving or Doncic

The surprising ones Cleveland Cavaliers chained their twelfth straight win and the Dallas Mavericks added a new victory without Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic.

The NBA day was affected by the serious fires that Los Angeles is suffering and that forced postpone the game between the Lakers and the Charlotte Hornets.

After two weeks out due to an ankle injury, Aldama contributed 12 points and 9 rebounds in 23 minutes off the bench. Ja Morant (27 points) also returned, but the Grizzlies (24-14), although they fought until the end, suffered their fourth defeat in the last six games.

Alperen Sengun (32 points and 14 rebounds), Jalen Green (27 points) and Fred VanVleet (22 points) set the pace for the Rockets (25-12) who reinforced their second place in the West against the threat of Memphis and who have four wins in their last five games.

24 hours after beating the Thunder in an explosive meeting between conference leaders, the Cavaliers (33-4) rested Donovan Mitchell and had to do everything they could in the final stretch to subdue the Raptors (8-30 ) with a hair-raising 1-15 in their last 16 games.

Darius Garland (40 points and 9 assists) came to the rescue for Cleveland, which also had 21 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists from Evan Mobley and 18 points and 15 rebounds from Jarrett Allen. In Toronto, which had seven players with more than 10 points, Scottie Barnes almost reached the triple-double (24 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists).

A 36-22 run in the final quarter was the key for the Mavericks (22-16) to beat the Blazers (13-24) who had dominated practically the entire game until then.

Jaden Hardy (25 points on 5 of 9 three-pointers), PJ Washington (23 points and 14 rebounds) and Dereck Lively (21 points and 16 rebounds) led Dallas while Anfernee Simons and Shaedon Sharpe scored 22 points apiece for Portland .

After five wins in a row, the Pistons (19-19) suffered their first defeat in 2025 when they fell to the Warriors (19-18) who were very close to allowing themselves to come back in a game they dominated by 18 points with less than six minutes left. .

Stephen Curry didn’t have his night in terms of shooting and finished with 17 points and a very poor 5 of 21 shooting, including an atrocious 2 of 14 on triples. However, he contributed 10 rebounds and 6 assists. However, five teammates scored 10 or more points: Buddy Hield (19 points with 5 of 11 triples), Trayce Jackson-Davis (14 points and 10 rebounds), Dennis Schroder (13 points and 6 assists), Gui Santos (13 points) and Lindy Waters III (11).

Cade Cunningham (32 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists with 12 of 21 shooting) tried everything without success in the Pistons, who also had 21 points from Malik Beasley who missed a triple in the last breath to have led the duel to the extension.

Bradley Beal, in his new role as a catalyst for the second unit, stood out with 25 points (11 of 16 shooting) and 7 rebounds as the Suns (17-19) defeated the Hawks (19-19).

Kevin Durant (23 points and 7 assists) and Devin Booker (20 points and 12 assists) also boosted Phoenix against Atlanta, whose leading scorer was Trae Young (21 points and 7 assists).

In the rest of Thursday’s games, the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated Orlando Magic (89-104) and have three wins in a row while the Utah Jazz fell to the Miami Heat (92-97) with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists from Mexican Jaime Jaquez Jr.