PHOENIX – Facing the best club in the NBA, the Toronto Raptors played a terrific game and beat the Phoenix Suns 117-112 on Friday.
Gary Trent was shocking with 42 points to help the Raptors beat the Western champions, who are 28-8 at home.
Trent went eight to 11 on three-pointers. He also won eight rebounds with a high number of visitors, a draw with Fred VanVleet. Trent posted a ninth game with 30 or more points this season.
Asked if there was a time in the game if he felt he would be very productive, Trent said no.
“I was just trying to give my best and apply myself to what defines me,” he said. Just stay in my game and try to win. »
Pascal Shiakam added 25 points, 10 more than Scotty Barnes. VanVleet got 12 points, one more than Precious Achiuwa.
Cameron Payne had 24 points for the Suns, who had won their last two games. Devin Booker scored 22 points.
Toronto (36-30) is in seventh place in the West, two and a half games ahead of the Brooklyn Nets. The Raptors will play again on Saturday at 21:00 in Denver.
Nick Nurse’s team had an excellent first ten minutes, leading 30-24. The last points of the engagement were a long shot by Shiakam, immediately after a successful steal by Dalano Bandon.
At halftime, the guests were ahead 56-52. The Raptors helped their goal by leading 10-0 in offensive rebounds.
In the third quarter, a 12-0 push led Toronto to a total of 40 points. The quarter ended 96-82 Raptors. The Suns then scored eight unanswered points and the score became 107-107.
Khem Birch responded with a basic basket, after an offensive rebound. Shortly afterwards, the Raptors circled Booker, splitting Barnes into steals and dunks.
“We do things like that,” Trent said. It is part of keeping the plan (of the nurse). Hands up, staying active, something like that. We have done the job. »
Shiakam added a shot after another steal, but Phoenix made matters worse when a long shot by Booker approached the Suns at 113-112, with 50 seconds to go.
Booker, however, missed a full shot immediately after, the rebound went to Barnes and Trent scored the night for his men with four free throws.
The Suns were without Chris Paul (thumb), Cameron Johnson (quadruped) and Frank Kaminsky (knee).
For the Raptors, OG Anunoby lost a ninth consecutive game, following a broken right finger. Malachi Flynn is also sidelined with an injury to his left thigh.
Elsewhere in the NBA
Minnesota 110 – Orlando 118 MIN : 25 points for Anthony Edwards, 21 points and 13 rebounds for Carl-Anthony Towns. ENT : Mo Baba had 27 points and 12 rebounds.
LA Clippers 106 – Atlanta 112
Lake : Ivica Zubac and Reggie Jackson scored 24 points each. 12 rebounds for Zubac. ATL : Trae Young had 27 points, 11 assists and five rebounds.
Detroit 103 – Boston 114 TED : Cade Cunningham had 27 points, eight rebounds and six assists. BOS : Jason Tatum had 31 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Five straight wins for Boston.
Cleveland 105 – Miami 117 key : Darius Garland had 24 points and 10 assists. A : Top Bam Adebayo with 30 points and 17 rebounds.
Dallas 113 – Houston 110 DAL : Luka Doncic had 30 points, 14 rebounds and six assists. HOO : Kevin Porter Jr. and Josh Christopher scored 17 points each.
New York 114 – Memphis 118 NY : Julius Randle had 36 points, 12 rebounds and six assists. SAME : Ja Morant made a show with 37 points and eight assists.
Charlotte 142 – New Orleans 120 CHA : Miles Bridges flirted with the hat-trick, collecting 26 points, nine assists and eight rebounds. NO : Trey Murphy III had 32 points and nine rebounds from the bench.
Utah 102-San Antonio 104 UTA : Donovan Mitchell had 24 points and six assists. SHE : Greg Popovich signed his 1336th victory, a record in the NBA.
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Nine regular season games took place in the NBA on the night of December 26-27.
Utah hosted the Eastern Conference leader and won a sensational victory.
