Clint Capela was decisive for the Hawks in the NBA
The Geneva pivot scored 22 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in Atlanta’s victory in the Indiana Pacers hall on Monday night.
Clint Capela flies to the dunk against the Indiana Pacers.
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Clint Capela was the author of a great performance on Monday night in the NBA. The Geneva pivot was indeed one of the key elements of his Atlanta Hawks team, which won 132-123 in the room of the Indiana Pacers.
Aligned for more than thirty minutes, Capela made a record of 22 points (11 of 17 shooting), 15 rebounds (including 5 offensive) and 3 assists. With this victory, the Hawks consolidated their tenth place in the Eastern Conference standings, a rank that is synonymous with access to the play-offs.
Capela tied for second in team scoring with Kevin Huerter. Only Bogdan Bogdanovic scored more points than this duo (29).
The Heat regain first place
For the rest, the fight as the play-offs approach is still as tight in the East. The Raptors tossed the Celtics out of first place on Monday by ending Boston’s six-game winning streak with a 115-112 victory after overtime.
Buoyed by Pascal Siakam’s 40 points and 13 rebounds, the Raptors took advantage of the Celtics’ absence from pivot Robert Williams III – victim of a torn meniscus in his left knee, he should be on the sidelines for a long time – , but also Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and Al Horford, four holders.
Easy winners of Sacramento 123-100 in Florida, the Miami Heat players regained first place in the East, ending a series of four consecutive defeats.
The Lakers under enormous pressure
In the West, the Warriors, deprived of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, suffered a third defeat in a row, severely corrected 123-95 in Memphis by the Grizzlies who are still ahead of them in 2nd place in the conference behind Phoenix.
Also note, the fourth consecutive victory of Spurs by Gregg Popovich in Houston, 123-120, which places the Lakers under enormous pressure: with 31 wins and 44 losses, San Antonio is now just behind the Californians (31 v.-43 d.), who occupy 10th place in the West, the last qualifier for the play-off accession play-offs.
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