Cleveland defeats Brooklyn, Philadelphia qualified for the play-offs, the Clippers’ bad night

Thanks in particular to 31 points from Donovan Mitchell and 18 points from Caris LeVert against his former partners, the Cleveland Cavaliers dominated the Brooklyn Nets 115-109, consolidated their fourth place in the Eastern Conference and are in a good position to qualify. for the playoffs. Thanks to the victory of the Cavs, Philadelphia is qualified without even having played. The Nets, them, classified sixth in the East and are for the moment virtually qualified.

In the West, a bad evening for the Los Angeles Clippers who lost 101-100 against the Oklahoma City Thunder and lost Paul George, injured in the right knee during the last quarter of the game. In Sacramento, the Boston Celtics struck a blow by winning 132 to 109. Facing the Kings, surprising third in the West, Boston showed why it had dominated the entire start of the NBA season and found its star Jayson Tatum, more in difficulty recently, but author of 36 points on Tuesday.

In other games on the day, Trae Young finished with 30 points in Atlanta’s 129-107 victory over the Detroit Pistons, who trailed the league with 16 wins and 57 losses. The Washington Wizards, 12th in the east and destroyed in Orlando by the Magic 122-112 will probably not see the Plays-offs.