The first half of the match was spent with a small lead for the Pistons, who kept their opponent one or two shots away most of the time and entered the long break with a 1-point lead at 68:67. The decisive factor in the match was the third quarter; In this quarter, Jazz made a 16:3 move and took the lead by 12 points, 90:78. The home team had the advantage in the score, but Detroit gradually reduced the gap and 19 seconds before the siren, after two free throws by Cunningham, they equalized the score – 129:129. However, the match did not go to overtime – Utah took advantage of the remaining time with the efforts of George, who scored a two-pointer 3 seconds before the siren – 131:129.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He stayed on the field for 21 minutes and recorded 9 points (3/4 two-pointers, 1/2 three-pointers), as well as 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
The most productive player was George, who scored 31 points for Utah, while Nurkic had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
orlando: Black (24), Carter (16 + 8 rebounds), Bane (15 + 10 rebounds), Banchero (13), Jones (8) – start; Richardson (14) and Silva (8), Kane (5), Isaac (2), Howard (0), Penda (0), O. Robinson (0).
Charlotte: Ball (22 + 7 rebounds + 6 for loss), Knippel (16), Bridges (16 + 11 rebounds), Miller (15), Diabate (10 + 13 rebounds) – start; Hall (14 + 8 rebounds), Sexton (13), Hall (7), Green (6), Connaughton (1), James (0), Mann (0).
Chicago – Philadelphia – 109:102 (30:28, 19:24, 32:33, 28:17)
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On the evening of December 25 and the night of December 26, five Christmas games were traditionally held as part of the NBA regular season.
The most important match of the match day was played in Oklahoma, where the Thunder hosted San Antonio.
The home team started the game better and were ahead for most of the first quarter, but they missed a move 0:11 into the quarter, allowing Spurs to take the lead 41:36. Oklahoma was unable to take the lead after that, but San Antonio maintained its lead by keeping the game under control and eventually won 117-102.
The Spurs have won all three games against the Thunder this season, while Oklahoma has lost just two of the other 28 games.
The most productive player of the match was Fox, who brought 29 points to San Antonio, while Vembanyama also scored a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
The Lakers played Houston at home and suffered a crushing defeat.
The fate of the match was decided in the first quarter, when the Rockets won by 12 points (25:37). Afterwards, they increased their advantage by completely controlling the course of the match and eventually won with a score of 119:96.
For Houston, Thompson scored 26 points and Shengyun had a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Denver and Minnesota closed out game day.
The first half of the match ended in a draw. Neither team managed to take a lead of more than 9 points, and Denver entered the big break with a 2-point lead at 57:55. In the third quarter, the Nuggets made an attack of 6:0 at the beginning and 10:2 in the middle, reaching a 16-point lead, and at the end of the quarter they were ahead +15 – 90:78. The Timberwolves did not give up and made a 16:2 move midway through the fourth quarter, reaching a lead of 107:108. This gave fans a tense ending; Edwards hit a three-pointer 2 seconds before the siren, sending the game into overtime at 115:115. And there Jokic played a decisive role and scored 18 points in 5 minutes, allowing the Nuggets to win 142:138.
Jokic scored 56 points in the NBA on Christmas Day, falling just four shy of Bernard King’s record. Nikola also recorded a triple-double with 16 rebounds and 15 assists. Murray had a double-double with 35 points and 10 assists.
NBA. Regular season. Christmas Day, 25-26 December
New York – Cleveland – 126:124 (23:38, 37:20, 24:38, 42:28)
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14 games of the NBA regular season were played on the night of December 23-24.
“Utah” hosted “Memphis” and in the middle of the second quarter they were ahead by 15 points at 50:65, but then they made a move at 17:4 and returned to the match 67:69. In the third quarter, the Jazz managed to take the lead with 71:69 and the game was leveled, but the Grizzlies added points at the end of the quarter and took the lead again with 109:101 and then calmly maintained the advantage with 137:128.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk The player, who was in Utah’s top 5 and played 22 minutes, recorded 9 points (4/4 free throws, 1/4 two-pointers, 1/5 three-pointers), 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 turnover and 1 foul.
The most productive player of the match was Aldama, who scored 37 points for Memphis, while Spencer also recorded a double-double, adding 11 points and 13 assists.
In the main match of game day, San Antonio unexpectedly defeated Oklahoma.
During the three quarters, there was an even contest in which no team could gain a lead of more than 8 points, and the leader changed 16 times. The fate of the match winner was decided in the fourth quarter, and the 9:0 attack of the home team was effective in this, and then the advantage reached 12 points (98:86). San Antonio then controlled the course of the game and confidently cruised to victory, gaining an advantage of 130:110.
The top scorer of the winning team was Johnson, who scored 25 points, while Castle scored 24 points for Spurs.
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