Miami (United States), 22 December 2025 – The moment of l continuesslight decline of Simone Fontecchio’s Miami Heatthat in the night they received their fourth knockout in the last five matches played, losing 132-125 to the New York Knickscapable of scoring the winning shot thanks to an 8-0 run in the final: the absolute star of the match was Jalen Brunson, who pulled off his best performance of the season by scoring 47 points with 15/26 from the field and 6/13 in three-point shooting. On the other hand, the 73 put together by the trio formed by Kel’el Ware (28), Jaime Jaaquez jr (23) and Norman Powell (22) were not enough, while Simone Fontecchio finished with 7 (1/6 shooting) in the 17 minutes played off the bench (also 4 rebounds and 3 assists for him). Even more serious is the moment of crisis that the Milwaukee Bucks are going throughwho – forced since the beginning of December to deal with the calf injury that put Giannis Antetokounmpo out of action – have received the thirteenth defeat in the last sixteen games, losing 103-100 at the Minnesota Timberwolves (ninth victory in the last eleven games) after having squandered a lead of up to +16: Antony Edwards was decisive, despite a less than exciting shooting evening (7/24), with 24 points.
His lay-up at 22″ made the Bucks slip to -6 to close the score. Staying in the East, the Chicago Bulls beat the Atlanta Hawks by a hair’s breadth thanks to a great team performance: in fact, nine players from the Illinois franchise ended up in double figures, with Matas Buzelis reaching 28 points, including the final point of 152-150 (seasonal record for final points without extra time). On the other hand, however, Jalen Johnson’s 36 and Trae Young’s 35, who instead failed to make the final shot, were not enough. the Sacramento Kings needed overtime to get the better of the Houston Rockets 125-124: it was Dennis Schroder who put his signature on the key play of the match, author of the triple which, 2.2″ from the end of extra time, sealed the victory for the Californians. The German finished with a personal haul of 24 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, giving a considerable hand to the Kings, who with 2′ from the end of the fourth quarter were down by five points. There is therefore no little regret for the Rockets, who have long been supported by the tandem formed by Kevin Durant (24 points and 10 rebounds) and from Alperen Sengun (28 points). success of the San Antonio Spurs, who defeated the Washington Wizards 124-113 by taking the lead in the second quarter with a 43-21 partial and then resisting the comeback of the Capitoline team. Highlights among the Texans were Lule Kornet (20 points and 12 rebounds), De’Aaron Fox (27 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists) and Victor Wembanyama (14 points and 12 rebounds coming off the bench). Finally, there is also the victory of Michael Porter jr’s Brooklyn Nets (24 points and 11 rebounds) at the expense of the Toronto Raptors, defeated 96-81.
