Basketball
NBA. Golden State loses to Minnesota, Lakers confidently beat Memphis
On the night of November 15, 10 matches were played within the scope of the NBA in-season tournament.
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Eastern Conference
Group A
“Detroit” – “Atlanta” – 120:126 (29:38, 31:26, 31:33, 31:33, 29:29)
“Detroit”: Bagley (22 + 11 rebounds), Thompson (21 + 8 rebounds), Stewart (10), Cunningham (9 + 12 assists + 6 turnovers), Hayes (8) – starts; Burks (16), Knox (12), Ivey (11), Wiseman (11), Sasser (0).
“Atlanta”: Murray (32 + 10 assists), Bogdanovich (17), Hunter (16), Johnson (16), Capella (8 + 7 rebounds) – start; Bay (19), Okongwu (8 + 9 rebounds), Griffin (5), Matthews (3), Forrest (2).
“Philadelphia” – “Indiana” – 126:132 (30:36, 24:27, 40:32, 32:37)
“Philadelphia”: Embiid (39 + 12 rebounds + 6 assists + 5 turnovers), Melton (30), Maxey (27), Harris (22 + 7 rebounds), Covington (2) – start; Mrs. Morris (2), Beverly (2), Reed (2).
“Indiana”: Haliburton (33 + 7 rebounds + 15 assists), Toppin (27), Turner (17), B. Brown (14), Maturin (8) – start; McConnell (11), Jackson (7 + 9 rebounds), Nesmith (6), Smith (5), Hield (2 + 5 turnovers), Nembard (2).
Team standings: Indiana – 2-0, Atlanta – 1-0, Philadelphia – 1-1, Cleveland – 0-1, Detroit – 0-2.
Group B
“Charlotte” – “Miami” – 105:111 (32:24, 16:33, 32:30, 25:24)
“Charlotte”: Washington (32), Ball (28 + 11 assists + 8 losses), Williams (11 + 7 rebounds), Thor (5), Maledon (2) – start; McGowens (12), Richards (10 + 12 rebounds), Smith (3), Smith (2), Black (0).
“Miami”: Butler (32), Adebayo (21 + 11 rebounds), D. Robinson (18 + 8 rebounds), Highsmith (12 + 5 steals), Lowry (0) – start; Jaques (17), Richardson (6 + 6 assists), Love (3), Bryant (2), Smith (0).
Team standings: Miami – 2-0, Charlotte – 1-1, Milwaukee – 1-0, New York – 0-1, Washington – 0-2.
Group C
“Brooklyn” – “Orlando” – 124:104 (33:24, 24:36, 31:26, 36:18)
“Brooklyn“: Dinwiddie (29 + 9 assists), Bridges (21 + 6 losses), K. Johnson (20), Clexton (8), Finney-Smith (5) – starts; O’Neal (13), Sharpe (11 + 10 rebounds), Walker (11), Smith (6).
“Orlando”: F. Wagner (21 + 8 rebounds), Banchero (19), Bitadze (14), Suggs (10), Black (2) – start; Ingles (11), M. Wagner (11), Anthony (10), Isaac (3), Hustan (3).
Team standings: Boston – 1-0, Brooklyn – 2-1, Chicago – 0-1, Toronto – 0-0, Orlando – 0-1.
Western Conference
Group A
“Utah” – “Portland” – 115:99 (36:28, 31:30, 28:28, 20:13)
“Utah”: Clarkson (30), Markkanen (21 + 9 rebounds), George (15 + 7 assists), Collins (14 + 10 rebounds), Agbaji (6 + 8 rebounds) – start; Sexton (13 + 7 assists), Olynyk (12 + 12 rebounds), Horton-Tucker (4).
“Portland”: Grant (26), Ayton (22 + 10 rebounds), Sharpe (17 + 8 rebounds + 7 assists), Kamara (9), Mays (6 + 10 assists) – start; Walker (12 + 8 rebounds), Thybulle (6), Ruper (1).
“Lakers” – “Memphis” – 134:107 (37:26, 37:25, 33:35, 27:21)
Lakers: Russell (24), Davis (19 + 11 rebounds + 6 blocks), James (16 + 9 rebounds + 6 assists), Reddish (10), Prince (8) – start; Hachimura (23 + 6 turnovers), Reeves (16 + 12 rebounds + 7 assists), Hayes (11), Christie (5), Wood (2 + 9 rebounds), Lewis (0).
