Longing for Doncic in Dallas, nuggets with Lakers, wins for Warriors and Jazz, defeat for Phoenix

The NBA issued his 16th technical penalty and allowed him to play in the last game of the regular season, however Luka Doncic left the Mavericks with injured Spurs (130-120) as the Dallas team felt his problem was not serious is. The Slovenian had managed to record 26 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists in 29 minutes, with Dwight Powell scoring 82/82 and giving the Spurs a good dress rehearsal for the match with the New Orleans Pelicans in the first game of the play-in tournament made the western region.

For their part, the Jazz had an easy night in Portland against the indifferent and frustrated Blazers (111-80), with Huazzo Hernangometh scoring 22 points in 32 minutes and Donovan Mitchell missing through illness. The Salt Lake City team meets the Dallas Mavericks at home disadvantage in a European duel with Bogdanovic – Gomber vs. Doncic – Kleber – Bertans.

The Warriors’ image was excellent, beating the Pelicans 128-107 in New Orleans, with Clay Thompson in 31 minutes with 41 points (9/15 two points, 7/14 three points, 2/3 shots) and Jordan Poole stopped to add 22 in 28 minutes. The San Francisco team will play with the sixth Denver Nuggets, defeated by the second (146-141) by the third of the Los Angeles Lakers. Brin Forbes at 24, Bones Highland at 17 and Jeff Green at 16 were the top scorers for Denver, Malik Monk at 41 for the Californians and Austin Reeves had an incredible 10-assist triple-double in 42 minutes with 31 points and 16 rebounds in a satisfactory game judged in extra time.

The Suns ended up losing 116-109 at home to the Kings in a game they just didn’t care about. Chris Paul and Devin Booker were left out, as was Crowder-Eaton, with Michael Bridges the top scorer with 5:51 for the season’s 82/82 and Landry Samet with 27 points in 33 minutes. Dode DiVincenzo, Damian Jones and Justin Holiday each had 19 points for Sacramento, with 18 added by Davion Mitchell, who shared 15 assists.