No less than 12 games were played tonight (between Wednesday and Thursday) in the NBA.
Focus: Giannis Antetokounmpo's monstrous triple double in Milwaukee's dramatic victory, Brooklyn was stopped by Chicago and Golden State lost at the buzzer.
Toronto (22:16) - Milwaukee (13:25) 104:101 (after overtime)
After quite a bit of drama and in a pretty crazy game, Milwaukee left Canada with another win.
After three quarters that were controlled by the Bucks, Toronto woke up and recorded a comeback from the land of comebacks when they erased a 21 deficit, three minutes to the end of the game.
A 3-pointer by Gary Trent Jr. forced a big overtime in the closing seconds, but there Milwaukee knew how to win thanks to a huge play by Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The Greek Freak finished with a triple double of 30 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists, and also finished with 12 turnovers.
On the other hand, Fred Vanvelit led the loser with 28, 12 assists and 8 rebounds.
Giannis records his 31st career triple-double tonight in Toronto.
30 PTS |
21 REB |
10 AST pic.twitter.com/LAIXDNMR71
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) January 5, 2023
Chicago (21:17) - Brooklyn (13:25) 112:121
The longest streak in the league has stopped.
Brooklyn missed the first place in the East tonight and suffered its first loss in 12 games.
Even a tremendous game by Kevin Durant, who finished with 44 points, did not help her.
The Bulls were better than the start and a 0:8 run at the end of the game ended interest.
After Donovan Mitchell's 71-point performance against them, Chicago wanted to put that game behind them, and did so in a big way.
DeMar DeRozan and Patrick Williams led Chicago's scoring list with 22 each.
On the other side, Kyrie Irving finished with 25 and Seth Curry with 22.
Two wins against the Nets this season. @Plus500 |
#BullsNation pic.twitter.com/7Z1SJTaT6H
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) January 5, 2023
Golden State (19:20) - Detroit (11:30) 122:119
Another dramatic game took place tonight at the Chase Center.
With two seconds left, Klay Thompson buried a big 3-pointer that momentarily sent the game into overtime, but then came Sadiq Bey, who nailed an even bigger 3-pointer and beat the champion at the buzzer.
Golden State lost for only the third time this season at home, and suffered its first loss after five consecutive victories.
Toronto on the other hand, with a second win in three games.
Bojan Bogdanovic excelled for the Pistons with 29 points, and Bay had 17. For the Warriors, Thompson scored 30 points and Jordan Paul had 24.
YESSIRSKIIIIII @gtrentjr 👌 https://t.co/L6PlCKNVHl pic.twitter.com/SV0BEMCcVs
— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) January 5, 2023 Were we wrong?
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