Basketball
Super Lillard, beat Wolves by 38 points and 11 three-pointers, victory for the Grizzlies
Damien Lillard caught fire and with 38 points with 11 three-pointers, Wolves equalized and led the Blazers to a 133-112 win. Wins for Grizzlies, Heat and Spurs.
Damian Lillard was having fun. The rest was history for the Blazers, who partyed against the Wolves and bested them 133-112, even reaching +27 in one game.
Lillard led his team, finishing with 38 points on 11 of 17 3 points (tying his career high for 3 points), with Jeremy Grant adding 24 points and Jusuf Nurkic adding 14 points and 16 rebounds.
With the Wolves, D’Angelo Russell had 23 points, Anthony Edwards and Jaylen Nowell each had 17 points, and Rudy Gober had 16 points and 20 rebounds.
THE DODECALPTA: 33-27, 70-59, 106-84, 133-112
BLAZER: Grant 24 (3), Nurkic 14 (16 rebounds), Lillard 38 (11/17 3-pointers), Hart 8 (2 3-pointers, 7 rebounds), Simons 12 (2/8 3-pointers, 6 assists) , Winslow 9 (1 threes, 6 rebounds, 10 assists), Eubanks 6, Watford 5 (1), Walker 3 (1), Johnson, Sharp 14 (7 rebounds)
WOLVES: McDaniels 2, Anderson 9 (1 3s, 5 assists), Gober 16 (20 rebounds), Russell 23 (3/10 3s, 8 assists), Edwards 17 (6/16 shooting, 3 3s), Ryan 3 (1) , Knight 4, Minot, Garza 2, Reed 10 (1), Rivers 3 (1), Forbes 2, Nowell 17, Moore 4
Grizzly Bears – Hawks 128-103
In a game marked by significant absences (Morad for the Grizzlies, Young, Murray, Capela, Bogdanovic and Collins for the Hawks), Memphis did its job dismantling Atlanta 128-103 and improving his record to 18-9, now a breath away from the Pelicans (18-8) in the battle for the best record in the West.
Tyus Jones with 22 points and 11 assists led the way for the winners, with Dillon Brooks adding 18 points and Jaren Jackson adding 15 points and 8 blocks.
With the Hawks, DeAndre Hunter had 19 points and Aaron Holiday had 15 points.
THE DODECALPTA: 35-29, 62-51, 102-76, 128-103
GRAY: Clark 11 (6 rebounds), Jackson 15 (1 three-pointer, 7 rebounds, 8 blocks), Brooks 18 (5 three-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 turnovers), Jones 2 (4 three-pointers, 11 assists), Konchar 9 (1 three-pointer, 7 rebounds, 5 assists), Aldama 16 (2 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Tillman 10, Williams 4 (1/7 shoot), Lofton 4, LaRavia, Roddy 11, Chandler 8 (6 rebounds, 7 assists)
hawks: Okoniu 6 (10 rebounds), Griffin 13 (2), Hunter 19 (2), Johnson 14 (2 threes, 9 rebounds), Forrest 4 (2/9 shots), Kaminski 13 (3), T. Holliday 6 ( 2), A. Holliday 15 (1 3s, 6 assists), Culver 7 (3/9 shots), Martin 2 (1/7 shots), Krejci 4
Pacer – Heat 82-87
In a game reminiscent of the NBA and… EuroLeague of the ’90s, the Heat found a way to beat the Pacers in Indiana 82-87 and grabbed a much-needed win.
Bam Adebayo’s 22 points and 17 rebounds set the tone for the winners, with Jimmy Butler adding 20 points including 7 late runs to seal the win as Miami recovered from a 19-point deficit.
With the Pacers, Buddy Hield had 19 points and Andrew Nebhardt had 18 points while Tyrese Halliburton was limited to 1 point on 0/9 shooting.
THE DODECALPTA: 19-26, 42-47, 64-67, 82-87
pacemaker: Nesmith 12 (5/12 shooting, 2 threes, 6 rebounds), Turner 15 (2 threes, 13 rebounds), Nebhardt 18 (3 threes, 5 rebounds), Halliburton 1 (0/9 shooting, 6 assists), Hield 19 (3 3-pointers, 9 rebounds), Smith 2, Brissett, McConnell 6, Mathurin 9 (1/6 3-pointers)
BLOW: Butler 20 (7 rebounds, 5 assists), Martin 9 (1 three-pointer, 6 rebounds), Adebayo 22 (17 rebounds), Lowry 8 (3/10 shooting, 2/8 three-pointers), Hiro 8 (3/11 shooting, 2/7 threes, 6 assists), Dedmon 6 (6 rebounds), Oladipo 5 (1), Struss 9 (3/12 threes)
Spurs – Cavaliers 112-111
The Spurs showed character against the Cavaliers. In a wild game that saw San Antonio concede a 19-point deficit, the home team eventually clinched a 112-111 victory, with Keldon Johnson cutting Donovan Mitchell’s layup seconds from time and then missing a three-pointer for Darius Garland.
Josh Richardson was the leading scorer for the winners with 24 points, with Johnson adding 21 points for a San Antonio now on a 3-game winning streak.
In the Cavaliers, losing for the first time this year to a team with less than 50 percent record, Mitchell had 28 points, Caris LeVert had 22 points and Garland had 18 points but 7/22 shooting.
THE DODECALPTA: 29-27, 65-49, 92-78, 112-111
SPURS: Roby 9 (1), Collins 9 (10 rebounds, 5 assists), Johnson 21 (8/25 shooting, 1/6 threes, 6 rebounds), Jones 15 (5 assists), Langford 3 (1/5 shooting). ), Sochan 2, McDermott 7, Bassey 6 (11 rebounds), Richardson 24 (5), Vassell 16 (2)
CAVALIERS: Mobley 17 (13 rebounds), Stevens, Allen 16 (7 rebounds), Garland 18 (7/22 shooting, 1/6 trebles, 7 rebounds, 9 assists), Mitchell 28 (2/7 trebles, 5 rebounds), Love 7 (1), Osman 2, Okoro, LeVert 23 (1)
Source: sport 24
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