Paul George and Kwai Leonard eliminated the Suns with 103: 113 • Doncic and Prosingis settled for Dallas 101: 116 over Milwaukee, who missed Antocompo
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LA Clippers (18:35) - Phoenix (15:36) 103: 113.
A Night of Stars helped the Clippers get closer to the Suns at the top of the West.
It was a close, tough game, at the end of which the host ran away a bit and won.
Rajon Rondo was the X Factor of the winners.
He was on the field for less than 20 minutes, so that was enough for him to score 15 points and distribute 9 assists, while managing a perfect game.
Along with him stood out of course the team’s big star duo, with Paul George leading the scoring list with 33 points (7 threes) and Kwai Leonard adding 27 points of his own.
Phoenix, on a bad shooting evening from a distance, had Devin Booker knocking out a card with 24 points.
Michael Bridges tried to help with 20 points of his own.
Dallas (22:29) - Milwaukee (19:32) 101: 116.
The Bucks have once again discovered that without Yannis Antocompo life is much more difficult.
The Greek giant was given a rest due to knee problems, and the result was an obvious loss.
Milwaukee did give a fight and was strong in the game picture with the promotion to the final quarter, but then just broke up against an ambitious and fluent Mavericks.
Luka Doncic led the run to victory and scored 27 points.
Beside him excelled Kristpas Prosingis, who looked stronger than ever and finished with a quality double double of 26 points and 17 rebounds.
Donta Divicenzo with 22 points and Bobby Fortis with 20 points and 14 rebounds did everything to keep Milwaukee close to Dallas in the closing minutes, but it was not enough.
Doncic evades Divincenzo.
Dallas was big on Milwaukee // Photo: AP
Utah (1:39 p.m.) - Portland (9:30 p.m.) 103: 122.
The good balance in the league requires the Jazz to prove themselves every night, and it seems that the most important element - an uncompromising character - has done its thing against the Blazers as well.
Utah seemed to let Portland play in a kind of illusion that she could win, but after three close quarters of a close game, the top-ranked fly to victory.
It can be said that towards the end the Jazz still made a discount for the Blazers, with Donovan Mitchell leading the winner with 37 points in 33 minutes of play.
Beside him Rudy Gober had a formidable assist with 18 points and no less than 21 rebounds.
Damien Lillard, who scored 23 points on a mediocre evening, has failed to prevent his side’s third loss in the last four games.
Mitchell drowns in Portland.
Utah fled towards the end // Photo: USA TODAY Sports
Miami (25:27) - LA Lakers (20:32) 104: 110.
On paper it was a replay of last season's final, but with the Lakers missing LeBron James and Anthony Davis, it's hard to define the Heat's victory as closing an account.
Throughout the game Miami knew how to maintain an easy safety distance from the opponent, who slipped after every time she got a little closer, when she didn't really have the tools to steal a win.
Jimmy Butler led the winner with 28 points and Victor Oladipo added 18 points of his own.
On the other hand, Contabius Coldwell-Pop stood out with 28 points (6 threes), but the Lakers continue to fall.
Other results:
Toronto - Chicago 122: 113, Oklahoma City - Cleveland 129: 102, Sacramento - Detroit 113: 101.
