The Boston Celtics’ Grant Williams made headlines with empty promises and robbed his team of the win. The NBA on Tuesday morning.
Because of both: Grant Williams with his misses 0.8 seconds before the end.
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“I do both.” Such a sentence falls on your toes if you don’t follow words with actions – and that too in front of the camera. That’s what happened to Boston Celtics guard Grant Williams. 0.8 seconds before the end of the fourth quarter he was awarded two free throws. 109:109. Williams opponent Donovan Mitchell confidently announced that he would sink both throws. He didn’t meet either of them. And the game went into overtime, in which – Karma! – Cleveland finally prevailed with 118:114.
“It’s part of the game,” said Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla, “he didn’t throw them away on purpose. You have to be able to deal with that.” Mitchell, who had converted two free throws to equalize shortly before Williams announced, ended the game as the best shooter of the evening with 40 points. Williams got twelve.
Cleveland consolidated fourth in the East (41-26), Boston, who rested superstar Jayson Tatum and center Al Horford, is second (45-21) behind Milwaukee (46-18).
Lillard schafft Triple-Double, Embiid 42
Third place in the Eastern Conference goes to the Philadelphia 76ers, who won 147:143 once morest the Indiana Pacers around Tyrese Haliburton (40/16 assists) in a game without much effort to defend themselves. Center Joel Embiid collected 42 points, James Harden distributed a whopping 20 assists and Daniel Theis remained on the bench for the opponent once more. Philly is now at 42:22.
A look to the west. Leader Denver Nuggets (46-19) won 118-113 once morest the Toronto Raptors, turning a six-point deficit into a win with a 13-2 streak in the last two minutes or so.
Damian Lillard made a triple-double in his Portland Trail Blazers’ 110-104 at the Detroit Pistons: 31 points, 13 rebounds and twelve assists. Portland holds the coveted tenth place in the west with 31:34 ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers who have the same number of points.
The police are also investigating Morant
After the NBA, the police in Glendale/Colorado have now started investigations into Ja Morant. The Memphis Grizzlies star streamed a live video on social media over the weekend pointing a gun at the camera at a nightclub.
The incident happened in the Denver area, Memphis had played once morest the resident Nuggets on Friday. Authorities are investigating whether Morant violated gun laws at Shotgun Willie’s. The 23-year-old was initially suspended for two games by his club. It is still unclear when Morant will return to the squad.
Morant has apologized for his behavior and has deleted his Instagram and Twitter accounts. “I’m going to take some time off and try to learn ways to better deal with stress,” Morant said.
