The Grizzlies (3-10) continue to have a very difficult season and lost at home to the Celtics (11-2), the best team in the NBA, in Latvian Kristaps Under the leadership of Porzingis, he scored 26 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist, 1 steal and 6 blocks. Jayson Tatum scored 20 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
Spaniard Santi Aldama started for the Grizzlies and contributed 28 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals. This was the best performance of his NBA career. His scoring eclipsed the 24 points he scored in a loss to the Lakers on November 14 last year.
LeBron James scored 37 points, including a decisive free kick with one second left, to help the Lakers beat Imee Udoka’s Rockets, but Dillon Brooks missed his final shot.
King James, supported by his son Bronny, scored 37 points on 14-of-19 shooting, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals. Anthony Davis contributed a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds.
The Lakers are sixth in the Western Conference (8-6), ahead of the Rockets (6-5).
The Phoenix Suns defeated the Utah Jazz in double overtime in Salt Lake City, the teams’ second matchup in three days. Lauri Markkanen in the fourth quarter and Collin Sexton in overtime gave the Jazz a chance to tie the game, but the Suns, led by Kevin Durant, scored 39 points and 10 assists to seal the win.
Devin Booker scored 26 points and 8 assists, and Jusuf Nurkic had a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Markkanen scored 38 points and 17 rebounds.
The Sacramento Kings haven’t stopped accelerating. Domantas Sabonis had 32 points and 13 rebounds and De’Aaron Fox added 30 points as they won their sixth straight game, this time on the road against the Dallas Mavericks, who have lost their past four games. Three games.
Slovenian Luka Doncic scored 25 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, and Kyrie Irving contributed 23 points, but only scored 4 points in the second half.
Joel Embiid led the Philadelphia 76ers to an away game against the Brooklyn Nets, scoring 32 points and 12 rebounds, winning 121-99.
The 76ers lost two games in a row at home and improved to 10-3 with a road win over the Atlanta Hawks, ranking second in the Eastern Conference behind the Boston Celtics (who faced the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday). 10 wins and 2 losses before the game). Grizzlies).
The Denver Nuggets (9-4) lost their third of their last four games, this time on the road against the Cleveland Cavaliers, holding Serbian Nikola Jokic, who averaged 29.7 points per game, to just 18. points, 10 rebounds and 7 points. assists.
Darius Garland scored 26 points and had 6 assists to lead the Cavaliers to victory.
The Oklahoma City Thunder already led 76-43 at halftime in Portland, winning their fifth straight game and leading the Nuggets 10-4 to rank second in the Western Conference.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made 10 of 13 shots and scored 28 points.
The Thunder had a strong performance against the Trail Blazers, shooting 60.5% (49-for-81) from the field and 61.1% (22-for-36) from three-point range.
Pascal Siakam led seven players to score 23 points and the Toronto Raptors regained victory over the Detroit Pistons after a two-game losing streak.
The Pistons, who have never led and lost by 40 points, have suffered ten consecutive losses and have only won two games this season.
In a game where both teams had issues shooting from 3-point range (Orlando Magic 7-for-20, Indiana Pacers 8-for-31), the Magic scored at the pace of Paulo Banchero (24 points) Fourth win in last five games. point).
For the Pacers, Jordan Nwora scored 19 points, while Tyrese Haliburton was far from his level, scoring only 12 points.