Basketball
NBA. Indiana beats Boston without Mikhailiuk in new tournament play-offs
On the night of December 5, two quarter-final games of the National Basketball Association in-season tournament were played abroad.
“Indiana” achieved a victory of 122:112 against “Boston”, in whose ranks the Ukrainian Svyatoslav Mikhailyuk never appeared on the field.
In another game, New Orleans beat Sacramento, 127:117, whose colors were defended by the now injured Alexei Len.
NBA. In-season tournament. 1/4 final
Indiana – Boston – 122:112 (22:24, 26:31, 37:23, 37:34)
Indiana: Haliburton (26 + 10 rebounds + 13 assists), Hield (21), Turner (17 + 10 rebounds), B. Brown (13 + 8 rebounds), Toppin (12) – start; Maturin (16), Nesmith (14), McConnell (2), Nembard (1).
Boston: Tatum (32 + 12 rebounds + 6 assists), Brown (30 + 9 rebounds), White (18 + 8 assists + 5 turnovers), Holiday (9), Horford (2 + 7 rebounds) – starter; Houser (15), Cornet (6 + 4 blocked shots), Banton (0), Pritchard (0).
Sacramento – New Orleans – 117:127 (36:35, 25:34, 30:31, 26:27)
Sacramento: Fox (30 + 6 turnovers), Sabonis (26 + 13 rebounds + 10 assists), Murray (14), Herter (12), Barnes (4) – start; Monk (21), Ellis (5), Lyles (5), Vezenkov (0), McGee (0).
New Orleans: Ingram (30 + 8 rebounds + 6 assists), Jones (23), Valanciunas (18 + 11 rebounds), McCollum (17 + 7 assists), Williamson (10 + 6 assists) – start; Murphy (16), Alvarado (9), Marshall (4), Daniels (0), Zeller (0).
Source: Sport UA
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