After two overtimes, the Sacramento Kings defeated the LA Clippers with a score of 176:175. With 351 points scored between the two teams, this is the second most efficient game ever played in the NBA. The first place is still held by the clash between Detroit and Denver (186:184) from 1983, where the teams scored an unreal 370 points.
The home team spent almost 45 minutes in the lead, Kawhi Leonard scored 44, Paul George scored 34 points, but they could not against the Dieron Fox-Malik Monk duo, who had 42 and 45 points, respectively, and directed a turnaround in the last two minutes.
The Clippers had six differences (175:169), then Harrison Barnes was safe from the penalty line for minus four, and then Monk with a three-pointer and Fox with a half-distance shot closed the series 7:0 for a great victory of the team from the north of California.
Russell Westbrook had 17 points and 14 assists in his second debut in Los Angeles, and Domantas Sabonis helped Fox and Monk with 20 points and ten rebounds.
The Milwaukee Bucks won their 13th consecutive victory by defeating the Miami Heat with a score of 128:99. Giannis Antetokounmpo had to leave the game at the end of the first quarter due to pain in his right knee, but that did not stop his teammates from achieving their goal.
The hosts were in the lead from the very beginning of the match, during which they only increased their advantage. Jrue Holiday was the most efficient with 24 points, Bobby Portis scored 18 and grabbed 11 rebounds, Brook Lopez added 17...
Jimmy Butler scored 23 for the Heat, Bam Adebayo scored 18, and Caleb Martina scored 17.
The Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets 116:101 at home. Klay Thompson was the best for the "warriors" with 42 points and 12 three-pointers. This is the third game in his career with 12 or more shots from behind the line 7,24, which is the most in the history of the NBA.
The great guard was followed by Donte DiVincenzo and Jordan Poole with 15 points each, while Kenyon Martin Jr. with 22, Titi Washington with 15 and Jason Tate with 14 points stood out in the defeated team.
In other duels, New York won 115:109 on the road in Washington, Atlanta beat Cleveland (136:119), Charlotte surprised Minnesota (121:113), and Phoenix justified its role as the favorite against Oklahoma (124:115).
THE RESULTS:
Washington - New York 109:115
Atlanta - Cleveland 136:119
Milwaukee - Miami 128:99
Chicago - Brooklyn 131:87
Minnesota - Charlotte 113:121
Golden State - Houston 116:101
Phoenix - Oklahoma 124:115
LA Clippers - Sacramento 175:176
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