Four NBA games played on the Italian night: LA Lakers-Orlando 96-93;
Denver-Atlanta 126-102;
Toronto-Portland 117-122;
Charlotte-Phoenix 97-101 after extra time.
The Arizona franchise has been entrusted to the leader Devin Booker, author of 35 points, including the decisive ones in the extra time.
The neo-All Star, very aggressive in attack with 11 of his points scored on the free throw line, was well supported by veteran Chris Paul (16 points) and from inside DeAndre Ayton, author of a double double (14 rebounds, 14 points).
Atlanta beaten in Denver. A bitter return for Danilo Gallinari, who has played and lived in Colorado for so long. The blue closes with 14 points. The hosts take off in the second quarter (43-20), consolidate their advantage in the third (32-24) and close the match smoothly.
To underline the narrow victory of the Lakers, reigning champions, in Los Angeles against the Magic, among which only the performance of Dwayne Bacon stands out (26 points, 8 rebounds). Still free of LeBron James from right ankle problems, and Anthony Davis, the Lakers relied on Dennis Schroder (24 points) and Kyle Kuzma (21 points, 11 rebounds), well supported by Montrezl Harrell (18 points, 11 rebounds) ), to snatch the victory and consolidate fourth place in the West.
