Without Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving led the Nets to victory in a game already decided in the first half • LeBron James and Anthony Davis defeated Memphis at the end of a close game
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Five games were played tonight (Tuesday through Wednesday) in the NBA, with Brooklyn without Kevin Durant recovering at Utah's expense, the Lakers continued the positive momentum with a fourth straight win over Memphis and the San Antonio managed to stop the Los Angeles Clippers.
Brooklyn (4: 4) - Utah (3: 4) 96: 130
Kyrie Irving scored 20 points out of his 29 as early as the first half and led the Nets to an unequivocal win over Utah, without Kevin Durant in isolation.
Brooklyn who came into the game with two straight losses, and four of the last five, did not lag behind at any stage of the game.
After one quarter the result was 14:35 and at the end of the half it was already 44:63.
This is the biggest difference the Nets have led in the halftime drop since the win over San Antonio in March.
In addition to Irving, Chris Lebert scored 24 points, and Jarrett Allen added a double-double of 19 points and 18 rebounds.
On the other hand, Donovan Mitchell's 31 points were not enough for Utah, who were stopped after two straight wins.
Memphis (5: 3) - Los Angeles Lakers (2: 6) 94:92
Anthony Davis and LeBron James scored 26 points each and led the Lakers to a fourth straight win.
James added 11 rebounds and 7 assists, and Dennis Schroeder finished with 12 points.
On a bad shooting evening of both teams, the City of Angels team managed to win thanks to its deadly duo that took over in the final quarter, and since lagging 77:79 five minutes to go, led 2: 9 and overall led the Lakers to an 83:92 lead with 31 seconds left.
Jonas and Valencionas, Dillon Brooks and Georgi Diang each scored 13 points that were not enough for Memphis, which managed to reduce the difference to two points, but ultimately failed to get a fourth win of the season.
Denver (4: 3) - Minnesota (5: 2) 116: 123
A particularly stormy game for Serbian center Nikola Jokic, who scored 13 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter en route to Denver’s tenth straight win over Minnesota.
The Joker also added 15 rebounds and managed to overcome a particularly nervous second quarter in which he suffered two technical fouls from the referee.
He was assisted by Willie Barton with 20 points and Michael Green who added 17. Jamal Marie finished with just 14.
On the other hand, 33 points from DiAngelo Russell and 25 from Juancho Hernandez against a former team were not enough.
Clippers (3: 5) - San Antonio (4: 3) 116: 113
Patti Mills recorded an 8-time career high of three threes and contributed a total of 27 points from the bench that stopped the San Antonio four-game losing streak.
DeJonte Marie added 21 points, Marcus Aldridge contributed 14. The Spurs already led by 24 points in the first quarter, but Kwai Leonard recorded a great game with 30 points and 10 assists against the Exiles, bringing the Clippers back into the game in the third quarter.
In the end the victory was for San Antonio who scored 20 threes and equaled the record of the franchise off the arc.
In another game:
Portland (4: 3) - Chicago (4: 4) 111: 108.