NBA: Porter’s triple-double and Milwaukee victory put Houston Clippers on edge

Four regular season games took place in the NBA on the night of December 11-12.

Milwaukee hosted Boston and came up short in the first half, losing with 60:67 to play. The key point of the match was the third quarter; The Bucks made a move at 10:0, first equalizing the score, then taking the lead and only increasing their advantage to 116:101 in the fourth 12 minutes.

For the home team, Porter had a triple-double with 18 points + 10 rebounds + 13 assists, Portis had a double-double with 27 points + 10 rebounds, and the most productive player of the match was Kuzma, who brought 31 points to Milwaukee.

Houston played the Clippers at home and spent most of the game closing the gap, only winning in the fourth quarter. However, before that, the Rockets did not allow their opponent to go too far and managed to capture the victory with a score of 115:113 with Thompson’s goal with 18 seconds left in the match.

Two Houston players recorded double-doubles: Shengyun recorded 22 points and 15 rebounds, and Smith recorded 18 points + 10 rebounds.

NBA. Regular season, December 12

Milwaukee-Boston-116:101 (29:35, 31:32, 27:13, 29:21)

Milwaukee: Kuzma (31), Porter (18 + 10 rebounds + 13 assists), Trent (13), Rollins (10 + 7 assists), Turner (4) – start; Portis (27 + 10 rebounds), Anthony (9), Sims (2), Nance (2), Coffey (0), Jackson (0), G. Harris (0), T. Antetokounmpo (0).

Boston: Brown (30), Walsh (20 + 8 rebounds), Pritchard (11 + 7 assists), White (11), Keta (9 + 10 rebounds) – start; Simons (7), Mynott (7), Gonzalez (6), Scheierman (0), Houser (0 + 7 rebounds).

Houston – Clippers – 115:113 (29:29, 22:25, 29:28, 35:31)

Houston: Shengyun (22 + 15 rebounds + 5 losses), Thompson (20 + 9 rebounds + 8 assists), Smith (18 + 10 rebounds), Durent (16 + 5 losses), Okogie (8) – starts; A. Holiday (13), Sheppard (10), Capela (4), Adams (4).

cutting machines: Zubac (33 + 7 rebounds), Leonard (24 + 9 rebounds + 5 steals), Harden (22 + 7 assists), Dunn (9 + 6 assists), Collins (9) – start; Bogdanovich (10), Batum (6), B. Lopez (0), Sanders (0).

New Orleans-Portland-143:120 (39:30, 31:38, 35:29, 38:23)

New Orleans: Murphy (24), Fiers (19), Quinn (17 + 7 assists), Bey (15 + 8 rebounds), Jones (4) – start; McGowens (23 + 7 rebounds), Poole (22), Missy (5 + 8 rebounds), Peavy (5), Alvarado (4 + 9 assists), Hawkins (3), Matkovic (2).

Portland: Sharpe (21), Avdija (16 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists), Grant (16), Kamara (15), Murray (7 + 9 rebounds) – start; Sissoko (20), Ruper (14), Love (9), Reed (2), Cook (0).

Sacramento – Denver – 105:136 (26:41, 28:36, 27:32, 24:27)

sacramento: Westbrook (17), Murray (15), Reynaud (15 + 9 rebounds), DeRozan (11), Clifford (2) – start; Monk (18 + 5 losses), Carter (15), Ellis (8), Achyuwa (4), McDermott (0), Eubanks (0).

Denver: Jokic (36 + 12 rebounds + 8 assists), Watson (21), K. Johnson (16), J. Murray (11 + 9 assists), Jones (2) – start; Valanciunas (15), Hardaway (11), B. Brown (8 + 7 assists), Tyson (8), Pickett (6), Nnaji (2).