The results of the night in the NBA
Bucks @ Pacers : 149-136
Rockets @ Nets : 114-123
Heat @ Knicks : 92-101
Mavs @ Sixers : 108-116
Lakers @ Bulls : 121-110
Clippers @ Grizzlies : 141-132
Pistons @ Thunder : 106-107
Jazz @ Spurs:
Wolves @ Suns : 100-107
Kings @ Blazers : 120-80
Late Session Replay: the MVP Race, the Wolves and the players who make us vibrate
– There will have been no laser to celebrate that, but the Kings don’t care. After 17 years of scarcity and incessant teasing – we also plead guilty – Sacramento is officially back in the playoffs. The Californians crushed Portland on the outside and validated their home field advantage for the postseason. The longest running streak of non-playoff seasons in American sports has come to an end, and Keegan Murray became the most prolific 3-point rookie in NBA history with an award-winning 188th field goal on that walk.
– We don’t know what the “Westbrook experience” will give in the playoffs for the Clippers, but we saw a small resurrection last night. After a somewhat chaotic start followed by several fairly positive weeks, the 2017 MVP was huge last night once morest Memphis, in a match where the concept of defense was put away.
In the absence of Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, Westbrook laid 36 points and 10 assists at 13/18, without missing a single 3-point shot (5/5) and losing only 2 balls. Lue’s new rotation, with Batum in the five and Covington off the bench, allowed the latter to beat his season record (27 pts) with real influence in the decisive last quarter, along with Bones Hyland (12 of his 20 pts in the 4th QT).
Russ shows out. Clippers win.
36 PTS (season-high)
4 REB
10 AST
5/5 3PM
72% FG???? pic.twitter.com/6sGgfa9ziV
— NBA (@NBA) March 30, 2023
– The Lakers took their revenge on the Bulls and LeBron James (25 pts) did not have to suffer the chambering of Patrick Beverley. A good evening for LA, all in all. Anthony Davis was devastating for the Bulls: 38 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks. This is the 4th victory in 5 matches for the Lakers, who climb to 8th place, neck and neck with Wolves, 7th.
A dominant performance by AD ????
38 points
10 rebounds
65% FGLakers got the W in Chicago pic.twitter.com/4GF6yTbUti
— NBA (@NBA) March 30, 2023
– Minnesota, precisely, failed to spoil Kevin Durant’s first home game with Phoenix. If “KD” (16 pts) seemed a little rusty at the start and missed his first 6 shots, he helped Devin Booker (29 pts) and Chris Paul to conquer a third victory in a row to hold on for 4th place.
– The Mavs had a nightmarish night:
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- They lost in Philadelphia following leading once more and didn’t score a single basket in the last 3 minutes of the match (!), with Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving at 16/37 on aggregate.
- The Lakers dominated Chicago (see above)
- The Thunder snatched the victory once morest Detroit thanks to a basket from Jalen Williams with less than a second remaining
OKAY JDUB ????️
27 PTS
8 REB
6 ASTand the game-winner ???? pic.twitter.com/WmIdo95UyU
— NBA (@NBA) March 30, 2023
- The Jazz are now hot on their heels following a victory in San Antonio with 41 points from Talen Horton-Tucker
Dallas is 11th and has only five games to try to save its skin, without having its destiny in its hands since it will be necessary to count on failures of competitors…
– The Knicks made a nice gift to their neighbors the Nets, victorious them from the Rockets with 58 points from the Mikal Bridges-Cam Johnson tandem. Despite Julius Randle’s ankle injury along the way, New York got the better of Miami, Brooklyn’s direct competitor for 6th place. The Bockers finish was better, Thibodeau insisting with the very small Quickley-Hart-Grimes-Barrett-Hartenstein line-up.
– The Bucks delivered a gala match once morest the Pacers, without the defense being at the heart of the debates… Milwaukee is also capable of making an attack match and has shown it. Jrue Holiday (51 pts) broke his NBA points record – like there is no age to do it – and Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded a triple-double with 38 points, 17 rebounds and 12 assists for consolidate the first place of their team.
