Isaiah Hartenstein made his best game of the season in the LA Clippers’ fifth straight win. The Hawks continue to lose, Giannis Antetokounmpo has led the Bucks to an arduous win against a top rival in the east.
Philadelphia 76ers (8-4) – Milwaukee Bucks (5-6) 109:118 (BOXSCORE)
- The 76ers continue to deliver a tough fight even in heavily decimated form, as they did the day before against the Knicks. The reigning champ only decided the game in the fourth quarter, in which Philly only scored 16 points. For the Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo was again the outstanding man with 31 points and 16 rebounds at 12/26 from the field, the Greek freak also set a late exclamation mark with a block high above ring level two minutes before the end.
- With the number of points, Tyrese Maxey was able to draw level on the other side and was even a bit more efficient (12/24 FG, 4/9 3P). With Joel Embiid, Tobias Harris and Matisse Thybulle in the Covid protocols, Seth Curry battered with a foot injury and Ben Simmons still absent, Doc Rivers effectively bet on a rotation of seven players, eighth man Charles Bassey was on the field for less than five minutes.
- Milwaukee competed without Donte DiVincenzo, Brook Lopez and Khris Middleton, but the substitute starters Grayson Allen (25, 5/9 3P) and Bobby Portis (19, 10 rebounds, 4/8 3P) performed well again. Jrue Holiday is not back in shape offensively (4/14 FG), but made himself useful with 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks and steals each.
- Georges Niang, who came off the bench, scored 21 points at 5/7 3P, made himself useful for the Sixers. Andre Drummond (17, 8/13 FG) got 7 of his 20 rebounds on the offensive board, only Furkan Korkmaz (5) didn’t hit a barn goal with the hosts (2/18 FG, 1/12 3P). The Bucks have beaten the Sixers six times in a row.
Utah Jazz (8-3) – Atlanta Hawks (4-8) 110:98 (BOXSCORE)
- The Hawks’ false start to the season continues, with Atlanta only trailing one behind in the second quarter. Led by Donovan Mitchell with 27 points (11/20 FG, 5/11 3P), Utah took the lead with +18 shortly before the break and kept Atlanta mostly at a double-digit distance. The Hawks quickly shortened to -3 at the start of the third quarter before Utah moved away again.
- Atlanta met 18/35 from downtown, for which the trio Kevin Huerter (28, 6/9 3P), Trae Young (27, 5/11) and Cam Reddish (16, 4/6 3P) were responsible. Otherwise only Clint Capela contributed more than the 7 points that the weak John Collins (3/11) got together with his usual double-double (13, 12 rebounds). The Hawks missed their two starters Bogdan Bogdanovic (ankle) and De’Andre Hunter (wrist).
- “A lot of people here are frustrated, I think that’s the right word,” Huerter then admitted and added: “We didn’t expect to be in this position. But we dug a hole for ourselves and we don’t have anyone but us Blame it. We have to be better defensively. “
- Utah responded to the strong three-way quota of the Hawks with an outstanding quota from the field, the Jazz hit 50.6 percent of their litters. Five players came on double digits for them, including Jordan Clarkson (16, 4/9 3P) coming from the bench. Only Joe Ingles remained really pale with 2 points, Rudy Gobert (9, 14 rebounds) only stood on the floor for 24 minutes with foul problems.
L.A. Clippers (6-4) – Portland Trail Blazers (5-6) 117:109 (BOXSCORE)
- The Clippers survived a late riot from Damian Lillard and the Blazers, winning their fifth game in a row. The reigning Player of the Week in the West Paul George was the top scorer of his team with 24 points (10/24), 9 rebounds and 7 assists, for which he was given a cool shower by the equally strong Reggie Jackson (23, 5/10 3P , 6 assists) was rewarded.
- Georges And-One was also particularly celebrated at 111: 100 shortly before the end. A young boy stood up from the courtside seats and flexed his muscles with delight and even seemed to come into PG’s field of vision. George was shown a photo of the scene after the game and smiled, but he doesn’t remember the boy.
- Isaiah Hartenstein made his best game of the season with 14 points (6/7 FG) coming off the bench in just 17 minutes, he also stood out with clever passes (3 assists) and 2 offensive rebounds, but also made 4 fouls in a short time .
- Portland only led once in the second half, but Jusuf Nurkic (15, 13 rebounds, 6 assists) reduced a deficit of -12 in the final section to -3 with a triple just under three and a half minutes before the end. Before that, Lillard had warmed up, which made him the top scorer of the game after a mixed start (27, 4/13 3P). The Clippers then went on an 8-0 run, which Portland ran out of time.
- Nicolas Batum was involved in this run with a goal from Downtown, the French hit 5/6 triples in the second half and finished the game with 22 points from only 9 throws. There was a very simple explanation for his girlfriend, which she shared directly on Twitter with two wink emojis: “That’s what happens when you let him play and let him be himself.”
- Portland, on the other hand, is still waiting for its first away win after five such games. Despite the best cast, the Blazers failed, also because too little came from CJ McCollum (13, 6/15 FG) and none of the reservists contributed more than 8 points. Norman Powell made a good game with 23 points at 5/6 from distance. After the game, Lillard was dissatisfied with the tougher line of referees this season when it comes to throwing fouls: “How the game is currently being whistled is unacceptable.”
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