Basketball
NBA. Sensation in Oklahoma, Houston beat Detroit, tough victory for Denver
Eight games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of January 23-24.
“Oklahoma” lost to “Indiana” in a sensational home match.
The key point of the game was the first quarter, which the Pacers won with a score of 39:28, and this was enough for them to further secure their lead. The Thunder won the next three quarters but were unable to tie the score. As a result, Indiana won with a score of 117:114.
Even Gilgeous-Alexander’s 47 points couldn’t save the Thunder from defeat. Indiana’s top scorer was Nembhard, who had a double-double with 27 points and 11 assists.
Detroit lost at home to Houston.
Rockets took the lead from the beginning of the game and won the first quarter with a score of 28:20. At the beginning of the second 12 minutes, the Pistons took a lead of 35:34 with a score of 13:1. After that, the game was balanced and the teams finished the long break with a draw at 52:52. The key point of the game was the third quarter, when the Rockets made moves of 8:0 and 9:2 to gain a 14-point advantage – 86:72. Later, the guest team calmly won the match with a score of 111:104.
Durant scored 32 points and Smith had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Milwaukee came close to a comeback at home in a game against Denver.
The first quarter was a balanced contest and the Bucks gained a 6-point advantage in the second quarter and increased this advantage to +15 (78:63) in the third quarter. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the visitors were ahead by 23 points and appeared to have closed out the game. However, Milwaukee made a 15:2 move to get back into the match 97:92. As a result, the game was deadlocked and thanks to free throws, Denver still maintained a 102:100 advantage, but the last attack of the match belonged to the Bucks.
Six Nuggets players scored 11+ points, while Nnaji had a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.
NBA. Regular season, January 24
Detroit-Houston-104:111 (20:28, 32:24, 20:34, 32:25)
of Detroit: Duren (18 + 7 rebounds), Cunningham (12 + 8 assists + 6 turnovers), Thompson (12 + 8 rebounds), D. Robinson (9), Harris (4) – start; Stewart (16), Holland (13), Jenkins (10), Ivey (8), Green (2).
Houston: Durent (32 + 7 rebounds), Shengyun (19 + 5 losses), Thompson (15 + 9 rebounds + 7 assists), Smith (11 + 10 rebounds), Okogie (7) – start; Sheppard (18), Capela (5+9 rebounds), Tate (4).
Atlanta – Phoenix – 110:103 (27:31, 37:28, 20:32, 26:12)
of Atlanta: Okongwu (25), Johnson (23 + 18 rebounds + 9 assists + 5 losses), Alexander-Walker (13 + 5 losses), Daniels (8 + 8 rebounds), Kispert (8) – starts; McCollum (21), Kennard (9), Koloko (2), Guay (1), Krejci (0).
Phoenix: Booker (31), Gillespie (16), Brooks (11), Williams (6), O’Neal (5) – starter; Allen (16), Ighodaro (8 + 7 rebounds), Green (4), Dunn (4), Goodwin (2).
Brooklyn – Boston – 126:130 Overtime (28:28, 27:21, 26:29, 23:26, 14:14, 8:12)
Brooklyn: Porter (30 + 8 rebounds), Claxton (18 + 9 rebounds), Clowney (15 + 9 rebounds), Demin (6), Powell (6) – start; Traore (21), Z. Williams (14 + 8 rebounds), Thomas (7), Sharpe (5 + 8 rebounds), Wolfe (4).
Boston: Pritchard (32), Brown (27 + 10 rebounds + 12 assists), Hauser (19), Scheierman (6 + 7 rebounds), Keta (6) – start; Garza (12), Simons (10), Gonzalez (10 + 7 rebounds), Walsh (5), Williams (3), Harper (0).
Cleveland-Sacramento-123:118 (35:35, 33:36, 34:22, 21:25)
cleveland: Mitchell (33 + 8 assists), E. Mobley (29 + 13 rebounds + 7 assists + 4 blocks), Tyson (17 + 7 rebounds), Allen (15 + 9 rebounds), Wade (6) – start; Hunter (9), Porter (5), Tomlin (4), Proctor (3), Nance (2).
sacramento: DeRozan (20), Westbrook (11), LaVine (10), Achiuwa (4 + 8 rebounds), Reynaud (0) – start; Sabonis (24 + 16 rebounds + 6 assists), Schroeder (21), Monk (16 + 7 assists), Cardwell (8), Clifford (4).
Memphis-New Orleans-127:133 (30:30, 35:30, 36:33, 26:40)
memphis: Jaren Jackson (26 + 12 rebounds + 4 blocks), Landale (24 + 11 rebounds), Spencer (21 + 11 assists), Coward (13), Wells (11 + 5 turnovers) – starter; Jackson (15), Small (7), Williams (6), Caldwell-Pope (4), Konchar (0).
New Orleans: Bay (36), Murphy (32), Williamson (24 + 11 rebounds), Quinn (8 + 9 rebounds), Jones (0) – start; Fiers (12), Missy (8 + 8 rebounds), Poole (6), Matkovic (5), Peavey (2).
Oklahoma – Indiana – 114:117 (28:39, 25:19, 32:31, 29:28)
Oklahoma: Gilgeous-Alexander (47), Holmgren (25 + 13 rebounds), Wallace (10), Joe (7), Dort (2) – start; K. Williams (12 + 7 rebounds), Jeng (7), Carlson (2), Williams (2), Barnhizer (0).
indiana: Nembhard (27 + 7 rebounds + 11 assists), Walker (26), Siakam (21 + 6 assists), Nesmith (17), Furphy (4 + 10 rebounds) – start; Potter (10 + 10 rebounds), Sheppard (6), McConnell (6), Jackson (0), Huff (0).
Milwaukee – Denver – 100:102 (21:21, 21:27, 21:30, 37:24)
Milwaukee: Y. Antetokounmpo (22 + 13 rebounds + 7 assists), Rollins (21), Turner (17 + 7 rebounds + 6 blocks), Kuzma (11 + 10 rebounds + 6 assists), G. Harris (4) – start; Portis (11 + 9 rebounds), Anthony (9), Coffey (5), Jackson (0), Nance (0).
Denver: Strother (20), Pickett (13 + 7 assists), Gordon (13), Nnaji (11 + 12 rebounds), Jones (5) – start; Hardaway (17), B. Brown (15), Jones (5), Holmes (3), Tyson (0).
Portland – Toronto – 98:110 (12:19, 31:31, 31:26, 24:34)
Portland: Holiday (21 + 7 assists), Sharpe (21 + 7 rebounds), Kamara (16), Clingan (13 + 16 rebounds), Sissoko (3) – start; Love (11), Grant (8), Cook (5), Ruper (0), Yang Hansen (0).
toronto: Mamukelashvili (22), Quickley (20 + 8 rebounds + 7 assists), Ingram (20 + 7 rebounds), Barnes (15 + 9 rebounds + 6 blocks), Barrett (10) – start; Dick (10), Agbaji (10), Bettle (3), Shed (0), Mobo (0).
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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.
