The Suns take advantage of the knockout of Kerr’s team, redeeming the defeat against Miami three days ago, returning to win against the Raptors and regaining the top of the standings. In Toronto the streak of 6 victories of the Canadians stops, for which the 68 combined points of VanVleet (21), Anunoby (25) and Siakam (22) are not enough. Phoenix instead sends the whole quintet in abundant double figures, with Crowder top scorer (19) and Chris Paul making a double double of 15 points and 12 assists with even 5 steals.
In the East the first Bulls also return to success, trimming 46 points to the unfortunate Pistons sending eight players in double figures: 22 by Vucevic and 20 by DeRozan stand out with 12 rebounds and 7 assists. The Pelicans win a little by surprise against the Timberwolves, forcing them to stop the mini streak of four consecutive victories. On the shields an Ingram of 33 points and a 6 out of 7 from beyond the arc (including the last decisive bomb a few hundredths of a second from the final siren), accompanied by Hart’s 21 points and the double by Valanciunas of 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Minnesota doesn’t need Towns 26 and Edwards 28. Super comeback of the Clippers against the Nuggets in a match with a very low score: the Californians recover 25 points behind and win by two lengths led by 18 points by Coffey, who also adds 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals to his personal score.
For Denver, Gordon’s 30 points and 12 rebounds and Jokic’s 21 with 13 rebounds and 8 assists are useless. Victory in the sprint also for the Wizards, who overtake the Thunder at home with Kuzma’s 29 points and Diwiddie’s 22 with 10 assists, which make Gilgeous-Alexander’s 32 on the other side useless.
These are all the results of the night: Wizards-Thunder 122-118, Raptors-Suns 95-99, Bulls-Pistons 133-87, Grizzlies-Warriors 116-108, Pelicans-Timberwolves 128-125, Clippers-Nuggets 87-85.
