The night of the NBA emits totally unfavorable verdicts for the teams candidates for the title. The overall debacle is largely attributable to the absences of their respective champions: Golden State is defeated by the challenge in Canada, against Toronto, paying dearly for the defections of Curry, Green and Wiggins; Brooklyn, lacking 9 players stopped by Covid, falls at home against Orlando; Milwaukee yields - always at home - to Cleveland, which thus wins the sixth consecutive victory; Washington is the only team to prevail over a full opponent, Utah, capitalizing on Bradley Beal's 37 points. Clippers beaten by a basket on the sound of Shai Gilgeous Alexander's siren, as Boston stabs New York. Bad news for the Lakers who will have to give up Anthony Davis for a long time,forced to leave the field in the match against Minnesota for a problem in his left knee: the player will be out for at least a month.
Results: Milwaukee-Cleveland 90-119 Brooklyn-Orlando 93-100 Toronto-Golden State 119-100 Utah-Washington 103-109 Oklahoma City-LA Clippers 104-103 Boston-New York 114-107 Detroit-Houston 107-116.