NBA Day in 5 minutes: Special night for LeBron, disappointing night for Doncic

Last night was a fun night in the NBA with strong performances from LeBron, Embiid, and Doncic, but fortune didn’t smile on everyone equally. This was the highlight of what happened:

Thunder 123-127 Sixers

joel embiid He led the 76ers to a 127-123 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder with 35 points, 11 rebounds, and nine assists.

Tyrese Maxey Embiid missed Wednesday’s game against Minnesota with a sore hip, but returned and ended the 76ers’ losing streak at two and the Thunder’s winning streak at six.

Chet Holmgren He led Oklahoma with 33 points, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 31 points. Holmgren hit five 3-pointers.

Hawks 136-108 Magic

Trae Young With 26 points and 10 assists, DeAndre Hunter added 20 points, Atlanta never trailed, forcing the Wizards to their ninth straight away loss. jordan pool Due to injury.

The Hawks escaped in the third quarter. Atlanta went 15-of-26 while Washington was held to 8-of-25, and Young made just six of his shots in the quarter as the Hawks outscored the Wizards 37-20. Successfully completed 4.

The 28-point loss was Washington’s biggest this season. Seven Washington players scored in double figures, but no one scored more than 13 points, including Jared Butler off the bench. Kyle Kuzma He scored 12 points and added a team-high eight assists and seven rebounds.

Nets 112-97 Heat

michael bridges Brooklyn pulled away in the fourth quarter and overcame a bad start to beat Miami in New York and score 24 points.

The Nets, who had led most of the way, ended their losing streak with three games and defeated the Heat for the second time in three games this season. Bridges tied a career-high with 45 points in Atlanta, then missed his first five shots and went 8-of-19 from the field in three nights. cameron johnson Added 19 and 10 rebounds.

Miami didn’t have Bam Adebayo (hip), Jimmy Butler (ankle), Then, early in the fourth game, they lost Haywood Highsmith to a hip injury sustained in a collision with teammate Jamal Cain. Miami finished its five-game road trip with a 2-3 record, with Caleb Martin scoring a season-high 22 points off the bench and rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. adding 18 points.

Cavaliers 115-121 Lakers

anthony davis He contributed 32 points and 13 rebounds to the Lakers’ victory in Cleveland.

lebron james The Lakers have won four of their last five games, with Max Christie scoring 12 points and D’Angelo Russell scoring 10 points for the Lakers. The Purple and Gold also had solid contributions off the bench, with Austin Reaves scoring 15 points and 10 assists, Christian Wood scoring 13 points and Jackson Hayes scoring 10 points.

donovan mitchell He had 22 points, Jarrett Allen had 21 points and 14 rebounds and Evan Mobley had 18 points for the Cavaliers, who had won four of their past five games. Cleveland also had contributions from the bench, with Georges Niang scoring 13 points and Craig Porter adding 11 points.

Jazz 105-100 Pelican

Collin Sexton scored 15 points in the second half and short-handed Utah fought back to beat New Orleans in Salt Lake City and end a four-game losing streak.

Newcomer keyontae georgeHe had 15 points, six rebounds and five assists, including a clutch free throw with 5.7 seconds left, as Utah won for the third time in 11 games. Kelly Olynyk had 13 points and six rebounds off the bench.

Zion WilliamsonHe led the Pelicans to a road win against the Clippers on Friday, but continued his policy of not playing on the second night of the game. continue.

Clippers 107-88 Mavericks

paul george He scored 25 points, Terrence Mann added 17 points, and the Clippers dominated over Dallas.

Led by Norman Powell with 15 points and Russell Westbrook with 14 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, the Los Angeles team never trailed in the first few minutes and won for the fourth time in their last five games. Ta. Ivica Zubac had 11 points and a season-high 14 rebounds.

Luka Doncic He led Dallas with 30 points, but Dallas trailed by as many as 24 points in the third quarter and lost for the third time in the last four games. kyrie irving He added 26 points and Tim Hardaway Jr. had 12 points.