“Memphis”: Bane (15), Gilyard (9), Jaren Jackson (8), Smart (3), Biyombo (0 + 8 rebounds) – starter; Aldama (24), Roddy (17), Tillman (15), Z. Williams (10), Konchar (6 + 6 assists).
Team standings: Utah – 2-0, Lakers – 2-0, Portland – 1-1, Phoenix – 0-1, Memphis – 0-3.
Group B
“New Orleans” – “Dallas” – 131:110 (33:26, 37:28, 44:31, 17:25)
“New Orleans”: Ingram (25 + 9 rebounds + 7 assists), Jones (19 + 5 steals), Williamson (19 + 7 rebounds), Daniels (10 + 6 assists), Valanciunas (6) – starts; Hawkins (25), Marshall (16), Ryan (6), Robinson-Earl (3), Lewis (2).
“Dallas”: Irving (17 + 6 assists), Doncic (16 + 8 turnovers), G. Williams (10), D. Jones (7), Lively (4 + 9 rebounds) – start; Hardaway (17), Exum (9), Hardy (9), Prosper (6), Holmes (6+7 rebounds), Powell (4+7 rebounds), Seth Curry (3), Green (2).
“Denver” – “Clippers” – 111:108 (28:26, 32:26, 24:32, 27:24)
“Denver”: Jokic (32 + 16 rebounds + 9 assists), Gordon (20), Jackson (18), Porter (10), Caldwell-Pope (9) – start; K. Brown (10), Pickett (5), Watson (4), Nnaji (3), J. Holiday (0).
“Cutters”: George (35 + 7 rebounds), Harden (21), Leonard (15 + 5 steals), Zubac (9 + 13 rebounds), Westbrook (8) – start; Powell (14), Tucker (6), Mann (0).
Team standings: Denver – 2-0, Houston – 1-0, New Orleans – 1-1, Dallas – 1-2, Clippers – 0-2.
Group C
“Oklahoma” – “San Antonio” – 123:87 (28:25, 30:23, 33:18, 32:21)
“Oklahoma”: Gilgeous-Alexander (28 + 7 steals), Giddy (18 + 7 rebounds + 7 assists), Jaylen Williams (11), Holmgren (9 + 7 rebounds), Dort (6) – start; K. Williams (9), Wallace (9), Joe (8), Micic (8), Waters (6), Mann (5), Wiggins (3), Jaylin Williams (3).
“san antonio”: Collins (13 + 8 rebounds), Shempeni (13), Vassell (12), Sohan (9), Vembanyama (8 + 14 rebounds + 5 losses) – start; Brenham (11), Osman (6), Bessie (6+7 rebounds), McDermott (5), Graham (4+7 assists).
“Golden State” – “Minnesota” – 101:104 (30:22, 29:32, 24:22, 18:28)
“Golden state”: Saric, (21), Paul (15), Wiggins (9 + 7 rebounds), Thompson (0), Dr. Green (0) – start; Podziemski (23 + 7 rebounds), Moody (11), Payton II (7), Joseph (6), Kuminga (5), Looney (2 + 12 rebounds), Jackson-Davis (2).
“Minesota”: Towns (33 + 11 rebounds + 5 turnovers), Edwards (20 + 5 turnovers), Conley (13 + 8 assists), Gobert (9 + 13 rebounds), McDaniels (0) – start; Reid (10), Anderson (8), Milton (6), Alexander-Walker (5).
Team standings: Minnesota – 2-0, Sacramento – 1-1, Golden State – 1-1, Oklahoma – 1-2, San Antonio – 0-2.
Please note that, with the exception of the final game, in-season tournament games will be held as part of the NBA regular season. The semifinals and finals of the in-season tournament will be played at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Teams in each conference were divided into three groups. Group matches will be played on Tuesdays and Fridays between 3-28 November 2023.
The winners of the group and the best team in 2nd place in the conference advance to the play-offs.
Source: Sport UA
Ralph Bean is a writer for Sportish. Ralph has written about sports news for the last two years, and is currently an author on the site. He enjoys writing about sports, and hopes to cover more stories in the future.
