NBA. Lakers beat Utah, Cleveland beat Philadelphia in overtime

On the night of November 22, 5 matches were played within the scope of the NBA in-season tournament.

The Lakers defeated Utah, Atlanta and Indiana and scored more than 300 points in the match between the two teams.

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Eastern Conference

Group A

“Atlanta” – “Indiana” – 152:157 (40:34, 46:39, 28:46, 38:38)

“Atlanta”: Young (38 + 8 assists), Murray (28 + 5 turnovers), Johnson (17 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists), Capella (14), Hunter (7) – starts; Bogdanovich (26), Bay (12 + 10 rebounds), Okongwu (7), Matthews (3).

“Indiana”: Haliburton (37 + 16 assists + 6 losses), Hield (24), Nesmith (17), B. Brown (13), Turner (11 + 9 rebounds + 4 blocked shots) – start; Toppin (21 + 6 assists), Maturin (19), Smith (6), Sheppard (5), Jackson (2 + 4 blocks), McConnell (2).

“Philadelphia” – “Cleveland” – 119:122 OT (24:27, 29:38, 26:23, 31:22, 9:12)

“Philadelphia”: Embiid (32 + 13 rebounds + 5 blocks + 6 turnovers), Maxey (30 + 6 assists), Harris (23), Melton (13), Batum (5) – start; House (7), Reed (4), Covington (3+7 rebounds), Beverly (2), Springer (0), Ms. Morris (0).

“Cleveland”: Garland (32 + 8 assists), Allen (26 + 13 rebounds), Strus (20 + 6 assists), E. Mobley (18 + 12 rebounds), Wade (0 + 8 rebounds) – start; Niang (12 + 7 rebounds), Porter (12 + 9 assists), Thompson (2), Merrill (0).

Group C

“Orlando” – “Toronto” – 126:107 (30:23, 37:33, 33:26, 26:25)

“Orlando”: Banchero (25), Suggs (18), F. Wagner (17), Black (5), Bitadze (5 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists + 5 blocked shots) – start; Anthony (15 + 10 assists), G. Harris (10), M. Wagner (10), Isaac (9), Ingles (6), Okikiki (6), Schofield (0), Hustan (0).

“Toronto”: Schröder (24), Siakam (16 + 8 assists), Barnes (14 + 8 rebounds + 5 losses), Anunoby (11), Poeltl (10 + 10 rebounds) – start; Flynn (6), McDaniels (5), Porter (5), Achiuwa (5), Dick (3), Trent (3), Boucher (3), Temple (2).

Western Conference

Group A

“Phoenix” – “Portland” – 120:107 (34:21, 22:30, 38:31, 26:25)

“Phoenix”: Durent (31 + 9 assists), Booker (28 + 6 assists), Nurkic (18 + 12 rebounds + 4 blocks), Gordon (10), Allen (8) – start; Little (13), Eubanks (7), Goodwin (2), Okogie (2), Bates-Diop (1), Metu (0).

“Portland”: Grant (26 + 6 assists), Brogdon (19), Ayton (18 + 8 rebounds), Sharpe (10), Kamara (7) – start; Reeth (10), Walker (8), Mace (6), Murray (3), Buey (0), Thybulle (0), Brown (0), Ruper (0).

“Lakers” – “Utah” – 131:99 (32:17, 30:24, 40:34, 29:24)

Lakers: Davis (26 + 16 rebounds), Russell (20 + 8 assists), James (17 + 7 rebounds + 9 assists), Prince (4), Reddish (0) – start; Reeves (19), Wood (16 + 8 rebounds), Hachimura (12), Hayes (10), Christie (7).

“Utah”: Collins (15), Markkanen (10 + 8 rebounds), George (9), Clarkson (7), Agbaji (0) – start; Yurtseven (18), Sexton (14), Fontecchio (11), Horton-Tucker (6+7 assists), Dunn (5), Olynyk (4), Shamanich (0).

Please note that, with the exception of the final game, in-season tournament games will be held as part of the NBA regular season. The semifinals and finals of the in-season tournament will be played at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Teams in each conference were divided into three groups. Group matches will be played on Tuesdays and Fridays between 3-28 November 2023.

The group winners and the top 2nd placed team in the conference advance to the play-offs.