Croatian center Ivica Zubac was the Indiana Pacers’ best scorer with 18 points in a 119-127 home loss against the Portland Trail Blazers, which extended the longest losing streak in the club’s almost 60-year history to 15 games.
Zubac spent 23:17 minutes on the field, shooting 7-18 from the field and 4-5 from the free throw line, and he also added eight rebounds, three assists and one block. Along with him, Jalen Slawson stood out in the weakened Pacers with 17 interceptions, but Deni Avdija with 32 points and 11 rebounds and Donovan Clingan with a career performance of 28 points and 13 rebounds led the Blazers to victory.
Portland had a safe lead over the course of the match, but Indiana was closing in near the end at only 120-117, but she couldn’t make a complete turnaround.
Indiana is at the bottom of the Eastern Conference with a 15-55 record, while Portland jumped to ninth in the West at 34-36.
He had a solid performance Karlo Matkovic in a 124-109 home win New Orleans Pelicans against Los Angeles Clipperscoming off the bench in 25:15 minutes spent in the game, he scored 9 points (3-5 two-point shot, 1-3 three-pointer) with 8 rebounds and one block. Saddiq Bey with 25 and Trey Murphy with 23 points were the best for the Pelicans, while Kawhi Leonard scored 25 for the Clippers.
The Pelicans are the 12th team in the West with 24-46, while the Clippers are eighth in the West with 34-35.
Champions Oklahoma City Thunder they achieved their tenth victory in a row convincingly defeating weak guests Brooklyn Nets with 121-92. Jared McCain was the Thunder’s best scorer with 26 assists, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 20, while Jalen Wilson was the Nets’ first name with 15 hits.
Oklahoma City is the convincing leader in the West and in the entire league with 55-15, while Brooklyn is 13th in the East with 17-52.
In the derby of the evening Los Angeles Lakers are led by the excellent Luka Dončić as the guests overcame Houston Rockets with 124-116 recording the seventh victory in a row. Three and a half minutes before the end, it was 110-109 for the Lakers, and then Dončić hit two three-pointers and twice assisted his teammates for safe dunks, so the Lakers entered the last minute with a safe lead of 120-111. Dončić ended the duel with 40 tackles10 assists and 9 rebounds, LeBron James added 30 for the Lakers, while Alperen Sengun’s 27 points and 10 assists and Amen Thompson’s 26 points and 11 rebounds were not enough for the Rockets.
The Lakers solidified themselves in third place in the West with 44-25, while the Rockets are fifth in the West with 41-27.
The second composition of the East Boston Celtics they played with the weakened on their own field Golden State Warriors beating them 120-99. Jaylen Brown with 32 and Jayson Tatum with 24 points led the Celtics, who are now 46-23, while Gary Payton Jr. and Pat Spencer each scored 14 for the Warriors, who are 10th in the West at 33-36.
Results of NBA League matches:
Indiana – Portland 119-127
Ivica Zubac played 23:17 minutes for Indiana and scored 18 points (7-18 shooting for two, 4-5 free throws) with 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block
New Orleans – LA Clippers 124-109
Karlo Matković played 25:15 minutes for New Orleans and scored 9 points (3-5 two-point shot, 1-3 three-pointer) with 8 rebounds and 1 block
Boston – Golden State 120-99
Brooklyn – Oklahoma City 92-121
Chicago – Toronto 109-139
Minnesota – Utah 147-111
Memphis – Denver 125-118
Dallas-Atlanta 120-135
Houston – LA Lakers 116-124
LADDER
EAST:
Detroit 49 19 72.1
Boston 46 23 66.7
New York 45 25 64.3
Cleveland 42 27 60.9
Toronto 39 29 57.4
Orlando 38 30 55.9
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Miami 38 31 55.1
Atlanta 38 31 55.1
Philadelphia 37 32 53.6
Charlotte 35 34 50.7
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Milwaukee 28 40 41.2
Chicago 28 41 40.6
Brooklyn 17 52 24.6
Washington 16 52 23.5
Indiana 15 55 21.4
WEST:
Oklahoma City 55 15 78.6
San Antonio 51 18 73.9
LA Lakers 44 25 63.8
Minnesota 43 27 61.4
Houston 41 27 60.3
Denver 42 28 60.0
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Phoenix 39 30 56.5
LA Clippers 34 35 49.3
Portland 34 36 48.6
Golden State 33 36 47.8
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Memphis 24 44 35.3
New Orleans 24 46 34.3
Dallas 23 47 32.9
Utah 20 49 29.0
Sacramento 18 52 25.7
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