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Three NBA games were played tonight (between Thursday and Friday), before the league goes to the All-Star break.
Unsteady Milwaukee lost to Memphis, which recorded its second straight victory, Utah Jazz succumbed to Golden State at the end of a drama and Minnesota lost in Portland.
Memphis (36:20) - Milwaukee (21:35) 110:113
Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 35 points and 12 assists, his 43rd double-double of the season, but his good ability was not enough to bring back unstable Milwaukee to the track of victories and she surrendered for the seventh time in her last ten games, while Memphis recorded a second victory in a row after nine consecutive losses.
After the first half was close and ended in a tie at 57, Milwaukee found itself behind by double digits in the third quarter, but was not deterred and completed a turnaround.
And yet, it was not enough at the end of a close game in which Memphis enjoyed 27 points scored by Zaire Williams (career record) and GG Jackson, Vince Williams contributed 18.
Another loss for Milwaukee.
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He got off the bench and took a shot.
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Utah (36:20) - Golden State (26:27) 140:137
Klay Thompson came off the bench to score seven three-pointers, reach 35 points and lead the Warriors to a win in Salt Lake and their eighth in the last ten games.
Thompson sat on the bench unexpectedly, but decided the match from the bench with Draymond Green next to him who scored a season high of 23 points while Steph Curry had a "calm" game in which he recorded a double-double of 16 points and 10 assists.
Golden State scored 84 points in the first half and was on its way to an easy victory, but was held to 20 in the last quarter and the host was close to a comeback, but woke up too late and could not turn around.
Colin Sexton and Keonta George scored 35 and 33 points respectively for the host.
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