On Wednesday, Gregg Popovich had his first chance to become the winningest manager in history, but Spurs lost at home. Yes Jayson TatumGiannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic et DeMar DeRozan were again illustrated, the Lakers lost in Houston against the last of their conference. San Antonio Spurs – Toronto Raptors: 104-119 Gregg Popovich remains tied with Don Nelson in regular season wins. The 1,336th was not there on Wednesday, the Spurs having bowed against the Raptors who found “an extra motivation”said their leader Fred VanVleet, in order to avoid being remembered as the team against which “Pop” would have broken the record. The Texans were in the running until their leader, Dejounte Murray, temporarily returns to the locker room in the third quarter after receiving an (involuntary) blow to the head. read also The shock for Phoenix against MiamiThe night of the Blues: decisive Batum Houston Rockets – Los Angeles Lakers: 139-130 (ap) The Lakers are not even able to win at the last of the western conference, Houston. If they went into overtime, it was to take a 10-0 from the start, including seven points for rookie Jalen Green, who has taken on a new dimension since the All-Star Game (20.3 points in 7 games). “We have no margin for error and the teams make us pay for it”, commented LeBron Jamesauthor of a triple double (23 points, 14 rebounds, 12 assists) but awkward (9/26).
read also The results of the night Charlotte Hornets – Boston Celtics: 101-115 Jayson Tatum walks on water. After his 54 points against Brooklyn Sunday, the Celtics winger added 44 on Wednesday, including 16 in the last quarter to give Boston its fifteenth victory in 17 games. “We made two takes on him, traps. Of the six three-pointers he scored, we were there each time to challenge the shot. But he’s an incredible player, at the level of the best right now.” could only concede the coach of Charlotte, James Borrego.
Milwaukee Bucks – Atlanta Hawks: 124-115 43 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists … one more day at the office for Giannis Antetokounmpo, who turned his direct duel with John collins into a butcher (2 points at 0/9 ). “ The things he does are not normal”felt obliged to recall his teammate Bobby Portis whereas Khris Middleton dropped: “Seeing him do that every day, you almost get used to it. » Almost.
Sacramento Kings – Denver Nuggets: 100-106 And during that time, Nikola Jokic … The Serb accumulated 38 points, 18 rebounds and 7 assists in the success against Kings deprived of Domantas Sabonissuspended for having touched a referee. In particular, he made a basket that made all NBA fans swoon with his succession of feints (see below). “The game belongs to him. He’s a point guard, he’s a winger, he’s a center…he does what you need when you need it.”summarized the coach of the Kings, Alvin Gentry.
read also Rankings Detroit Pistons – Chicago Bulls: 108-114 And a big performance from more than one candidate for the MVP trophy. This time, it was DeMar DeRozan who split 36 points, including 16 in the last quarter, to snatch a victory that was not easy to obtain against a very collective poorly ranked team (9 Pistons with 9 points or more) . The Californian “plays the best basketball of his career”said Detroit coach Dwyane Casey, well placed to comment since he trained him for seven years in Toronto, notably during what was DeRozan’s best season until then, in 2016-2017 (27.3 points).
