Milan, 21 January 2024 – From the sumptuous performances of Damian Lillard e Shai Gilgeous Alexanderdriving the Bucks and Thunder respectively in victories against the Pistons and Minnesota, passing through the photo finish defeat of Simone Fontecchio and his Utah Jazz against the Houston Rockets. Eight games, for a total of sixteen teams taking to the field, on this night of the NBA regular season which came into full swing. Let’s retrace the various matches, analyzing the various results that have been achieved.
Bitter debut for the Rooster in Detroit: Lillard scores 45 and the Bucks win
In a game with an almost scripted finish, with Milwaukee as super favourites, the Bucks wanted to put in a lot of their effort to complicate their lives and keep the game going until the final minutes. The Pistons thank and punish the guests’ lazy defense every time they have the opportunity, so much so that the team Motor City would finish the game shooting 57% from beyond the arc. In the final minutes, however, the Bucks regrouped, making life difficult for their opponents by playing really good defense. In the other half of the field the Antetokounmpo – Lillard duo will take care of things: the first, returning after a stop game, narrowly missed the triple double, finishing with 31, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, while the second plays the best game of the season finishing with 45 points, 11 assists and 6 rebounds. At the buzzer the score reads 135-141 for Milwaukee. Also worth mentioning is theDanilo Gallinari’s debut with the Detroit Pistons, after the trade that took him from Washington to Detroit. For Vittorio’s son, who among other things took to the pitch with his father’s number 12, 16 minutes of play with 8 points and 3 assists.
Brunson says 38, triple double by Randle and Knicks victory over Toronto
On the night of return of RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley to Madison Square Garden, honored by the New York public, the Knicks give their fans a beautiful victory, the ninth in the last 11. The hosts start very strongly, with Toronto struggling on both halves of the pitch and after 24 minutes they find themselves down by more than 10 points. In the second half the pace slows down and Jalen Brunson e Julius Randle they make the most of it to round up their scores: 38 points with 9 assists for the first, triple double with 18 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists in 32 minutes of play for the big man ex Los Angeles Lakers. It ends 126-100 for the Knicks. Defeat number 27 for the Canadian franchise, the sixth in the last seven.
The Cavs beat Atlanta and made it 7 wins in a row
If at the beginning of the year there were doubts about the resilience of these Cleveland Cavaliers, now beware of underestimating them. Thanks to the 95-116 success against the Atlanta Hawks, the Cavs have the longest winning streak in the entire league with 7 successes in a row. A team victory textbook, given that the best scorer was Donovan Mitchell with “only” 18 points, accompanied by 8 assists and 6 rebounds. Along with Spida in double figures, 6 other teammates stand out, including Allen (13+11 rebounds), Merrill with 18 and Wade with 17 points. The Hawks suffered defeat number 24, against 18 victories, clinging to the last available place, the tenth, for the playin in the East.
Between Jazz and Rockets overtime is needed, in the end Houston wins
Beautiful challenge between Rockets and the Jazz finishing 127-126 after overtime. Thanks to an extraordinary person Alperen Sengunnow in continuous and vertical growth, which has placed its career high 37 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists. Houston manages to escape in the central quarters, even going 15 points ahead, only to be slowly caught up by Clarkson, Sexton and their teammates who force the point-by-point finish. Utah has the winning ball with Collin Sexton who however makes a mistake the winning triple in regulation and, in overtime, the layup for the possible overtaking 30 seconds from time. In overtime, Sengun’s 0/2 free throws didn’t cause too much damage, practically the only real mistake of his match, with 8 seconds left, given that on the turnaround in front Jordan Clarkson missed the triple of the possible lead. Talking about ours Simone Fontecchiowho was on the field for about 30 minutes, there are 10 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assistsbut the best of the Jazz are Clarkson with 33 and 12 rebounds, Sexton with 28 and the Finnish Markkanen with 22 points even if they were not enough to achieve success.
Shai leads OKC on the Timberwolves field
In the most awaited match of the night, the one between the first and second forces in the West, the star of Shai Giglgeous-Alexander who scores 33 and leads the Thunder to a 97-102 victory on the T’Wolves court. It was a two-faced match in the second half, with the hosts attempting to break away in the third quarter, only to be caught again in the final period thanks to 11 points from the unleashed SGA. There are also 20 points for Jalen Williams and 15 from rookie Chet Holmgren to help the Canadian point guard and all the Thunder who are now just one win away from Minnesota. The 19 each from Ant-Man Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns were not enough for the hosts.
The usual Embiid had a hand in Phila’s success in Charlotte
Fifth victory in a row for the Philadelphia 76Ers who beat the Charlotte Hornets 89-97. Low-scoring match, with wet powders for everyone except one of the main candidates for the regular season MVP title: Joel Embiid. The big man scores 33 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, also providing 5 assists, and was decisive in the 16-28 run in the final period which allowed Phila to take home the match. The Cameroonian center thus extends his incredible streak of games over 30 points scored to 20, a new record for the franchise from the city of brotherly love. Miles Bridges and Brandon Miller tried for the Hornets (25+11 for the first and 23 for the second), but without LaMelo Ball, who remained out due to an ankle problem, life was really tough.
Wembanyama returns, scores 24 and Spurs win
In Washington it ends 127-131 for Gregg Popovich’s team who finds Victor Wembanyama again after a game of absence. The Wizards lead for a good part of the match and find themselves up by 12 points with 5 to go, at that moment the Frenchman takes charge and plays the charge and helps the Texas franchise to turn the tide of the match thanks to a partial from 6-22. At the siren there were 24 with eight rebounds and 6 blocks for Wembyassisted by Sochan who scores 23 and Vassell with 21. Defeat number 34 arrives, compared to only 7 victories, for the Washington Wizards, while San Antonio finds its eighth victory so far this season.
The Bulls change gear in the second half and beat the Grizzlies
After a first half made up of many ups and downs, i Chicago Bulls they enter with a different face in the second and with a run of 17-0 in the third quarter they come back and take off until winning 125-96 contro i Memphis Grizzlies. Seven players scored more than ten points for the Bulls, among which the performances of Andre Drummond with 15 and 10 rebounds, but also of Dosunmu with 20 and the usual DeMar DeRozan from 18. Therefore, the excellent form continues for the Illinois franchise which rises to 6 victories in the last eight games. Moving to the other bench, there is little to save other than i 26 Tue Years Jackson Jr., the little contribution from the bench was also decisive with only 35 points (56 for the Bulls). Memphis with a 15-27 record for 13th place in the West, while the hosts rise to 21 wins and 23 losses to occupy ninth place in the East.
2024-01-21 11:18:10
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