Boston, even without two starters, wins in Philadelphia, regaining the solitary first place in the East with super Tatum. The Lakers fell at home to Sacramento despite LeBron James' triple-double, Phoenix broke Minnesota's streak with 62 points from the Booker-Durant duo. Lillard scored 37 points with 13 assists to lead Milwaukee without Antetokounmpo, Banchero scored the winning basket in Chicago. Ten points for Danilo Gallinari in Washington's knockout against Dallas.
Fourth consecutive knockout for the Wizards 117-130, who unlike what they did in Toronto in this game do not even come close to being able to waste an advantage, as they end up down with a 25-8 run in the first quarter and never get up again.
Kyle Kuzma was the best of his team with 22 points, Jordan Poole put up 16 and Deni Avdija 15, while from the bench Danilo Gallinari scored 10 points on 3/6 shooting and 6 rebounds, one of eight players in double figures for the hosts.
The Big Match between the two best teams in the East goes to the Celtics 107-117, who despite the absences of Jaylen Brown (flu) and Kristaps Porzingis (knee) pass on the court of the Sixers, the second knockout in a row in two days after 8 wins in a row. Jayson Tatum scored 29 points but above all Derrick White signed 14 of his 27 in the final quarter, to which are added the 18 of Holiday and the former of the evening Horford with 14 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks with 4/8 from the arc, on a night in which the Celtics took 50 triples and scored 18.
Ahead by 19 in the third quarter, the Magic let the hosts regain all the advantage, who tied in the final seconds with a triple by the talked-about Zach LaVine. Paolo Banchero saved the visitors by scoring 9 of his 17 points in the final quarter, including the winning basket 94-96 with 1.8 seconds left.
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