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Sovereign Ebid in San Antonio
With Joel Ebid on 38 points, the Sixers defeated San Antonio 115-109. The Nuggets beat the Pistons with 34 goals from Jokic, away losses for the Nets and Bulls, great away wins for the Hawks and Blazers.
Losing at home to the Clippers – where they lost a 24-point margin – the Sixers, who showed character and played nice basketball in San Antonio, stubbornly took the win 109-115. Even though they lost a 15-point difference in the fourth half, it shows that some things are… not changing.
Joel Ebid led the winners with 38 points and 12 rebounds, while Tobias Harris and Tyrese Maxey each gained 18 points.
For them, Jacob Peltl had 25 points and 10 rebounds and Desande Murray had 19 points and 12 assists.
THE TWELVE MINUTES: 23-29, 47-59, 77-86, 109-115
SPERS: McDermott 9 (1/5 3-pointers), Johnson 17 (2), Peltl 25 (10 rebounds), White 10 (4/15 shots, 2/7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 9 assists), Murray 19 ( 9 rebounds, 12 assists), Jubanks, Bates-Diop, Landal, Walker 14 (2), Basel 15 (3)
sixes: Harris 18 (11 rebounds, 5 assists), Ebid 38 (1 3s, 12 rebounds, 6 assists), Maxey 18 (1 3s, 6 assists), Korkmaz 17 (3), Brown 7, Niang 3 (1), Drummond 6 (7 rebounds), Joe 8 (1)
Wolves – Nets 136-125
It was a terrible night for Wolves, the Nets defense rested for another game and the result was more likely given the conditions, with Minnesota beating Brooklyn 136-125.
Anthony Edwards led the winners with 25 points, with Carl-Anthony Towns and DiAngelo Russell each adding 23 points.
With the Nets, Kyrie Irving had 30 points, Patti Mills had 21 points and Kessler Edwards had 15 points while James Harden stayed on 13 points with 4/13 shots, 13 assists and 6 errors.
THE TWELVE MINUTES: 37-36, 72-62, 102-95, 136-125
WOLVES: Vanderbilt 9 (9 rebounds), McDaniels 14 (2), Edwards 25 (4), Towns 23 (7/18 shots, 2/7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds), Russell 23 (2/6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 10 assists) ), Prince 15 (6/6 shots, 2/2 3-pointers), Knight, Leiman, Okoji 5 (1), Reed 4 (5 rebounds), McLuffin, Wright, Beasley 2, Novell 16 ( 1)
NETWORKS: Edwards 15 (3 3s, 5 rebounds), Sharp 8 (9 rebounds), Mills 21 (5), Irving 30 (3 3s, 6 rebounds, 5 assists), Harden 13 (4/13 shots, 1 3-pointer, 5 rebounds), 13 assists), Griffin 5 (1), Johnson 7 (1 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Brown 6, Aldridge 6, Carter, Babri 3 (5 rebounds), Thomas 11 (1)
Magic – Bulls 114-95
The Magic are the worst team in the NBA. Still, they couldn’t pass up the opportunity against the Bulls and used the absences of Lavin, DeRozan and Caruso to crush Chicago 114-95. This was Orlando’s first home run since December 1st.
The leader was Moritz Wagner with 23 points, Wendell Carter with 19 points and Franz Wagner with 18 points.
For the Bulls, DeMar DeRozan had 41 points, Coby White had 22 points, and Nikola Vucevic had 13 points (but with 4/19 shots) and 13 rebounds.
THE TWELVE MINUTES: 23-19, 53-37, 85-74, 114-95
ΜΑΤΖΙΚ: F. Wagner 18 (5 assists), Carter 19 (2 threes, 7 rebounds), Baba, Anthony 11 (4/13 shots, 1 threes, 5 assists), Sangs 15 (5 rebounds, 7 assists), Okeke 11 ( 3 3-points, 7 rebounds), Scofield 6 (2), Brazdeikis 11 (3), M. Wagner 23 (1)
COPS: Cook 2 (9 rebounds), DeRozan 41 (5 rebounds), Vucevic 13 (4/19 shots, 2/8 3-pointers, 13 rebounds, 5 errors), White 22 (1/7 3-pointers), Dosumni 7 (5 rebounds), McKinney, Hill 2, Brown 3 (1), Bradley, Thomas 5 (1)
Nuggets—Pistons 117-111
Nikola Jokic did his…own thing, the Nuggets had 6 players total with double digits and it all was enough for Denver who – albeit a little harder than expected – prevailed 117-111 against the Pistons.
