Tiktuknu: today's summary clip in sports, 8.1 (Sport1)
Like every Sunday, the NBA games started early with Philadelphia easily defeating Detroit and Toronto beating Portland at home.
Later in the night, the focus was on Kevin Durant's injury, with league fans hoping it is not serious.
All games:
Detroit (32:11) - Philadelphia (15:24) 121:108
Toronto (16:24) - Portland (20:19) 105:117
Indiana (18:23) - Charlotte (30:11) 111: 116
Miami (20:21) - Brooklyn (13:27) 102:101
Memphis (13:26) - Utah (23:20) 118:123
Houston (30:10) - Minnesota (21:20) 104:96
Oklahoma City (22:18) - Dallas (18:23) 109:120
Phoenix (21:20) - Cleveland (15:26) 112:98
LA Clippers (21:21) - Atlanta (21:19) 112: 108
Led Philadelphia to an easy victory with a triple double.
James Harden (Photo: Reuters)
Detroit (32:11) - Philadelphia (15:24) 121:108
After scraping an overtime win over Indiana and losing in Chicago, Philadelphia played a third game without its injured scorer Embiid, even this time it managed easily without him against a very weak opponent.
James Harden took command of the Sixers and recorded a comfortable triple double of 20 points, 11 assists, 11 rebounds and only one turnover.
Harden took a total of 14 shots in that game, with Tyrese Maxey adding 23 and Paul Reed getting plenty of minutes in Embiid's absence and delivering a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds off the bench.
Philadelphia did not have a hard time without the league's king of baskets when he scored 71 already in the first half compared to 54 of his opponent and the second half was played comfortably.
Killian Hayes led the losers with 26, Bojan Bogdanovic and Isaiah Stewart scored 20 for the losers.
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Celebrated Portland with 27 points.
Pascal Siakam (Photo: Reuters)
Toronto (16:24) - Portland (20:19) 105:117
After three straight losses in close games and five in the last six, Toronto was very hungry for a win and it got it in a game that was one-sided starting in the second quarter.
Portland was able to come back twice from a 19-point deficit, but two consecutive 3-pointers by Fred VanVilt in the middle of the fourth quarter made it 94:103.
Anferni Simmons again made it 109:104 with 1 minute and 40 seconds remaining, but Siakam scored from the line and a basket by Koloko, who replaced Anunobi, who had six fouls in an offensive rebound, closed the game.
Pascal Siakam led the Canadians as usual with 27 points, but weakened in the second half.
Scotty Barnes added 22 and Fred VanVelt only 14, but made two critical 3-pointers for the winners.
Damian Lillard led the way with 34 points, but recorded a critical loss in the last quarter.
Yusuf Nurkic did a great job in the paint with 18 rebounds and 14 points, but Shaydon Sharp's 3-pointer was also the only basket and the only points Portland got off the bench.
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Durant (Photo: Reuters)
Miami (20:21) - Brooklyn (13:27) 102:101
Brooklyn continues to win and look good, and tonight in Miami won 18 of its last 20 games (after opening the season with only 9 wins in its first 20 games), but the Nets Concerned about the injury of Kevin Durant, who hurt his knee and went to the locker room before the end of the third quarter.
Jimmy Butler fell badly on Durant's knee, who was in pain, tried to continue, but went down for treatment in the locker room after long minutes of pain and worry.
He will undergo an MRI tomorrow and be tested, and the Brooklyn coach admits that "it's something you never want to see, but I'm proud of the players who were able to win without him."
Kyrie Irving scored 29 points, Durant scored 17 before leaving, Seth Curry added 14 for the winners, Nick Claxton scored 13 and caught 11, but the one who scored the winning basket was Royce O'Neal with 3.2 seconds left when he took control of an offensive rebound.
Miami had one last try, but Jimmy Butler drove to the basket, made contact, was not fouled and missed from close range.
Memphis (1:26 p.m.) - Utah (11:20 p.m.) 118:123
Sixth victory in a row for Memphis, this time without Jah Morant who complained of pain and was rested and the sick Blisteven Adams.
Desmond Bain stood out with 24 points and 9 assists, but the one who managed the game instead of Morant was Tyus Jones who scored 21 points and distributed 6 assists.
A second quarter in which Memphis won 28:43 gave it the safe advantage, Utah only tickled and did not return.
Lauri Markkanen scored 21 for the Jazz, who suffered their seventh loss in the last eight games.
sad bench
Booker and Phoenix (Photo: Reuters)
Phoenix (21:20) - Cleveland (15:26) 112:98
For the second time this week, Cleveland overcomes the battered Phoenix, which suffered a sixth loss in a row and 9 of the last 10, when it is again without Devin Booker and Chris Paul, and for the first time this season the Suns have a negative balance .
It's the fourth game in a row that Phoenix doesn't reach 100 points, and tonight it was Cleveland's replacements who ran away with a 6:27 run in the last quarter led by Raul Neto and Lamar Stevens after a close game and stopped the host's attack thanks to strong defense.
Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland scored 22 each for the Cubs, but Mitchell knows: "It's fun to see it coming from other players, because tonight was decided by the defense, the intensity, the effort."
Duane Washington stood out in Phoenix with 25.
Oklahoma City (22:18) - Dallas (18:23) 109:120
It was supposed to be a battle between two of the league's leading scorers, but Luka Doncic sat out with a sore ankle, and Shea Gilges-Alexander had 33 points on 11-of-17 shooting to lift the Thunder to victory.
Christian Wood, who scored 27 for Dallas, said his team did a good job of guarding Gilges Alexander, and it didn't help: "He's great, he's having a great season, he goes all the way, right, left, scores, creates situations, squeezes fouls, Goes to the line, does everything."
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