Although the best player Giannis Antetokounmpo returned to their team after almost 40 days and 15 missed games, the Milwaukee Bucks suffered a convincing 81-108 home defeat against the Boston Celtics who played without Jaylen Brown.
The Celtics achieved a great victory in Milwaukee great outside shotand they were led by Payton Pritchard with 25 tackles.
Hugo Gonzalez added 18 points and 16 rebounds for the winners, while Antetokounmpo was the best for the home team with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
Boston is second in the Eastern Conference with a win-loss ratio of 41-20, five games behind the leader Detroit, while Milwaukee with 26-34 in 11th place in the East is outside the leading positions in the postseason, 10. Charlotte, who holds the last place leading in the “play-in” is 3.5 games away from him.
It was interesting in Salt Lake City where they are Denver Nuggets beat the home team harder than expected Utah Jazz at 128-125. With the Nuggets leading 126-125, the home team’s best player, Keyonte George, rushed under the hoop with 16 seconds left, but was blocked Nikola Jokic.
The referees initially awarded Jokić a foul, but after a request to review the situation of the visiting bench, they changed their decision. Then Jokić hit two free throws for 128-125, and in the last attack of the home team, George missed a three-pointer for overtime.
Jamal Murray scored 45 points for Denver, which is fifth in the West with a record of 38-24, while George scored 36 for Utah, which is 18-43 in second-to-last, 14th place in the West.
Los Angeles Clippers with a reversal in the second half, they outplayed the visitors Golden State Warriors by 114-101. In the second quarter, the home team led by 17 points (44-27), went to the break with a nice lead of 56-42, but the rest went to the guests with as much as 72-45.
Kawhi Leonard led the Clippers with 23 hits, while Brandin Podziemski scored 22 for the Warriors, but as many as 20 in the first half.
The Clippers are still behind the Warriors in the standings, with 29-31 holding the ninth place in the West, while the Warriors are the eighth team in the West with 31-30.
Houston Rockets as expected, they won as guests Washington Wizards with 123-118. The final result does not reflect the real state of affairs on the field, as the Rockets had more than 20 points on several occasions, and the home team scored the last eight points in the last minute to reduce the loss.
With 32 points and 13 rebounds, Alperen Sengun was the first name of Houston, where Kevin Durant scored 30, while Bilal Coulibaly was the first name of the home team with 23 points.
Houston is third in the West with 38-22, while Washington is 13th in the East with 16-44.
(Hina | Photo: Boston Celtics)
