The NBA day this past morning closed with a new victory for the Boston Celtics of Spanish Hugo González, who beat the Portland Trail Blazers 102-94; a new scoring exhibition by Donovan Mitchell who scored 45 points in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ victory over the Orlando Magic and, in addition, experienced the Minnesota Timberwolves’ revenge against the Golden State Warriors full of absences.
At the TD Garden in Boston, the Celtics recovered after Chicago’s traumatic defeat with a 102-94 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.
Payton Pritchard led the Celtics with 23 points and Jaylen Brown scored 20. Spanish Hugo González, chosen with the absolute number 28 in the last draft, contributed 2 points and 2 assists in 14 minutes off the bench.
In Cleveland, the Cavaliers sealed their fourth consecutive victory with a 114-98 victory over the Orlando Magic led by Donovan Mitchell, who scored 45 points.
The former Jazz player connected on 15 of his 25 field goals and sealed 5 triples. It overshadowed Paolo Banchero’s great personal night for the Magic, who scored 37 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
In the second confrontation in two days, the Wolves avenged the 111-85 suffered on Sunday with a 108-83, with a double double of 15 points and 17 rebounds from Frenchman Rudy Gobert and 18 points from Julius Randle.
The Target Center meeting was marked by absences. Steph Curry did not play and Anthony Edwards missed the game for the Wolves.
Hornets destroy Sixers
The Charlotte Hornets took a 50-point lead in their 130-93 home win against the Philadelphia 76ers, fueled by 30 points from Brandon Miller.
The Hornets are the franchise that achieved the largest victory of the year so far in the NBA, a 150-95 at the Utah Jazz field.
The Sixers received 81 points between the second and third quarters and only scored 27 points in those two quarters.
Without Joel Embiid or Tyrese Maxey, Kelly Oubre Jr scored 19 points for the Sixers, in which Tyrese Maxey only scored six points (3 of 12 shooting).
The match was brought forward to 3:00 p.m. local time due to the low temperatures affecting much of the United States.
The Atlanta Hawks-Indiana Pacers also went ahead, finishing with a 132-116 local victory with 23 points from CJ McCollum and 22 from Dyson Daniels.
