A night of eight games in the NBA, including Sacramento's visit to Washington and Danny Abadia, kicked off this evening (Saturday) with a Knicks victory over the Nuggets.
Later there will be another hot meeting between Memphis and Golden State.
The night's games:
New York (30:42) - Denver (24:47) 110:116
L.A.
Clippers (34:37) - Orlando Magic (42:29) 113:108
Indiana (38:32) - Philadelphia (22:47)
Toronto (36:34) - Minnesota (36:35)
Chicago (37:32) ) - Miami (33:38)
Memphis (27:42) - Golden State (35:36)
Washington (38:32) - Sacramento (27:42)
Utah (33:36) - Boston (20:50)
Denver's bad streak continues.
Jokic (Photo: Reuters)
New York (30:42) - Denver (24:47) 110:116
The Western Conference leader was defeated for the fifth time in the last six games, and recorded the first loss at Madison Square Garden since October 30, 2017. Jaylen Brunson, who before the game received the award The outstanding player for the month of February, bombed 16 points in the first quarter out of 24 he had in the game.
The Knicks led by 13 in the second quarter, but even before the break they saw the lead turn into a deficit of 8. The swing continued in the third quarter when Denver dropped a lead of 13 and allowed the host to become 88:90, and 3:21 minutes to the end of the game the scoreboard showed a tie at 108 :108, but Bronson scored 4 more points and added an assist, Julius Randle contributed an important basket and New York celebrated when the final buzzer sounded.
Randall scored 20 points and pulled down 7 rebounds, RJ Barrett contributed 21. Jamal Murray who scored 25 and Nikola Jokic who added 24 stood out in Denver, along with 10 rebounds and 8 assists.
Fultz led Orlando to victory in the City of Angels (Photo: Reuters)
No.
Clippers (34:37) - Orlando Magic (42:29) 113:108
The streak of four victories of the Clippers was interrupted precisely against one of the teams in the league, which came after five losses in six games.
The Magic took an early double-digit lead, which later dwindled and after the break became plus 8 for the Clippers, but Wendell Carter Jr. and Markelle Fultz stepped on the pedal in the last 10 minutes and turned a 7 deficit into a somewhat surprising away win.
The guard led the Orlando scorers with 28 points, 27 were for the center who pulled down 12 rebounds.
In the team from Los Angeles, Paul George stood out, scoring 30, Ivica Zubac contributed 16 and 16 rebounds, Russell Westbrook finished with 14 and 9 assists.
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