The Toronto Raptors took the lead in the fourth quarter with 14 points, defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves 103-91 on Wednesday night.
Gary Trent Jr. had 30 points. Trent had just scored six points two nights earlier as Toronto corrected by 30 points in New Orleans.
On Wednesday, he had five three-point shots, including a 1:50 punch to give the visitors a 99-89 lead.
Pascal Shiakam had 17 points, nine assists and nine rebounds.
The Raptors (32-25) were playing their last game before the all-star break.
Reserves Precious Achiuwa and Thaddeus Young added 11 and 10 points, respectively. Young was playing his second game with his new team.
Fred VanVleet loses the game due to a knee injury.
Elsewhere in the NBA
Hawks 130 – Magic 109
ATL: Seven Hawks players have scored 10 or more points. Bogdan Bogdanovic was the best with 23.
ORL: Good performance for Cole Anthony with 23 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
Pistons 112 – Celtics 111
DET: Jerami Grant (24 points) scored the game’s winning basket with 8.9 seconds on the clock to allow the Pistons to finish an eight-game losing streak.
BOS: Jaylen Brown was the top scorer of the match with 31 points. Jason Tatum scored 22 points.
Wizards-Pacers
IT WAS: Kyle Kuzman had 26 points, 15 rebounds and six assists.
IND: The Pacers cut a seven-game losing streak with 21 points from Tyrese Haliburton.
Nets 111 – Knicks 106
BRK: Seth Curry was again the best for his new team with 20 points.
NY: Doubled 31 points and 10 rebounds for Julius Randle.
Kings 118 – Bulls 125
SAC: De’Aaron Fox scored 33 points and added nine assists.
CHI: DeMar DeRozan (38 points) has scored 35 or more points in five consecutive games.
Spurs 114 – Thunder 106
SA: All Spurs key players scored at least 15 points in the win.
OKC: Josh Giddey (17 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists) became the third rookie in history after Oscar Robertson to score a hat-trick in three consecutive games.
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Ten games of the NBA regular season were played on the night of December 11-12.
Oklahoma won at home against Miami.
The Heat started the game well and quickly took the lead by 9 points, 14:5. After that, the first half of the game was under their control and Miami was ahead for 59:54 before the big break. The third quarter of the match was decisive, during which the Thunder made a 15:0 move and created a 13-point advantage for themselves with 87:74. Then the home team took control of the game and calmly won with a score of 124:112.
The most productive player of the match was Gilgeous-Alexander with 29 points, while Holmgren also had a double-double with 16 points + 10 rebounds.
Minnesota got the win against San Antonio.
Spurs started the match with a score of 16:0, thus controlling the game and leading until the end of the fourth quarter. Minnesota took the lead for the first time in the game 2 minutes before the siren. Edwards scored the two-pointer and made the score 100:98. Barnes then hit a 3-pointer and McDaniels and Foch hit two-pointers. The fate of the match was decided by Edwards, who scored two points 17 seconds before the end of the match and brought the score to 104:103.
Edwards led the victory with 23 points, while Reed had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
Toronto defeated Philadelphia in overtime.
The home team, which was ahead from the beginning of the match, took the lead +14 – 54:40 in the second quarter. But they failed to develop or maintain their superiority. In the third quarter, Minnesota gradually narrowed the gap and after a 7:0 move, they took the lead by 9 points at 82:73. At the start of the fourth 12-minute period, Toronto managed to quickly come back and then tied the game on the field: The teams exchanged leads 9 times and the score was tied 6 more times.
21 seconds before the siren, Maxey hit a three-pointer to make Philadelphia +4 and seemingly seal the victory. However, the Raptors did not give up and two-point baskets by Quickley and Shead tied the score 2 seconds before the buzzer and took the game to overtime. It remained an even game and the winner’s fate was decided at the last second. Barnes won the free throw and scored with the first shot, but missed the second and the opponent had no time to respond. The result is 116:115 in favor of Toronto.
Barnes played with 31 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists for the Raptors.
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Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle He engraved his name in NBA history.
The 66-year-old coach joined the 1,000-win club after Indiana beat the Charlotte Hornets 114-112 on the road.
Carlisle earned its 999th win on Dec. 9, defeating Sacramento 116-105, but since then the Pacers have lost 13 in a row.
Carlisle became the 11th coach to achieve a four-digit win. This list also includes: Gregg Popovich, Don Nelson, Lenny Wilkens, Jerry Sloan, Pat Riley, George Karl, Doc Rivers, Phil Jackson, Larry Brown and Rick Adelman.
To reach the 1,000-win mark, Carlisle played 1,891 games: 555 with the Dallas Mavericks, 345 with the Pacers, and the remaining 100 with the Detroit Pistons.
Carlisle began his head coaching career in 2001, was named NBA Coach of the Year with the Pistons in 2002, and won an NBA championship with the Mavericks in 2011.
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On the night of January 8-9, three regular season games were hosted in the NBA and one more game was postponed.
The Chicago game between the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat was canceled due to wet conditions making it unplayable. Arena workers tried to dry the area but were unsuccessful. The reason was the rain and high humidity in Chicago.
Utah beat Dallas at home.
The meeting was equal and tense, the lead in the game changed 16 times, and the maximum advantage of one of the teams did not exceed 14 points. The Jazz managed to regain that distance midway through the second quarter, but even before the big break, the Mavericks narrowed the gap to 3 points at 55:58. The fate of the meeting was decided in the last 5 minutes. “Utah” managed to organize a breakthrough of 12:0 and go from -7 to +5, after which the home team maintained its advantage and won 116:114.
Utah’s Ukrainian player Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He was on the bench for his team, but did not take the field after resting.
The most productive player of the match was Markkanen for Jazz with 33 points, while Love also scored a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
NBA. Regular season, January 9
Utah-Dallas-116:114 (34:29, 24:26, 30:34, 28:25)
Utah: Markkanen (33 + 7 rebounds), George (19 + 7 assists), Sensabaugh (14), Love (10 + 10 rebounds), Williams (8) – start; Clayton (12), Filipovski (8), Collier (7+6 assists), Hendricks (3), Anderson (2+7 rebounds).
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