The Celtics took a beating in Detroit and Harden silenced Chicago

The Detroit Pistons They chained their eighth triumph on Wednesday, demolishing the Boston Celtics while the Philadelphia 76ers They suffered their ninth consecutive defeat falling in New York against the Knicks.

Pistons 117-97 Celtics

Last year they were the NBA ridiculous overcoming the record of lost matches in a single campaign with 28, but the Pistons (33-26) are this season an absolutely new team capable of authorizing the Celtics (42-17), current champions and who had won their last six games.

Detroit did not achieve eight consecutive wins since 2008.

Malik Beasley (26 points with 6 triples from the bank), Cade Cunningham (21 points and 11 assists), Jalen Duran (13 points and 11 rebounds) and Tobias Harris (16 points and 9 rebounds) signed this great night in the city of Motown.

Without Jaylen Brown, Boston, who was overwhelmed in the rebound (32 by 51) and that was not fine for the hoop (41.2 % in field shots), had 27 points and 6 rebounds of Jays Tatum.

Knicks 110-105 Sixers

How far can the sixers fall? Aspiring title at the beginning of the season, Philadelphia (20-38) tried everything in Madison Square Garden despite playing without Joel Embiid and had a +4 in the absence of 2.42 but this time the victory could not be noted.

9 points in a row from Jalen Brunson buried the few illusions that the Sixers have left. The Knicks base (38-20) scored 34 points and distributed 7 assists and was supported by the 28 points of Mikal Bridges in an evening in which New Yorkers did not have the Dominican Karl-Anthony Towns.

Tyrese Maxey achieved 30 points, Kelly Oubre JR put 27 and Paul George contributed 25 with 8 rebounds and 7 assists in the Sixers.

Nets 121-129 Thunder

Jordi Fernández and his Nets touched a glorious night after dominating the first three rooms, but finally fell to a Thunder that sweated a barbarity to win in Brooklyn and responded in the second half with a 45-68.

Shai-Gilgeous Alexander, whom Fernández knows very well of his time as a Canada coach, suffered two for one throughout the game but ended with 27 points (7 of 11 in field shots, 12 of 13 from the personnel of the personnel) and 6 rebounds. Jalen Williams (22 points with 13 in the last quarter) and Chet Holmgren (22 points and 17 rebounds) starred in Oklahoma’s comeback (47-11).

The Nets (21-37) competed wonderfully (+15 at rest) despite their very long list of casualties (D’Angelo Russell, Cam Thomas, Nic Claxton, Noah Clowney …). Day’ron Sharpe signed the game of his life with 25 points (8 of 10) and 15 rebounds. They also highlighted Cameron Johnson (19 points and 7 assists), Killian Hayes (19 points and 7 assists), Ziaire Williams (18 points and 10 rebounds) and Keon Johnson (16 points).

Bulls 117-122 Clippers 122

The Bulls were about to overcome 11 disadvantage points in the fourth period but James Harden was responsible for ensuring the triumph of Los Angelinos.

The beard connected a spectacular triple in the outcome and sealed 30 points (7 of 14 from the perimeter) with 6 assists for clippers (32-26), who had lost their last three meetings. Josh Giddey (21 points and 12 assists) and Zach Collins (21 points and 17 rebounds) headed to Chicago (23-36).

Rockets 118-106 Spurs

The Rockets (37-22) took advantage in this Texan confrontation of some Spurs (24-33) already with the season in the garbage for the loss of Victor Wembanayma and defeated clearly in a match that they already won 28 points in the third quarter.

Amen Thompson (25 points and 9 rebounds) was Houston’s most productive. Keldon Johnson and Stephon Castle got 22 points per head in San Antonio.

In the rest of the meetings of the day, the Portland Trail Blazers surpassed the Washington Wizards (121-129), the Indiana Pacers defeated the Toronto Raptors (111-91), Miami Heat got rid of the Atlanta Hawks (131-109) and the Sacrament Kings won Utah Jazz (101-118).