Thunder, Timberwolves, Knicks, Grizzlies and Rockets won in NBA
Oklahoma City Thunder sealed his passage for the playoffs on Wednesday With his triumph in the TD Garden against the Boston Celticson a day of the NBA in which Mikal Bridges gave the triumph to the New York Knicks visiting Portland Trail Blazers With a triple on the horn in the extension.
The Thunder was given the mathematical classification to the postseason with a great victory in Boston to the rhythm of Shai Gilgeous Alexander, protagonist with 34 points.
OKC ended seven players above ten points, while Boston cut his streak of five consecutive victories, despite the 33 points, eight rebounds and eight assists from Jayson Tatum.
Derrick White shone with 22 points and six triples and the Dominican Al Horford performed a commendable performance with 18 points, ten rebounds and six assists in 34 minutes.
The Wolves do not stop stepping on the accelerator and achieved a victory of merit at the Nuggets stadium, the sixth in a row. Anthony Edwards signed 29 points and Julius Randle contributed 25.
The Nuggets did not suffice the 34 points and eight rebounds of the Serbio Nikola Jokic or the 19 of Russell Westbrook. Jamal Murray did not go from the twelve points, with four from fifteen in shots.
The Wolves are seventh in the west and press the Golden State Warriors for the sixth place, which gives direct access to the playoffs.
A triple on the horn in the extension of Mikal Bridges (33 points) gave a vibrant triumph to the Knicks, without Jalen Brunson, in the Blazers field.
The Dominican Karl Anthony Towns contributed 21 points and seven rebounds in the victory of New Yorkers, third in the East with a 41-23 balance.
The Grizzlies added their fourth consecutive victory by winning the jazz driven by 30 points (7 of 9 in triples) of Luke Kennard leaving the bench and by 28 of Ja Morant.
Memphis, in which the Spaniard Santi Aldama was discharged due to calf injury, occupies the second place in the west, tied with the Denver Nuggets, behind the Thunder.
The Rockets prolonged their good moment with their fourth triumph followed, at the expense of some Suns that still do not raise their heads and that, with their third setback in the last four games, are out of postseason posts.
Jalen Green, with 29 points, led a quintet title of the Texans in which all ended with double digits in annotation.
In the Suns, Bradley Beal put 25 points, while Kevin Durant and Devi Booker achieved 19 each, unable to avoid a new defeat.
The clippers prolonged the fall of the Heat, which lost their fifth game followed. The Angels walked with a double double of 26 points and fourteen rebounds of the Ivica Zubac center and with 24 points and eleven assists of James Harden.
In the Heat, ninth in the east, Tyler Herro put 31 points.
In a Texan classic between franchises in deep difficulty, the Spurs knocked on the Mavericks, orphans of Kyrie Irving for their cross -ligament injury and Anthony Davis.
De’aaron Fox led the Spurs with 32 points, nine rebounds and eleven assists.
