Basketball: Nba, Banchero drags Orlando to success over Indiana

Another test of level for Paolo Banchero, Orlando's best scorer in the victory (126-120) over the Indiana Pacers.

The number 5 scored 23 points (plus 4 assists and three rebounds) and was on the field for nearly 36 minutes, more than any of his teammates.

For the Magic also 22 points by Gary Harris and 18 by Wendell Carter Jr.

    But the NBA's most impressive performance of the season came in Oregon, where Damian Lillard scored 60 points in Portland's 134-124 win over the Utah Jazz.

It's the fourth time in his career that the Blazers leader, who is shooting 21-of-29, has scored 60 or more points.

"It was incredible. We don't get the opportunity to see certain performances that often," rightly noted his coach, Chauncey Billups.

In fact, there are only six players in NBA history, including Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan and James Harden, who have reached 60 points on more than one occasion.

    The LA Lakers won against San Antonio (113-104), a match in which LeBron James settled for a small double-double (20 points, 11 assists).

In San Francisco, in the last game of the evening, Jordan Poole scored the winning basket (122-120) for the Golden State Warriors 2.4 seconds from the siren, against the Memphis Grizzlies.

A minute earlier the NBA champions had lost their star Stephen Curry (34 points), excluded for the third time in his career after throwing his mouthguard to the ground in a moment of frustration.