HIGHLIGHTS NBA
Doncic beats Curry, Clippers beat Portland
Overflowing performance of the Slovenian All-Star of the Texans who finished with 41 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists – fifth triple double of the season – a match won in a sprint by Dallas against Golden State despite Steph Curry’s 32 points: to condemn the Warriors turnovers (18, including one disputed in the final) and long-range shooting. New York overwhelms Detroit at home thanks to Julius Randle’s 36 points, the Clippers come back and beat the Blazers despite Simons’ 37 points and Grant’s 32
DETROIT PISTONS-NEW YORK KNICKS 110-140 | If there’s one opponent the Knicks like, it’s definitely the Pistons – beaten for the 11th straight in a head to head, bowled by 140 points evenly spread over the two halves, closed shooting with 56.3% from the field and 45.7% from the arc. A match never balanced and with the last pleonastic quarter of an hour as a corollary, with the hosts who they don’t go beyond 19 points with 5/9 from Isaiah Stewart’s arc
Instead, the New York team celebrates and in particular Julius Randle, that to celebrate his 28th birthday he gives himself a season-high 36-point performance with 14/24 shooting, six 3-pointers, seven rebounds and five assists – plus a telling +36 plus/minus. The rest is taken care of by the trio with 16 points made up of Jalen Brunson, RJ Barrett and Quentin Grimes, with the Knicks currently tenth in the East and close to the play-in area
DALLAS MAVERICKS-GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS 116-113 | A victory of thickness that was needed for the Texans: Dallas in fact mockery in the sprint Golden State and breaks the streak of four defeats in a row – the longest ever collected in the two years under coach Jason Kidd. To weigh in the final the whistle for steps against Steph Curry (on an archery move he usually makes) and Klay Thompson’s three-point error at the buzzer: for Golden State it is the 10th loss on the road in 12 games away from San Francisco
