The Cavaliers beat the Grizzlies, the Knicks beat the Heat

In a game marred by the scuffles — and ejections — of Donovan Mitchell and Dillon Brooks, the Cavaliers easily outlived the Grizzlies 128-113 and continued their upward trend. At the same time, they forced Memphis to their seventh loss in their last 8 games.

Darius Garland with 32 points and 11 assists led the way for the winners, with Chedi Osman adding 21 points and Jarrett Allen adding 18 points and 11 rebounds.

With the Grizzlies, Desmond Bain had 25 points, Ja Morad had 24 points, and Sandy Aldama had 21 points and 10 rebounds.

THE DODECALPTA: 30-26, 67-54, 99-87, 128-113

Knicks – Heat 106-104

The Knicks showed character against the Heat, they were nervous at the end but eventually won 106-104 and closed Miami in contention for the 6th seed in the east. The Heat had a chance to send the game into overtime with a score of 104-101 but missed two opportunities with Tyler Hero.

ARJ Barrett led with 30 points, Julius Randle added 23 points and 10 rebounds, and Quentin Grimes added 17 points.

For the heat, Bam Adebayo had 32 points and Hiro had 25 points.

THE DODECALPTA: 28-22, 51-48, 77-72, 106-104

Bulls – Hornets 114-98

DeMar DeRozan (15 points) and Zach LaVine (10 points) stayed in shallow water. But that didn’t matter to the Bulls, who relied on a strong third quarter to advance to a 114-98 win over the Hornets.

Agios Dosumnou with 22 points and Kobe White with 20 points led the winners, with Nikola Vucevic adding 17 points and 12 rebounds.

With the Hornets, Terry Rozier had 23 points and LaMelo Ball had 19 points but was thrown out with a double technical penalty just before the end of the game.

THE DODECALPTA: 31-29, 53-49, 85-70, 114-98