Anthony Edwards made the decisive basket to defeat the San Antonio Spurs this Sunday. And the Oklahoma City Thunder used that to extend their lead over the Texans in the NBA West, while the New York Knicks won in Portland that day, extending their pressure on the East leader Detroit Pistons.

American sports weekend where the spotlight was on the NFL playoffs. The NBA planned 10 games a day. That included the Spanish Derby, won by Santi Aldama’s Memphis Grizzlies (15 points) and Jordi Fernandez’s Brooklyn Nets.

Edwards had the final word in the thriller in Minneapolis, hitting the decisive basket with 17 seconds left. In order to stop the San Antonio Spurs, who are second in the West Division.

The Timberwolves survived thanks to Ant’s 23 points, Donte DiVincenzo’s 19 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, and three steals, and the strong return of Frenchman Victor Wembaneyama to the Spurs’ starting five.

Wenby had 29 points and six rebounds. Despite scoring in 26 minutes on the court, the team ended up paying a modest price with a field goal accuracy of 38% at the group level.

The Hawks had a surprise for Stephen Curry.

CJ McCollum’s time with the Atlanta Hawks started with a bang after being acquired from the Washington Wizards in exchange for Trae Young. They won against the Warriors (124-111) at Chase Center in San Francisco.

Jalen Johnson had a double-double with 23 points and 11 rebounds, Nickell-Alexander-Walker had 23 points, Luke Kennard had 22 points and McCollum contributed 12 points off the bench. Stephen Curry’s 31 points weren’t enough for the Warriors.

Shai returns victorious

The Thunder didn’t lose, defeating the Miami Heat 124-112. In his return game, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 29 points and eight assists.

OKC has the NBA’s best record at 33-7 and has emerged as the favorite to retain the championship ring it won last year.

The Detroit Pistons (28-10) had the edge in the East Division, but Saturday’s loss and this Sunday’s win by the Knicks (25-14) closed the gap.

Jalen Brunson had 26 points, six rebounds, and eight assists, and OG Anunoby scored 24 points for the Knicks, who defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 123-114.

It was a worthy win for the Knicks, who are on a five-game winning streak against the Blazers.

Aldama’s solid performance

In “Spanish Derby” Santi Aldama scored 15 points as the Memphis Grizzlies won 103-98. against the Brooklyn Nets.

Aldama came off the bench for the Grizzlies and finished the game with 15 points, eight rebounds, three assists, and three blocks in 33 minutes. The Canary Islander made 7 of 10 field goals, including 1 of 2 triples, and also had a steal.

Cedric Coward had 21 points and eight assists, hitting two of his five triples late in the game to break the deadlock.

Memphis bounced back from two consecutive losses and finished 10th in the Western Conference with 17 wins and 22 losses.

Trae Young has yet to make his debut for the Wizards, who lost 112-93 to the Phoenix Suns.

In other results, the Denver Nuggets, without Serbia’s Nikola Jokic, defeated the Milwaukee Bucks (108-104) and the Sacramento Kings defeated the Houston Rockets (111-98).