José Alvarado, the first Latino to win the Rising Stars Challenge MVP.
He Rising Stars Challengea challenge between the best young players in the NBA and the G League, opened his big celebrations NBA All-Star Weekend held in Salt Lake City, Jute. And Team Pau was the winner, with Jose Alvarado selected as the MVP.
Alvarado is the first player in New Orleans Pelicans history to win this award and also the first Latin American to achieve it.
In the first game of the night, Team Pau faced Team Deron in a clash between two “captains” who shared the Western Conference team in the 2011 and 2012 All-Star Games.
Victory was on his side those chosen by the Spanish, who won 40-25 thanks to a terrible closing game: it had all started fairly evenly, with a score of 13-12 for Gasol’s men, but a flurry led by Jose Alvarado saw them win and a Keegan Murray triple determined the match.
Between Alvarado (13) and Paolo Bansero (9) added more than half of the Pau team’s points.
The second semi-final faced the Team Joakim with Team Jason and Terry’s Noah’s beat, also without much drama at the end. it was 40-32 for the Frenchwho quickly built a 12-point lead in the game and controlled it from there.
Quentin Grimes, of the New York Knicks, hit the decisive basket of the game. Grimes was the game’s leading scorer with 13 points. Evan Mobley He followed with eight goals.
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Friday’s mini-tournament was set against the final between those of Gasol and those of Noah. Everything started very evenly and the first major advantage of this shorter race (at 25 points) was achieved by Team Pau, from 9-14 with half the points so far added by Benedict Maturin.
However, Team Joakim quickly rallied on a 3-pointer by Grimes to cut it to 14-13 and another that tied it at 16.
Noah’s men went in front with a layup from Grimes, they shot full, but Alvarado quickly tied the game and Barnes scored to make it 20-18 for Team Pau, before Banchero extended the lead to four points with two free throws.
He ended up getting the winning shot Jose Alvaradowith triple turned into first chance for team Pau to win 25-20.
The scoring of the winners in the final was quite spread: 7 points from Mathurin, 6 from Barnes, 5 from Alvarado, 4 from Banchero and 3 from Jaden Ivey. Neither Andrew Nembhard nor Keegan Murray scored.
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NBA All-Star Rising Stars Challenge 2023 Results
semi-finals
Team Pau 40 – Team Deron 25
Team Joakim 40 – Team Jason 32
Final
Team Pau 25 – Team Joakim 20
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Denver Nuggets announced Nikola Jokic He will miss at least four weeks due to a left knee injury.
Star center was diagnosed with left knee hyperextension. At the same time, tests confirmed that the three-time NBA MVP’s knee ligaments remained intact.
Jokic was injured in the final seconds of the first half of the 123-147 loss to the Miami Heat and limped heavily on his way to the locker room. He did not return to the site after a long time.
Before his injury, Nikola managed to produce 21 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds in just 19 minutes on the field.
Losing Jokic could be a big blow for Denver, as starters Christian Braun (ankle injury), Aaron Gordon (hip issue) and Cam Johnson (knee injury) remain sidelined.
Jokic averaged 29.9 points, 12.4 rebounds and 11.1 assists per game this season.
Injury Update: Nikola Jokić suffered a Hyperextension injury in his Left Knee in last night’s match against Miami Heat. Nikola will be re-evaluated in four weeks. pic.twitter.com/NIDmlKAN81
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11 games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of December 29-30.
Miami hosted Denver and earned a landslide victory.
The home team was ahead by 12 points with 41:29 to play in the first quarter, but the Nuggets were able to slowly win back in the second quarter. The teams entered a long break with the score tied at 63:63. The decisive factor in the match was the third quarter, when the Heat made an 11:0 move and led by 15 points at 84:69. After that the home team completely controlled the course of the game and only increased their advantage, achieving a crushing victory – 147:123.
The most productive player of the match was Powell, who brought 25 points to Miami, while Jaques (20 points + 11 assists) and Adebayo had double-doubles with 13 points + 10 rebounds.
San Antonio hosted Cleveland and suffered a sensational defeat.
Three-quarters of the meeting was fought evenly, with the teams responding to each other’s pushes with their own pushes and often staying within a shot or two of each other. That changed in the fourth quarter, as the Cavaliers went on a 15-2 run to take a 10-point lead, 94-84. They then maintained their advantage and won with a score of 113:101.
Cleveland’s main hero in this game was Allen, who had a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds. Garland can achieve the same success with 15 points and 11 assists.
Toronto beat Orlando at home.
Magic started the match better and made a 14:2 move at the start. Afterwards, they took control of the course of the game and increased the advantage completely to +21 – 51:30 in the second 12 minutes. After that, the home team slowly started to close the gap and entered the long break with a score of 11-11 at 54:65. The third quarter was tied, so Orlando still had a double-digit advantage ahead of the final: 94:84. At the beginning of the match the play followed the same scenario but in the middle Toronto made a move with 15:0 and not only won it back but also took the lead with 105:102. The fate of the game was decided by Barnes’ free throws, which set the score at 107:106 with 1 minute and 27 seconds left in the quarter.
Barnes could not make a triple-double this time, but he did a double-double and got 13 points and 11 rebounds, while the most productive name in the victory was Shead with 19 points.
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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo He gave a harsh response to the question about a possible trade to another NBA club:
“I’m here. Don’t ask me that question. It’s disrespectful to me and my teammates. I wear this jersey every day.
To say I don’t want to be here is disrespectful to the organization, the coaching staff, myself and everyone who worked hard to get me on the field. Don’t ask me this question. I am her. I’m going out in this uniform. And as long as I’m here, I’ll give it my all until the last second of the match.”
On the night of December 27-28, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player of the game with the Chicago Bulls – 112:103.
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