(ANSA) – LOS ANGELES, FEBRUARY 24 – The conference leaders, Boston and Denver, suffered on the road – on the occasion of the restart in the NBA, after the All Star Game parenthesis – but they still managed to win, respectively in Indianapolis (142-138 pp) the Celtics and in Cleveland the Nuggets (115-109). The Celtics were able to count on Jayson Tatum: author of 55 points during Sunday’s All-Star Game.
The fullback scored 31, including his team’s vital last four, in overtime. Jaylen Brown supported his teammate well, scoring 30 points for his team still leading the Eastern Conference, but followed closely by Milwaukee who did not play yesterday. The Pacers, with Myles Turner in evidence (for him 40 points and ten rebounds), managed to push the Celtics into overtime, closing a deficit that at halftime was ten points.
In Cleveland, Nikola Jokic – who posted his 22nd triple-double of the season with 24 points, 18 rebounds and 13 assists – led the Denver Nuggets to a victory in the fourth quarter. In this final period, Denver managed to gag Evan Mobley, the leading scorer of the Cavs with 31 points but then completely silenced. In Philadelphia, the Sixers, third in the Eastern Conference, tamed the Memphis Grizzlies, who still had a 17-point lead. Philly, although James Harden (31 points) and Joel Embiid (27 points and 19 rebounds) played their part well, he made the difference in the final moments: 39″ from the end, Tobias Harris scored the three-point basket the Sixers (final score 110-105).
Will the Lakers, 13th in the Western Conference, succeed in their comeback? On the way to this slightly crazy bet, they beat the defending champion Golden State Warriors 124 to 111, despite a barely decent LeBron James (13 points). But the victory has a bitter taste in the mouth with the injury of D’Angelo Russell. The leader, new to the Lakers, suffered a sprained ankle in the first quarter. (HANDLE).
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