Excellent defeats and ranking moves in the NBA tonight.
Western Conference leaders Utah Jazz surprisingly fell against the Washington Wizards 125-121.
Show match with 42 points from Donovan Mitchell and 33 from Bogdan Bogdanovic for the leaders, who in the end, however, is bent by a great performance by Bradley Beal, scoring 34 points and yet another triple double by Russell Westbrook, who took home 25. points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists.
The Suns, on the other hand, did not fail the round, trimming a 126-120 to the Rockets and taking another step towards the summit to the west.
To the east continues the march of the Sixers, winners from the external challenge against the Mavericks for 113-95.
In evidence the usual Joel Embiid, with 36 points and Luka Doncic with 32. He did not play the second in the Eastern class, the Nets, which the calendar saw opposed to Minnesota.
The game was in fact postponed for reasons of public order, due to street clashes after the killing of a 20-year-old in Minneapolis by the police.
As for the other challenges, it is worth noting the spectacle of Steph Curry, who scored 53 points in the victory of the Warriors against Denver for 116-107.
Curry also took the satisfaction of breaking the record of points with the Warriors jersey, which belonged to none other than Wilt Chamberlain: now the score is in his favor 17818, against 17783 of the legendary author of 100 points in a single race.
Finally, to record another defeat for the Lakers, reigning champions, and without Lebron James and Anthony Davis, folded last night by the New York Knicks 111-96.
