The Western Conference is on fire. The Kings beat the Grizzlies in overtime (121-111) in a game in which they saw each other, but in which they survived to take sixth place in the standings… in a technical tie with Mavericks and Suns, who now fall to seventh and eighth. A very complex situation that will be resolved in the next three weeks, which is what remains of the regular season before the play in is played, something that two of the three involved in that fight will do. That is, if we rule out the Lakers and Warriors from the fight, who have lost several key games to overtake rivals and get into the fight. The Kings, who had leads of more than 10 points, saw how the Grizzlies, with nothing to lose and already thinking about next season, came back against them in the last quarter and were very close to taking the game. Something that prevented a shot by De’Aaron Fox to force overtime before Jaren Jackson missed at the buzzer to win.
The 16-6 partial in overtime resolved a situation that became more complicated than necessary. Domantas Sabonis, very poor at shooting (6 of 17), had a stat sheet of 25 points, 18 rebounds and 5 assists. While Fox went to 23, with 7 and 10. Of course, the differential factor was Malik Monk, who scored 28 (with 6 and 6), 12 of them in an overtime in which he was perfect in the throw (4 of 4) and from the personal (4 of 4). In the Grizzlies, Jaren Jackson scored 25 points, but was erratic (8 of 27), while Desmond Bane scored 24. Santi Aldama continued adding minutes and statistics with 14 points, 9 rejections, 2 passes to the basket, 2 steals and a blocker, with 5 of 11 in field goals, 2 of 6 in triples and 2 of 3 from personal range. In a season to forget, the Spaniard is managing to have good moments and earn the trust of his coach, Taylor Jenkins, for the near future. One that a team that, due to injuries and external factors, is experiencing a real ordeal in this basketball season thinks a lot about.
The rest of the results of the day:
INDIANA PACERS 103 – 108 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
The Pacers, finalists of the In-Season Tournament, continue in an irregular to complicated moment. The defeat against the Cavaliers leaves them in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, in play-in positions and with everything very close. Tyrese Haliburton had 14 points and 12 passes to the basket, while Pascal Siakam had 19 and 12, all insufficient. Caris LeVert’s 23 points and 11 assists and Caris LeVert’s 23 points and 9 rebounds were not. The Ohio entity is one victory away from the Bucks and in the middle of the fight for second place in the East. Everything is open.
PHILADELPHIA SIXERS 98 – 91 MIAMI HEAT
In a direct duel to avoid the play-in of the Eastern Conference (both teams came into the game with the same balance), these orphaned Sixers of Joel Embiid won the victory with a great Tyrese Maxey, who was on the verge of triple- double (30 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists). In the Heat, without Jimmy Butler or Tyler Herro, the top scorers were Bam Adebayo (20 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists) and Terry Rozier (20 points and 8 rebounds). Mexican Jaime Jáquez Jr. had 9 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.
BOSTON CELTICS 119 – 94 DETROIT PISTONS
Already with six wins in a row, Boston can rotate as much as it wants and the result is almost always the same: victory for those in green. This time Jayson Tatum, the Dominican Al Horford and Jrue Holiday did not play, but Jaylen Brown (31 points and 7 rebounds) and Derrick White (22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, first triple-double of his career) were more than enough to disarm the Pistons, in which Jaden Ivey scored 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 passes to the basket.
CHICAGO BULLS 110 – 107 PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
With two free throws by DeMar DeRozan in the last seconds of the game and a superb and splendid defense by Alex Caruso on Anfernee Simons, the Bulls (34-35) won a very close, but ultimately satisfactory game against the Blazers and remain in ninth place in the Eastern Conference. DeRozan (28 points and 6 assists) and Simons (29 points and 9 assists) led Chicago and Portland, respectively.
UTAH JAZZ 104 – 114 MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
No name shone brighter this Monday in the NBA than that of Anthony Edwards, who signed the dunk of the year by going over John Collins in an absolutely spectacular way. With one hand, with a huge jump and without anything or anyone that could stop him, Edwards invented an extraordinary dunk that drove social networks crazy and that will go around the world. Collins was completely overwhelmed and had to leave the game with a blow to the head (no concussion) while Edwards dislocated a finger while hitting the rim. The spectacular shooting guard finished the game with 32 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. Collin Sexton’s 24 points were not enough for the Jazz.
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS 112 – 119 NEW YORK KNICKS
Stephen Curry collapses and the Warriors lose ninth place. Great Knicks game. Check the chronicle here.
LOS ANGELES LAKERS 136 – 105 ATLANTA HAWKS
Feast of the Angelenos to forget the last two defeats and continue with options. Check the chronicle here.
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