Aurélien CANOT, Media365, published on Tuesday March 29, 2022 at 08:25
The game of musical chairs continues in the Eastern Conference in the NBA. On Monday evening, Miami’s success against Sacramento while the Heat remained on four defeats combined with the end of the series of Boston, on the floor of Toronto, allowed the Floridians to regain first place, a day after having lost it. to the profits of the Celtics. In the West, Memphis is practically assured of second place after his card against Golden State.
The waltz continues at the top of the Eastern Conference. The day after the return to control of Boston, which then remained on 24 victories in its last 28 games, the Celtics have already given up first place. Blame it on the first defeat of Massachusetts players since March 13. The C’s, deprived since the day before Robert Williams III, victim of a tear in a meniscus of a knee, saw their good series (six wins in a row) come to an end after extra time on the floor of Toronto (115-112) and a monstrous Pascal Siakam (40 points, 13 rebounds) on the side of the Raptors. Boston, which had rested for this trip to Canada its two best scorers Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum, still decisive the day before, against Wolves, drops to fourth in the conference despite the efforts of Marcus Smart (28 points, 10 rebounds) to try to allow his team to achieve a seventh success, but in vain. A setback that does Miami business. Dislodged the day before from the throne in the East, the Heat immediately found him on Monday.
Memphis second in the West, it’s practically done
The Floridians, who remained on four consecutive defeats, returned to success by clearly winning (123-100) against Sacramento at home thanks in particular to a cannon start from Bam Adebayo (22 points, 15 rebounds) and his family. Erik Spoelstra’s men took control at the same time, but with a victory ahead only of their three rivals, Philadelphia, defending champion Milwaukee and therefore Boston, who made the bad move of the evening. In the West, nice deal on the other hand for Memphis. By suffering their third straight loss on Monday (the sixth in the last seven games) to Golden State, slapped at the Grizzlies (123-95) in the absence of Stephen Curry but also Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, Desmond Bane ( 22 points) and his teammates, still without team star Ja Morant, are virtually certain to finish second in the conference behind Phoenix. Memphis, which now remains on five successes, has indeed five victories ahead of its victim of the evening after this 53rd success of the season.
BASKETBALL – NBA / REGULAR SEASON
Monday, March 28, 2022
Charlotte Hornets – Denver Nuggets : 109 – 113
Cleveland Cavaliers – Orlando Magic : 107 – 101
Indiana Pacers – Atlanta Hawks : 123 – 132
>>> Statistics of Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot (ATL): 30 minutes, 13 points (3 of 6 on shots, including 2 of 4 from three points), 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 lost ball, 3 fouls
Miami Heat – Sacramento Kings : 123 – 100
New York Knicks – Chicago Bulls : 109 – 104
>>> Evan Fournier (NYK) stats: 25 minutes, 5 points (2 out of 10 on shots, including 1 out of 8 three-pointers), 1 rebound, 3 assists, 1 interception, 2 loose balls, 3 fouls
Toronto Raptors – Boston Celtics : 115 – 112 (ap)
Houston Rockets – San Antonio Spurs : 120 – 123
Memphis Grizzlies – Golden State Warriors 123 – 95
Portland Trail Blazers – Oklahoma City Thunder : 131 – 134 (ap)
