With style, New York’s basketball players ended a negative streak of four defeats, on the night from Wednesday to Thursday they beat Brooklyn in their Madison Square Garden with as many as 54 points, it was 120-66.
New York thereby achieved 13th consecutive victory against Brooklyn and came to the most convincing victories in its history.
In no quarter Brooklyn did not score more than 20 pointsand the fact that a convincing New York celebration was about to take place was already shown by the first quarter, which ended with 38-20 for the home team. A complete schism between these two teams happened in the last quarter when New York beat the opponent 32-10.
Although he hit only one of eight three-pointers the first shooter He was in New York Jalen Brunson with 20 points, to which he added five assists and four rebounds. That’s why all six three-pointers were hit by Landry Shamet, who scored 18 points, while Karl-Anthony Towns added 14 points with eight rebounds.
On the other side, he was the best Michael Porter Jr. with 12 points and six rebounds. The visitors had a total shot, as well as the one for three points, under 30 percent.
This victory of 54 points is not the most convincing this season in the NBA because Charlotte beat Utah by 55 points in early January. The last time Brooklyn scored such a low number of points, exactly 66, was eleven years ago.
Detroitthe leading team of the Eastern Conference, dominated away from home New Orleans with 112-104 even though the best player Cade Cunningham did not play for the Pistons. His role was taken over by Jalen Duren, who ended the trial with 20 points, 15 rebounds, three assists and two blocks.
On the other side, a Croatian basketball player Carlo Matkovic played 15 minutes for the host. He scored five points with two rebounds and one block. He shot 1-1 for two points and 1-2 for three-pointers. New Orleans’ best player was Micah Peavy with 17 points, seven rebounds and four steals.
Current champion Oklahoma City he won Milwaukee away with 122-102, and the game was decided after the opening 12 minutes when the guests created a 38-18 advantage.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a third of the visitors’ points. He scored 40 with 11 assists and seven rebounds. Kenrich Williams and Ajay Mitchell added 18 points each for the visitors, with Williams adding eight rebounds.
The first name of Milwaukee was Giannis Antetokounmpo with 19 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists, and Bobby Portis is also worth mentioning, who scored 15 points with nine assists and six rebounds.
Bostonthe second team in the East, defeated on home turf Indianathe weakest team of that conference, with 119-104. The gas in the first half was enough for Boston to escape to a 20-point difference, which decided the trial.
It’s for the opponent again unstoppable was Jaylen Brown who scored 30 points for Boston, and also had ten rebounds, five assists and three steals. He was followed by Neemias Queta and Sam Hauser with 17 points each. The latter made five 3-pointers, and the former made nine rebounds.
Pascal Siakam he was the only real counterbalance on the other side, the experiment ended with 32 points and ten rebounds.
Croatian basketball player Dario Saric again did not play for Sacramento which one Toronto away won 122-109. Every player in Toronto’s top five scored 15 or more points, and the best among them was Scottie Barnes with 23 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and four steals.
NBA results:
Charlotte – Cleveland 87-94
Boston – Indiana 119-104
New York – Brooklyn 120-66
Memphis – Atlanta 122-124
New Orleans – Detroit 104-112 (Karlo Matkovic played 15 minutes for New Orleans, scored five points with two rebounds and one block. He hit one of two three-pointers)
Milwaukee – Oklahoma City 102-122
Sacramento – Toronto 109-122 (Dario Saric did not play for Sacramento)
(Hina | Photo: New York Knicks)
