“The NBA regular season continued with seven games”, — write: sport.ua
“Utah” defeated “Minnesota” in the home match.
The game seemed even and intense, the leader changed 17 times, and the maximum advantage of one of the teams did not exceed 15 points. At the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves pulled away to such a distance – 94:79, and before the final 12 minutes they had +12 – 96:84. However, the “Jazz” quickly leveled their deficit and took the lead – 105:104. And this moment turned out to be a turning point, as later “Uta” pulled away by +8 – 121:113 and brought the match to victory – 127:122.
Svyatoslav Mykhailiuk entered the starting five of the “Jazz” and played 17 minutes, during which he scored 4 points (2/2 free throws, 1/1 two-pointers, 0/1 three-pointers), made 3 rebounds and 1 steal.
The most productive player in the match was George, who brought the hosts 43 points, Nurkic had a triple-double – 16 points + 18 rebounds + 10 assists, and Collier – a double-double: 18 points + 10 assists.
“Denver” was defeated by “Lakers” at home
“Nuggets” played the first half well and before the big break had an advantage of 14 points – 71:57. However, in the fourth quarter, they missed the opponent’s 13:0 rush and allowed the deficit to be reduced to three points – 80:77. Later, the game evened out, and the key in the match was the Lakers’ 16:0 run in the middle of the fourth quarter, after which the score became 108:96 and the guests calmly led the match to victory – 115:107.
Doncic, who had 38 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, completed a triple-double in the Lakers, and LeBron, who had 19 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, was close to that.
NBA. Regular championship, January 21
Philadelphia – Phoenix – 110:116 (30:27, 23:30, 31:40, 26:19)
Philadelphia: Edgecombe (25 + 7 rebounds), Oubre (21), Maxey (20 + 7 assists), Barlow (8), Drummond (8 + 15 rebounds) – start; Grimes (12), Bona (11 + 10 rebounds), Edwards (5), Walker (0), Watford (0).
Phoenix: Booker (27 + 6 losses), Gillespie (12), O’Neal (9), Brooks (6), Williams (4 + 9 rebounds + 5 losses) – start; Allen (16+6 assists), Goodwin (16), Green (12), Ighodaro (12), Dunn (2).
Houston – San Antonio – 111:106 (28:39, 32:31, 22:22, 29:14)
Houston: Shengyun (20 + 13 rebounds + 9 assists), Durant (18 + 7 assists), Smith (17), Thompson (16 + 10 rebounds + 6 assists), Okogi (5) – start; Sheppard (21), Capela (6), Eason (6), Finney-Smith (2).
San Antonio: Champagne (27 + 8 rebounds), Fox (14), Wembanyama (14 + 10 rebounds), Castle (13 + 7 rebounds + 8 assists), Barnes (6) – start; K. Johnson (12), Harper (8), Cornet (8), Bryan (4).
Chicago – Clippers – 138:110 (25:30, 45:19, 32:34, 36:27)
Chicago: White (27 + 6 assists), Bouzelis (21), Vucevych (19 + 8 rebounds), Smith (10 + 9 rebounds), Okoro (2) – start; Dosunmu (18), Jones (15+8 rebounds + 10 assists), Herter (14+7 assists), Terry (9), Carter (3), Phillips (0), Olbrich (0).
Clippers: Harden (24 + 6 assists + 6 losses), Collins (23), Zubac (12 + 11 rebounds), Sanders (8), Dunn (4 + 6 assists) – start; Miller (12), Washington (11), Christie (7), Niederheuser (4), Brown (3), Baldwin (2), B. Lopez (0), Batyum (0).
Utah – Minnesota – 127:122 (29:34, 30:24, 25:38, 43:26)
Utah: George (43 + 6 losses), Bailey (20), Nurkich (16 + 18 rebounds + 10 assists), Williams (8), Mykhailiuk (4) – start; Collier (18+10 assists), Filipovski (11+8 rebounds), Clayton (5), Anderson (2).
Minnesota: Edwards (38 + 8 rebounds), Randle (19), McDaniels (18 + 6 assists + 5 losses), DiVincenzo (15 + 8 assists), Gobert (11 + 10 rebounds + 4 blocked shots) – start; Reed (13+9 rebounds), Clark (4), Beranger (4), Hyland (0), Conley (0).
Golden State – Toronto – 127:145 (28:41, 22:29, 44:38, 33:37)
Golden State: Curry (16), Post (12 + 7 rebounds), Podzemski (11), Moody (10), Dr. Green (6) – start; Hield (25), Cuminga (20), Peyton II (9), Spencer (9), Melton (6+5 losses), Santos (3), Leons (0), Jackson-Davis (0), Richard (0), Cryer (0).
Toronto: Quickley (40 + 10 assists), Barnes (26 + 7 rebounds + 11 assists), Ingram (22), Shade (10 + 8 assists), Dick (10) – start; Mamukelashvili (14 + 12 rebounds), Battle (9), Lawson (6), Agbaji (4), Mobo (2), Martin (2), Temple (0).
Denver – Lakers – 107:115 (37:28, 34:29, 5:29, 7:29)
Denver: J. Murray (28 + 11 assists), Watson (18), Gordon (18), Jones (16), Pickett (7) – start; Hardaway (10), Nnaji (6), B. Brown (4).
Lakers: Doncic (38 + 13 rebounds + 10 assists), James (19 + 9 rebounds + 8 assists + 6 losses), Smart (15), Larevia (7), Ayton (4 + 8 rebounds) – start; Hayes (9), Timmy (9), Hachimura (9), Vincent (5), Vanderbilt (0).
Sacramento – Miami – 117:130 (25:32, 39:45, 25:23, 28:30)
Sacramento: Derozan (23), Westbrook (22 + 7 assists + 6 losses), LaVine (18), Reynaud (7 + 8 rebounds), Achiuwa (6) – start; Monk (18), Clifford (9), Sabonis (6 + 10 rebounds), Schroeder (4), Cardwell (4 + 12 rebounds).
Miami: Adebayo (25 + 7 rebounds), Powell (22), Wiggins (19), Larsson (16 + 9 assists), Mitchell (6 + 7 assists) – start; Fontecchio (15+7 rebounds), Haques (13+9 rebounds), Jovic (8), Gardner (5), Yakutsionis (1).