Basketball
NBA. Boston with Mikhailyuk beats Sacramento without Len
On the night of December 21, 10 games were played in the National Basketball Association’s regular season.
“Sacramento” suffered a heavy defeat at home to the East’s leading “Boston” with a score of 119:144. The injured Alexey Len did not play for the Kings, but Svyatoslav Mikhailyuk played for the Celtics and earned 2 points for the team.
We also note that Western Conference leader Minnesota lost to Philadelphia with Joel Embiid’s 51 points and 12 rebounds.
NBA. regular season
Indiana – Charlotte – 144:113 (31:29, 40:31, 36:26, 37:27)
Indiana: Hield (25), Haliburton (19 + 13 assists), Turner (18), Toppin (6), B. Brown (6 + 6 assists) – start; Nesmith (19), Maturin (14), Jackson (10), Smith (10), McConnell (9 + 9 assists), Nwora (6), Johnson (2).
Charlotte: Rozier (25 + 9 rebounds + 7 assists), Miller (21), Bridges (19), Hayward (11), Richards (4 + 8 rebounds) – start; Washington (12), Smith (6), Smith (4 + 6 assists), Mensah (4), Bouknight (3), McGowens (2), Thor (2), Black (0).
Philadelphia – Minnesota – 127:113 (28:24, 36:36, 26:27, 37:26)
Philadelphia: Embiid (51 + 12 rebounds), Maxey (35 + 5 turnovers), Harris (9), Oubre (7), Melton (4) – start; Reed (8+8 rebounds), Ms. Morris (5), Beverly (5), Martin (3), Springer (0), House (0), Bamba (0), Korkmaz (0).
Minnesota: Edwards (27 + 7 rebounds), Towns (23 + 13 rebounds), McDaniels (21), Conley (9), Gobert (8 + 9 rebounds) – start; Reed (10), Brown (5), Alexander-Walker (4), Anderson (2), Moore (2), Milton (2), McLaughlin (0), Garza (0).
Orlando – Miami – 106:115 (24:25, 26:43, 22:21, 34:26)
Orlando: F. Wagner (15), Suggs (11), Banchero (10 + 8 rebounds + 8 assists), Carter (8), Black (4) – start; Anthony (20), M. Wagner (11 + 7 rebounds), Isaac (9), Hustan (9), Okiki (5), Bitadze (4), G. Harris (0).
Miami: Hirro (28 + 8 rebounds + 7 assists), Adebayo (18 + 7 rebounds), Jaquez (10), Caleb Martin (5), Lauri (3) – starter; Highsmith (15), D. Robinson (12 + 6 assists), Richardson (12), Bryant (12), O. Robinson (0).
Cleveland – Utah – 124:116 (36:27, 26:29, 30:37, 32:23)
Cleveland: Strus (18 + 5 turnovers), Allen (17 + 8 rebounds), Porter (6 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists), Okoro (5), Wade (3 + 7 rebounds) – starter; Merrill (27), LeVert (23 + 7 assists), Niang (15), Thompson (10).
Utah: Markkanen (26 + 10 rebounds), Sexton (20), Horton-Tucker (19 + 11 assists), Kessler (10), Fontecchio (9 + 7 rebounds) – start; Collins (16), Dunn (8), Olynyk (5 + 6 assists), Agbaji (3).
Toronto – Denver – 104:113 (20:29, 24:32, 31:29, 29:23)
Toronto: Barnes (30 + 10 rebounds), Siakam (18), Anunoby (9), Schröder (7 + 7 assists), Poeltl (4) – start; Achiuwa (13), Trent (12), Flynn (6), Boucher (5 + 7 rebounds).
Denver: Jokic (31 + 15 rebounds + 6 assists), J. Murray (20 + 6 assists), Gordon (12), Porter (12), Caldwell-Pope (10) – start; Watson (11), Strother (7), Jackson (7), K. Brown (3), Nnaji (0).
Brooklyn – New York – 102:121 (20:32, 31:28, 26:30, 25:31)
Brooklyn: Thomas (20), K. Johnson (20), Bridges (15), Dinwiddie (10), Claxton (6 + 8 rebounds + 4 blocked shots) – starter; Finney-Smith (10), Sharpe (9 + 15 rebounds), O’Neill (6 + 6 assists), Watford (4), Wilson (2), Giles (0).
New York: Randle (26 + 7 rebounds), DiVincenzo (23 + 8 rebounds), Brunson (16 + 7 rebounds + 8 assists), Barrett (14), Hartenstein (2 + 10 rebounds) – start; Quickley (19), Hart (10 + 13 rebounds), Grimes (5), Jeffries (4), Gibson (2), McBride (0), Arcidiacono (0).
Chicago – Lakers – 124:108 (33:22, 28:33, 29:23, 34:30)
Chicago: DeRozan (27 + 7 rebounds + 9 assists), White (17 + 7 rebounds), Caruso (15), Williams (15), Vucevic (13 + 10 rebounds) – starter; Dosunmu (14), Drummond (11 + 7 rebounds), Carter (10), Terry (2), Phillips (0), Taylor (0).
Lakers: James (25 + 10 rebounds + 9 assists + 5 turnovers), Davis (19 + 14 rebounds), Prince (16), Reddish (13), Russell (2) – start; Reeves (21), Hachimura (5), Vincent (3), Vanderbilt (2), Hayes (2), Wood (0), Lewis (0), Christie (0).
Houston – Atlanta – 127:134 (29:39, 36:38, 35:21, 27:36)
Houston: Smith (34 + 13 rebounds + 4 blocks), VanVleet (32 + 15 assists), Brooks (19), Green (16), Shengyun (14 + 9 rebounds) – start; A. Holiday (8), Thompson (2), Green (2), Tate (0).
Atlanta: Young (30 + 14 assists), Murray (21), Capela (15 + 9 rebounds), Hunter (11), Bey (9 + 9 rebounds) – start; Bogdanovic (22), Okongwu (19 + 11 rebounds), Matthews (6), Matthews (1).
Dallas – Clippers – 111:120 (22:35, 34:32, 27:18, 28:35)
Dallas: Doncic (28 + 10 rebounds + 10 assists + 5 turnovers), D. Jones (19), Exum (16), G. Williams (9 + 9 rebounds), Powell (3) – start; Hardaway (21), Hardy (15), Mf Morris (0), Prosper (0), Lawson (0).
Clippers: Leonard (30 + 10 rebounds), Harden (17 + 11 assists), Zubac (12 + 9 rebounds), Coffey (12), Mann (7) – start; Powell (21), Theis (11), Westbrook (10).
Sacramento – Boston – 119:144 (41:38, 25:36, 24:39, 29:31)
Sacramento: Fox (29), Murray (13), Sabonis (13 + 10 rebounds + 8 assists), Barnes (10), Herter (7) – start; Ellis (12), Lyles (11), Monk (10), Edwards (7), McGee (4 + 4 blocks), Vezenkov (3), Mitchell (0), Duarte (0), Toscano-Anderson (0).
Boston: White (28 + 7 assists), Brown (28 + 6 assists), Porzingis (24 + 9 rebounds + 6 blocks), Holiday (21 + 8 rebounds + 10 assists), Houser (10) – start; Pritchard (20), Keta (6 + 8 rebounds), Brissett (3), Stevens (2), Mikhailyuk (2).
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.
