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LeBron pushes the Lakers, Bucks and Celtics win
LeBron James returned to the field after five games away and the Lakers earned their first away win of the season. Milwaukee and Boston win against Cleveland and Sacramento, extending the lead in the East. Golden State also wins, overtaking Utah, while Brooklyn falls in the final against Indiana. Young and Murray score 83 points together for Atlanta but lose in Houston, Portland beats New York after an overtime with 82 from Grant and Simons. Below are all the results of the 14 games of the NBA night
CHARLOTTE HORNETS-MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 110-108 | The streak of victories of the T’Wolves who lose in Charlotte ends at five despite Anthony Edwards’ 25 points, D’Angelo Russell’s 20 and 10 assists and Rudy Gobert’s 17+17 under the basket. Weighing in is the miserable 22% from the team arc (9/41 overall), while in the final it is the free target by PJ Washington was decisive 4.7 seconds from the siren, in a team that ends with i 28 points by Kelly Oubre Jr. and 22 and 8 assists by Terry Rozier
MILWAUKEE BUCKS-CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 117-102 | The Bucks suffer throughout the first half going under even 16 lengths, but they turn the game around with a run of 23-2 in a third quarter won 35-10snapping Cleveland’s four-game hitting streak. Donovan Mitchell scores 29 points and Darius Garland adds 20but in the second half they shoot 4/16 as a couple for just 11 points, also losing Jarrett Allen after just 12 minutes for a hip blow
The game is effectively over when Giannis Antetokounmpo has decided he’s had enough. For the two-time MVP there are 38 points with 9 rebounds and 6 assists at the end of the match, missing only 7 of the 20 shots attempted with 10/14 free throws to push his team to +22 in the second half. Along with him there are 18 points of an excellent Jevon Carter (5/6 from three points) e 14 off Bobby Portis’ benchthus taking a game and a half lead on the third place occupied by the Cavs and maintaining 1.5 of it behind the Boston Celtics first in the East
