- American followingnoon where all eyes were on North Carolina, debuting in Charlotte Kevin Durant with the Suns jersey, scoring 23 points in 26 minutes of play.
- Along with KD’s first game with the Suns, victories for the Celtics, Sixers, Grizzlies and Lakers, also adding the Bucks’ sixteenth consecutive victory.
- Easy win for the Knicks in the Big Apple derby, with a gigantic Jalen Brunson, author of 39 points.
- Where and when to watch the NBA. Best matches of week 20
- Road to Draft 2023. Outstanding players from the top positions.
RESULTS
| BROKEN | MVP |
| Charlotte Hornets 91-105 Phoenix Suns | Devin Booker |
| Detroit Pistons 115-117 Chicago Bulls | Zach LaVine |
| Boston Celtics 117-113 Cleveland Cavaliers | Jayson Tatum |
| Miami Heat 96-119 Philadelphia 76ers | Maxey & Harden |
| New York Knicks 142-118 Brooklyn Nets | Jalen Brunson |
| Houston Rockets 99-113 Memphis Grizzlies | Desmond Bane |
| Milwaukee Bucks 139-117 Orlando Magic | Giannis Antetokounmpo |
| Oklahoma City Thunder 117-123 Los Angeles Lakers | Dennis Schroeder |
| Portland Trail Blazers 110-121 New Orleans Pelicans | Brandon Ingram |
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THE + HIGHLIGHTS
begins the it was Kevin Durant in Suns along with CP3, Booker and Ayton. And she does it with an easy victory at Charlotte’s house, with 23 points scored from KD and 10-of-15 shooting from the field, ending the Hornets’ five-game winning streak. Together with Durant in his first game with the Arizona franchise led by Ishbia, Booker excelled with 37 points and Ayton scored 16, also grabbing 16 rebounds. Durant, injured in the knee from his days with the Nets, was sent on February 9 to Phoenix, also finishing with six rebounds and two blocks in 27 minutes. The Suns led by Monty Williams, the best coach last year, are fourth in the West, looking to move up in these last weeks of Regular Season, dating a starting five made up of Paul, Booker, Okogie, Durant y Ayton.
In a day of great games, important NBA balance sheets entering the scene and facing the final stretch, Celtics beat Cavs at the TD Garden in downtown Boston, in one of the games of the day. Tatum led the Celtics who are second in the East, scoring 41 points to maintain the point difference once morest the best defense in the league. It is the first victory once morest the Ohioans, being the twentieth game in his career that he goes to 40. On the visiting side, Mitchell scored 44, in a beautiful duel of scorers and great players from 22-23, leaving the scare due to a possible ankle injury for Donovan, who came to nothing, returning to the track and scoring the next ten points. Mazulla’s team led 96-78 going into the fourth quarter, with the Cavs working to close the gap but failing to tie the game.
Massachusetts no longer lead the East, the Bucks being the leaders and extending the streak of consecutive games to 16, with Giannis Antetokounmpo scoring 31 points, going up to the 26 triples made during the game a few minutes ago, in an easy victory once morest the Orlando Magic. “It is part of our game, but it is not our only element. We can’t fall in love and trust our 3-point shot. When it comes in, it’s a bonus“, commented Giannis regarding the three-point shot. Allen, AJ Green, Joe Ingles and Lopez each scored four triples, adding three to the Greek star and Connaughton, on a day where Middleton rested. The Wisconsin franchise now puts the eye on the longest winning streak in its history with 20 winning matches during the season 70-71. The streak will be put into play on Saturday when they receive the Philadelphia 76ers at the Fiserv Forum, reaching a tie at one in the series.
In it Big Apple derby, easy win for Knicks at Madison over Nets, with Brunson scoring 39 points and adding the seventh consecutive victory. The Knicks continue to show that they are important and with each passing week, Brunson makes it clear that it has been one of the great movements of the past offseason. With an enormous success during the first half, scoring 47 in the first quarter and reaching halftime with 82, the Knicks once once more beat their city neighbors, seeing how Brooklyn had won the nine games prior to the two recent victories of the midtown manhattan franchise. The Nets have lost four straightbeing led this time by Cam Johnson with 33 points, now heading to Boston, playing consecutively in the same week once morest Bucks – Knicks – Celtics.
During the long day on Wednesday, in Houston, there were Spanish duel between Garuba vs. Aldama, with a 99-113 victory for the Grizzlies team, the Canarian center scoring 9 points and five rebounds in 21 minutes, seeing Garuba with 13 minutes on court, adding 8 points and grabbing four rebounds. The top scorer was Desmond Bane with 30 points, who also added nine rebounds and six assists, adding Ja Morant twenty, leading Team Texas to its eleventh consecutive loss. Jenkins’ different adjustments following the break, points in transition and the characteristic Grizzlies defense, were enough to take a key difference to add one more.
LO + VIRAL
Charlotte Hornets reported during the day on Wednesday that LaMelo Ball he underwent surgery to repair a fractured right ankle and that is already synonymous with missing all the weeks remaining to the end of the regular season. The 21-year-old third-year point guard, key to the five-game winning streak, sprained his ankle Monday once morest the Pistons.
Duane Washington Jr. He signed a contract with the Knicks, making his debut on Wednesday in the G League with the Westchester Knicks, with a loss once morest Mac McClung’s Delaware.
In this final stretch of the regular season, Sixers begins a road tour, having fifteen games in the last 40 days away from Philly, watching Grizzlies have twelve. Doc Rivers’ men only have seven games left at the Wells Fargo Center, beating the Heat a while ago in Miami.
A new month ends, finishing as leaders in February points Lillardin rebounds the Serbian Jokic and in assists the same Nuggets player and Trae Young. The month of March also began with 44 victories for the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets.
THE PHRASE OF THE DAY
“I feel like I fit in pretty well. Everyone was trying to make me as comfortable as possible. I just have to keep working“, commented Kevin Durant following his debut with the Phoenix Suns shirt. His trainer Monty Williams said at the end of the meeting, “I think there are too many players in the NBA who have too much pressure to lead. I just don’t think it’s necessary. My job is to lead. Players do it in places, but that’s one thing I told them. I want Durant to be himself and be free to be himself.“.
“I like where we are in the season in terms of, we know the intensity is getting different now so we have to respond accordingly and this should bring out the best in us.“, said Thibodeauhead coach de New York Knicks.
MVP-SOLOBASKET
Several players have stood out during Wednesday March 1, seeing performances like Booker, Brunson, Tatum, Bane or Ingram, but the most prominent has been Zach LaVine de Chicago Bullskey to the victory once morest the Pistons, finishing with 41 points, 14 of 20 from the field and 6 of 9 from triples in 37 minutes of play, joining Michael Jordan as the only player in the Illinois franchise with more than fifteen games scoring 40 or more points.
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