Tyler Herro had 23 points, Jimmy Butler scored a hat-trick and the Miami Heat beat the Toronto Raptors 104-99 on Monday night.
In his first game after a six-week absence with a broken thumb, Bam Adebayo scored 14 points.
Butler finished the game with 19 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds, including one last rebound in the final moments when a three-pointer by Fred VanVlit missed the target.
“I’m just happy that Jimmy scored his hat-trick and that we kept holding on to it,” said Adebayo.
With this victory, the Heat returned to the height of the Chicago Bulls, ex aequo on the front line of the eastern union.
Chris Boucher from Montrealer led the Raptors with 23 points and VanVleet contributed 22.
The meeting was expected to mark the first clash between the Torontoians and Kyle Lowry since the latter left for Miami during the offseason.
The latter, however, lost the fight for personal reasons.
In 2019, Lowry helped the Raptors win their first NBA title in franchise history. Many consider him the best Raptor of all time.
“I would like to see (Kyle) play, obviously,” Raptors coach Nick Nurs said after the game. “We always want to face the best players from the other team. I was looking forward to seeing how it could be. »
Elsewhere in the NBA
Pelicans 92 – Celtics 104
NOP: Jonas Valantsiounas had 22 points and 14 rebounds
BOS: Jason Tatum stood out with 27 points
Hornets 97 – Knicks 87
CHA: Miles Bridgers impressed with 38 points and 12 rebounds
NYK: 18 points and 12 rebounds from RJ Barrett
76ers 98 – Wizards 117
PHI: Joel Embiid scored a total of 32 points
IT WAS: Kyle Kuzma went under the basket with 15 points and 16 rebounds
Nets 107 – Cavaliers 114
BRO: 27 point game and nine assists for Kyrie Irving
CLE: Darius Garland had 22 points and 12 rebounds
Pacers 133 – Clippers 139
IND: Caris LeVert had 26 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists
LAC: Nicholas Batum had 32 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
Bulls 106 – Grizzlies 119
CHI: DeMar DeRozan led the team with 24 points and 5 assists.
MEM: Desmond Bain had 25 points and 4 assists.
Bucks 114 – Hawks 121
MIL: Chris Middleton had 34 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
ATL: Tray Young was first with 30 points, 11 assists and 4 rebounds
Trail Blazers 98 – Magic 88
POR: Yusuf Nurkic had 21 points, 22 rebounds and 4 steals
ENT: Franz and Moritz Wagner scored 14 points each
Suns 121 – Spurs 107
PHO: Devin Booker offered himself a 48-point harvest
YOU: double 23 points and 14 rebounds for Jacob Poetl
Thunder 102 – Mavericks 104
OKC: Lugenge Dort finished with 18 points
DAL: hat-trick 20 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists by Luka Doncic
Jazz 95 – Lakers 101
UTA: Rudy Gobert scored under the basket with 19 points and 16 rebounds
LAL: LeBron James offered 25 points in the victory
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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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