Last week, the Suns lost twice in three days against the Pels. The time had therefore come to set the counters to zero. And for that, you needed a big Devin Booker. But it wasn’t big, it was huge. 58 points for him, a fiery match, and the win at the end: Unquestionably, in addition to being their leader, Booker is the barometer of these Suns who return to the top 4 in the West with this hard-fought success against Pels worn by the 57 points of the duo Zion Williamson – CJ McCollum. In addition, Devin Booker became the sixth youngest player to reach 12,000 career points. So perfect evening.
No Giannis Antetokounmpo (ni de Chris Middleton) when Milwaukee hosted Utah. But while the game had been fairly even, the Bucks massacred the Jazz in a winning last quarter. 31-14. It’s the duet Jrue Holiday – Bobby Portis who drove the truck for the Bucks, but it was mainly on the rebound that the game was played (59-36). With this easy success, Milwaukee rebounds a victory over Boston to top the Eastern Conference. All without forcing.
At the beginning of the program; the Clippers succeeded in overcoming the Wizards, in particular thanks to a certain Kawhi Leonard. Possibly the best game of the season for “The Klaw” with 31 points, and above all, he took matters into his own hands in the absence of Paul George. For its part, Miami finally switches to the positive before a fourth consecutive success. The Heat buried the Spurs thanks Jimmy Butler (26 pts) and Bam Adebayo (22 pts, 13 rebounds), and may have finally launched his season.
The Mavs showed up Cleveland without Luka Doncic, Spencer Dinwiddie or Dwight Powell. But that didn’t stop them from pushing the Cavs into overtime. Cleveland comes out of it a bit by miracle after an extension wins 4-3 ! In a game marked by a 22/83 three-pointer from both teams combined, the Cavs got away with 25 points from Donovan Mitchell, while opposite, Kemba Walker was making a comeback with 32 points, and Christian Wood posed a 26/14. Cleveland may be on the podium in the East, we are not convinced after this game.
Portland overcame Houston in three quarters time, Damian Lillard there of course for something, but it’s mostly the 32 points ofAnfernee Simons who weigh heavily in the balance. Finally, we witnessed this night without doubt the most ridiculous eviction of all time. I Morant has indeed ejected you for having… talked about a fan! Another arbitration decision which raises questions, and which has been expensive, since Memphis, despite the 32 points of Dillon Brooks, fell OKC which was nevertheless deprived of Sha Gilgeous-Alexander.
Clippers 102 – 93 Wizards
Spurs 101 – 111 Heat
Rockets 95 – 107 Blazers
Thunder 115 – 109 Grizzlies
Cavaliers 100 – 99 Mavericks
Bucks 123 – 97 Jazz
Suns 118 – 114 Pelicans