In their eighth straight victory, the Brooklyn Nets beat the Milwaukee Bucks 118-100 on Friday night and knocked them out of the top spot in the NBA Eastern Conference, while Luka Doncic racked up 50 points in the Mavericks’ victory over the Rockets.
Kevin Durantwith 24 points and 5 rebounds, and Kyrie Irvingwith 18 and 9, commanded the Nets but this time with enormous support from the rest of the team, with up to six players reaching double figures in scoring.
The bucks from Giannis Antetokounmpowho finished with 26 points and 13 rebounds, trailed the entire game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Milwaukee made one last spurt in the fourth quarter to pull within 102-92 with five minutes to play but a 3-pointer from Royce O’Neale and a basket plus an additional free throw from Irving ended their comeback hopes.
The Nets, who had a stormy start to the season in which they fired coach Steve Nash, now have eight wins in a rowmatching their best streak since moving to Brooklyn from New Jersey in 2012.
Brooklyn is in fourth position in the East, 1.5 wins behind the Bucks, who lost the lead in favor of the boston celticswho in turn defeated 121-109 the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Jason Tatumthe Boston star, reached 30 points and his partner Jaylen Brown to 36, with 23 of them in a fast-paced last quarter.
In a night of great individual exhibitions, the biggest score came from the Slovenian phenomenon luka doncicwhich accumulated 50 points8 rebounds and 10 assists in the victory of the dallas mavericks 122-106 vs. Houston Rockets.
The Slovenian is the ninth player to reach fifty points this season and joins retired Dirk Nowitzki as the only Mavericks to record more than one game with at least 50 points.
– LeBron loses shoes and game –
In the last of the 14 games of the day, los angeles lakers they fell on their court 134-130 against the Charlotte Hornetspenultimate in the East, and continue their painful journey without the injured Anthony Davis.
The Los Angeles team, which added its third loss in a row and continues to move away from the playoffs, he came to lose by 16 points but forced a tight finish thanks to Lebron Jameswho had 18 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter.
The Lakers had the last possession trailing 132-130. LeBron started a drive for the basket but lost his balance when his right shoe flew off.
Before falling onto the court, the forward managed to pass the ball to the German Dennis Schröder, who missed the triple from the corner that would have given the locals victory.
On their turn, the Philadelphia 76ers they achieved their seventh win in a row when beating 119-114 a Los Angeles Clippers with a devastating performance from its two stars.
The center Joel Embiid had 44 points and 7 rebounds and the point guard James Harden a monumental triple-double with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 21 assists.
Harden he’s just the seventh NBA player to record a triple-double on at least 10/20/20 and his 21 assists tie the franchise all-time record.
For his part, DeMar DeRozan silenced the Madison Square Garden New York with a last-second midrange shot that gave the win to the Chicago Bulls before the knicks by 118-117.
