Lillard led Magic with 41 points, a key win for the Nets over the Hornets

Damian Lillard wasn’t against magic on Space Night. Still, he finished 4/16-3-point shooting and 17/20 shooting with 41 points and led Portland to a 119-122 win in Orlando.

Jeremy Grant with 20 points and Drew Eubanks with 13 trailed Lillard in performance for a Portland struggling to get into the West Play-In.

For the magic, Paolo Banquero had 26 points, Franz Wagner had 24 points, and Mo Wagner, Markelle Fultz, and Jalen Suggs had 15 points each.

THE DODECALPTA: 27-31, 56-58, 88-92, 119-122

MAGIC: Bankero 26 (1 treble, 5 rebounds), F. Wagner 24 (4/7 trebles, 6 assists), M. Wagner 15 (1/6 trebles, 7 rebounds), Fultz 15 (5 rebounds). , 8 assists), Suggs 15 (1), Hustan 3 (1), Schofield 3 (1), Bitatze 4, Ball 9 (1 3-pointers, 8 rebounds), Anthony 5 (2/9 shots, 1/5 3 pointer, 6 assists)

BLAZER: Eubanks 13 (6 rebounds), Grant 20 (5/14 shooting, 3/8 threes, 6 rebounds, 7 assists), Reddys 16 (2 threes, 5 rebounds), Lillard 41 (10/25 shooting, 4/16 threes , 17/20 shooting, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 turnovers), Tybull 6 (2/7 shooting, 1/6 3-pointers, 8 rebounds), Wartford 7 (1 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Little 11 ( 3 threes, 5 rebounds), Sharpe 8 (2)

Nets – Hornets 102-86

Spray, wipe, done. The Nets didn’t want to get in trouble against the Hornets, so they accelerated and drove to a comfortable 102:86 victory, even leading by 37 points.

Michael Bridges led with 33 points (19 in the first period) while Spencer Dinwiddie added 24 points.

For the Hornets, Kelly Oubre had 17 points (on 5/15 shooting) and Terry Rozier had 16 points (on 5/17 shooting).

THE DODECALPTA: 36-21, 70-41, 86-62, 102-86

NET’s: Finney-Smith 5 (2/8 shots, 1/5 trebles, 7 rebounds), Johnson 11 (3/13 shots, 1/7 trebles, 10 rebounds), Bridges 33 (2 trebles, 8 rebounds), Claxton 8 ( 12 rebounds), DeGuydi 24 (3/10 threes, 8 rebounds, 8 assists), O’Neal 3 (1/6 shots, 1/5 threes), Harris 12 (4), Watanabe, Curry 2 (0/8 shots ). , 0/5 threes), Thomas 4

HORNETS: Washington 8 (3/11 shooting, 2/6 trebles, 8 rebounds), Haygurod 12, Williams 10 (14 rebounds), Rozier 16 (5/17 shooting, 3 trebles), Oubre 17 (5/15 shooting, 7 rebounds ), Jones, Thor, Richards, Smith 15 (6/14 shooting, 1/6 threes, 6 rebounds, 6 assists), Michaliuk 3 (1), McGowens 5 (1)

Thunder – Jazz 129-119

Cy Gilgeous-Alexander returned after a 5-game absence, bringing back the Thunder a smile that prevailed more easily than the final score of Jazz 129-119 without Lauri Markkanen would suggest.

Gilgeous-Alexander led his team with 38 points, with Jalin Williams adding 32 points and Josh Giddy adding 24 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists for a game-leading Oklahoma City even up to +24.

For the Jazz, Jordan Clarkson had 18 points and Walker Kessler and Kendrick Nunn each had 17 points.

THE DODECALPTA: 35-20, 70-51, 101-84, 129-119

THUNDER: Jail. Williams2, Jal. Williams 32 (4 3s, 5 rebounds, 5 assists), Gilgeous-Alexander 38 (1 3s, 7 rebounds), Guidi 24 (4/6 3s, 9 rebounds, 9 assists), Dort 4 (1 /9 shooting, 0/ 6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Saric 8 (1), Waters, Dieng 12 (2), Sarr 2, Joe 6 (2/7 shooting), Wiggins 1

JAZZ: Olynyk 15 (1 three-pointer, 10 rebounds, 5 assists), Kessler 17 (10 rebounds, 5 blocks), Clarkson 18 (6/15 shooting, 0/5 3-pointers, 12 assists), Horton-Tucker 11 (2/ 6 3-pointers), Agbaji 14 (1/6 3-pointers), Fontecchio 5 (1), Gay 7, Toscano-Anderson, Jones 4, Dunn 17 (3), Juzang 11 (3)

Rockets – Spurs 142-110

The teams with the two worst records in the west met for the second time in 24 hours and the result did not change. What changed was the magnitude of the difference as the Rockets dismantled the Spurs 142-110 having bent them 122-110 a few hours earlier.

Jaylen Green’s 31 points led the way for the winners, with Kevin Porter adding 19 points and 13 assists and Terry Eason adding 17 points.

At the Spurs, Keita Bates-Diop had 17 points and Charles Bassey and Divote Graham each had 14 points.

THE DODECALPTA: 38-24, 73-63, 108-87, 142-110

MISSILES: Smith 11 (1), Martin 13 (1), Sengun 15 (14 rebounds), Porter 19 (3 ​​3 points, 13 assists), Green 31 (4/8 3 points), Garuba 5 ( 1) , Eason 17 (1 treble, 8 rebounds), Tate 16 (1), Marjanovic 2, Christopher 8, Washington 5 (1)

SPURS: Bates-Diop 17 (1), Johnson 8 (3/10 shooting, 1 three-pointer, 5 assists), Bassey 14 (6 rebounds), Vassell 13 (5/15 shooting, 2/8 three-pointers, 5 assists). ), Branham 13 (1 3-pointers, 7 rebounds), Mamoukelashvili 6 (2/8 shots, 1 3-pointers), Champani 7 (1), Barlow 7, Zheng 4, Graham 14 (3/9 3-pointers) , Wesley 7 (1)