The match: first round for the Clippers
After two defeats, and even four in their last five matches, the Clippers, fourth in the West, recovered with a victory in Portland (103-116), while the two teams will face each other again on Friday night see you Saturday. This is the third time this season that they have dominated the Trail Blazers. A victory which took shape in the second and third quarters, won 33-22 and 34-20 respectively.
Paul George (27 points) and Kawhi Leonard (24) were the most prolific while James Harden had 10 points and 14 assists. With 43 victories and 25 defeats, the Clippers are still far from a podium where the Oklahoma City Thunder provisionally sits, who did the job in the night against the Jazz (119-107) thanks, in part, to a double- double from his pivot Chet Holmgren (35 points, 14 rebounds).
L’action : Terry Rozier (Miami Heat) assomme Cleveland
Third in the Eastern Conference, the Cleveland Cavaliers were surprised at home by the Miami Heat, eighth (104-107). A success for the visitors which took shape 14.5 seconds from the buzzer on a magnificent three-point shot from Terry Rozier, which allowed the Heat to lead 102-105. From far away, Darius Garland tried to equalize in the last tenths of a second but was too short. In addition to Rozier (24 points), his teammate Jimmy Butler (30 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists) and Cavalier Jarrett Allen (25 points, 20 rebounds, 3 assists) also dominated the stats sheet for this meeting.
The player: another triple double for Domantas Sabonis (Sacramento Kings)
Domantas Sabonis scored another triple-double (13 points, 17 rebounds, 10 assists) during the Sacramento Kings’ big victory on the Toronto Raptors floor (89-123). This is his 24th of the season. The Lithuanian is even on a streak of 51 consecutive double-doubles.
Thanks to this success, the Kings (40 wins-28 losses) are provisionally sixth in the West, while the Raptors (23-46) are twelfth in the East, having suffered an eighth consecutive defeat last night and have had to deal with the cumulative absences of Immanuel Quickley (personal reasons), Scottie Barnes (hand), RJ Barrett (personal reasons) and Jakob Poeltl (finger).
The number: 22-0
This is the score inflicted straddling the second and third quarters by the Golden State Warriors against the Memphis Grizzlies during their big 137-116 success. From 58-58, the score rose to 80-58, ending any suspense in this meeting. This success allows the Warriors to end a series of three consecutive defeats at home and to be temporarily tenth in the West (36-32), while the Grizzlies, now with four defeats in a row, are thirteenth (23- 47).