Jokic had 34 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists for Denver, with Will Burton adding 14 points and Aaron Gordon adding 13 points.
For the Pistons, Cade Cuddingham, Trey Liles, Isaiah Stewart and Corey Joseph each had 18 points.
THE TWELVE MINUTES: 29-30, 60-60, 92-76, 117-111
ΝΑΓΚΕΤΣ: Gordon 13 (1), Burton 14 (2 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 5 assists), Jokic 34 (1/6 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 8 assists), Morris 4 (1/9 shots, 7 assists) , Rivers 11 (1), Niazi 12 (2), Cousins2 (1/7 shots, 6 rebounds), Cabasso 9 (1), Forbes 12 (2), Reed 6 (2)
PISTONS: Bay 11 (4/11 shots, 3 3s, 7 rebounds), Stewart 18 (1) Joseph 18 (2 3s, 6 assists), Cunningham 18 (1/5 3s, 5 rebounds, 8 assists). ), Diallo 9, Liles 18 (5 rebounds), Hayes 8 (2 3-pointers, 5 assists), Jackson 3, McGruder 6 (2), Stanley 2
Birds of Prey – Blazers 105-114
The Raptors were on the verge of one of the greatest upheavals of all time, coming back from -34 against the Blazers to drop to 4 points in the 4th period. However, two back-to-back threes from Anferny Simmons brought them to reality, and Portland eventually clinched the win 105-114 in Toronto.
CJ McCollum, Nasser Little and Simmons each had 19 points for the winners, with Ben McLemore adding 17 points.
In the Raptors, Pascal Shiakam had 28 points and Fred VanVlit had 19 points.
THE TWELVE MINUTES: 15-33, 34-64, 67-86, 105-114
RAPTORS: Shiakam 28 (8 rebounds, 5 assists), Anunobi 11 (4/15 shots, 1/7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 5 assists), Barnes 9 (3/11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 6 assists), VanBlit 19 (6/19 shots, 4/15 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals), Trent 13 (4/15 shots, 4/11 3-pointers), Bushe 11 (3 3-pointers, 9 rebounds), Atsua 3, Watanabe, Champani 6 (2), Bandon 5 (1)
BLAZER: Covington 9 (3/10 shots, 2 3s, 5 rebounds, 5 assists), Little 19 (2 3s, 7 rebounds), Nurkic 11 (11 rebounds), McCollum 19 (3 3s, 10 rebounds, 6 assists) , Simmons 19 (6/18 shots, 5 threes, 5 assists), Watford 6 (6 rebounds), Smith 5 (6 assists), McLemore 17 (5), Elby 9 (1)
Hornets – Hawks 91-113
The Hawks have taken form and showed it in Charlotte where they defeated the Hornets 91-113 in beautiful basketball and went on to have 4 straight wins.
30-point Trey Young with 8/15 three points pointed the way to Atlanta for another night, with DiAndre Hunter adding 20 points.
For the Hornets, who finished the game with 4/36 threes, Miles Bridges and LaMelo Ball each had 19 points.
THE TWELVE MINUTES: 22-30, 44-55, 66-85, 91-113
HORNETS: Martin 7 (1), Bridges 19 (6 rebounds, Plumley 6 (11 rebounds), Bowl 19 (6/17 shots, 0/8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds), Rosier 7 (2/14 shots, 0/6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 7 assists), Washington 12 (2 3-pointers, 7 rebounds), Jones, Thor, Richards, Carey, Smith (6 rebounds), Umbre 12 (1/9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds) , Bucknight 9
ΧΟΚΣ: Collins 8 (5 rebounds, 5 assists), Hunter 20 (1), Capella 7 (8 rebounds), Young 30 (8/15 3 points), Herter 11 (2), Galinari 10 (4/12 shots, 2 3-pointers, 7 rebounds), Okoniou 5 (7 rebounds), Knox 4, Williams 9, Wright 6 (1), Lowe-Cabarro 3 (1), Mays
Source: sport24
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