The Oklahoma City Thunder annulled the Milwaukee Bucks (122-102) with 40 points and 16 of 19 shooting by Shai Gilgeous-Alexanderlos New York Knicks beat the Brooklyn Nets 120-66the biggest blowout in franchise history, and the Boston Celtics kept pace with the Detroit Pistons at the top of the NBA East.
The Thunder, current NBA champions, increased their record to 37-8, the best in the league, after giving a test of strength at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.
Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists in 33 minutes to OKC.
The Bucks lost their fourth game in the last five and remain out of the postseason spots. The Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo finished the game with 19 points, fourteen rebounds and seven assists.
Knicks crush Nets
The Knicks vindicated themselves in front of their fans after four consecutive losses with a historic humiliation of the Nets. Mike Brown’s men sealed the biggest victory in their history, surpassing the two wins by 48 points achieved against the Philadelphia 76ers in 1972 and 1994.
The New Yorkers They were also one point away from equaling the largest victory of this season in the NBAachieved by the Charlotte Hornets against the Utah Jazz (150-95).
Jalen Brunson led the Knicks’ comfortable victory with 20 points and Karl Anthony Towns contributed fourteen rebounds and eight assists.
Jordi Fernández’s Nets had their worst scoring night of the season29 points below the mark of 95 points they achieved against Miami on December 18.
The Pistons do not fail
The Pistons did not fail in their visit to the New Orleans Pelicans and added their seventh victory in the last eight games to confirm themselves as solid leaders of the East.
The loss of Cade Cunningham did not stop the Pistons, who were led by a double double of 20 points and fifteen rebounds from Jalen Duren.
For the Pelicans, Zion Williamson was only on the court for fourteen minutes (4 points and 4 rebounds) before retiring due to a health problem, according to his franchise.
Victory for Hugo González
Hugo González from Madrid took advantage of his ten minutes on the court and contributed five points and two rebounds in the Boston Celtics’ 119-104 victory at the TD Garden against the Indiana Pacers.
González, chosen with number 28 in the last draft, connected two of his three field goals in the comfortable victory for Joe Mazzula’s team. The 19-year-old from Madrid had not scored points in the Celtics’ last defeat, in which he was only on the court for 1.47 minutes.
Jaylen Brown was once again Boston’s leading scorer with thirty points, to which he added ten rebounds and five assists. Neemias Queta and Sam Hauser contributed 17 points each.
Despite not being able to count on Jayson Tatum for the entire season, the Celtics are second in the East, with a balance of 27 wins and 16 losses, while the Pacers, who played in the Finals last year, are last.
Santi Aldama could not play with the Grizzlies
Canarian Santi Aldama did not play with the Memphis Grizzlies in his team’s defeat against the Atlanta Hawks (124-122). Jalen Johnson led the Hawks with 32 points, fifteen rebounds and eight assists.
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