New York - Los Angeles Lakers 100: 106.
It was not the forces of the night at Madison Square Garden, but contrary to what we have become accustomed to over the years, the Knicks are the ones who played most of the time with the Lakers, who finally got a discount with insufficient comeback experience and returned to a negative balance (10: 9).
The Lakers missed the dismissed LeBron James and very quickly saw the host run away from her and illuminate her at minus 16 at the end of the first quarter.
The difference continued to climb, but towards the end of the second quarter the visitors started to get back to business.
It was a knockout from the Knicks that allowed the Lakers to get close to it, as well as an outstanding third quarter from Russell Westbrook, who finished the game as the leading scorer with 31 points but looked pretty alone in the campaign, completing a triple-double with 13 rebounds and 10 assists.
New York knew how to block in time the opponent's recovery with a slow and defensive final quarter, with Owen Fournier leading its scoring with 26 points and Julis Randall excelling alongside him with 20 points and 16 rebounds.
The Knicks' balance sheet now stands at 8:10.
Detroit - Miami 100: 92.
The Heat taught the Pistons that with all due respect to how you start the game, what matters is how you finish it - and she did so most clearly on the way to another win, despite the smell of surprise.
For three quarters Detroit built up an advantage, a clear margin of confidence from Miami, and came into the final quarter with a nine-point lead (67:76), but then the visitors stormed it with an aggressive display on defense and lethal ability on offense.
With a tremendous 6:27 run, Miami left Detroit completely stunned, leaving the hosts on just 16 points in the final quarter.
Tyler Hiro led the winners with 31 points and eight rebounds, while Jeremy Grant led the losers with 21 points.
Cade Cunningham, No. 1 pick in the draft, put up a very weak evening in the Detroit uniform with 6 points on 20% from the field, and his team lost 13 of 17 games this season.
Hiro (center).
Once again swept Miami to victory, Photo: USA TODAY Sports
Portland - Denver 110: 119.
Without the injured Nikola Jukic, the Nuggets were hosted by the Blazers from an inferior position, and despite a great team effort they seemed to have given up already after one half, despite a brief comeback attempt in the third quarter.
Portland gradually increased every quarter, with the exception of one, its advantage.
She led 6 at the end of the first quarter (27:33), 14 at the end of the second quarter (52:66), and after a slight offset in her advantage to 11, ran in the quarter, jumping in the last quarter to plus 19 quite easily.
The hosts took full advantage of the absence of the Serbs of the Nuggets, who have won 12 of the last 15 games (game night) between the two teams, but as mentioned not this time.
The duo CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard once again topped the list of scenes to set the Bayers up for the win.
The first scored 32 points and the second added 25. Denver, which lost 17 balls compared to just 9 for Portland, was led by Jeff Green with 24 points.
Both groups have the same and positive balance of 8: 9.
Forzingis vs. Reggie Jackson.
Extension Star, Photo: EP
Los Angeles Clippers - Dallas 112: 104 (after overtime).
It was a close game, with a dramatic extension of the first 48 minutes, but in the end the hosts fell off their feet and allowed the guest to celebrate.
During the final of the game, it was Paul George of the Clippers who decided he did not want to go home too soon and with 1.1 seconds on the clock sniped out of a three-pointer that set 103: 103, dragging the two teams into overtime, to which only the Mavericks appeared, eliminating the story with Running 0: 7.
While Luka Doncic was excellent as usual, with 26 points, 9 assists and 9 rebounds, it was Kristaps Forzingis who took control of overtime, scoring 6 of Dallas' 9 points en route to 30 points overall.
Reggie Jackson shelled out 31 of his own alongside 10 rebounds on the Clippers side, with George finishing the evening with 26 points.
