Philadelphia defeated Portland (120:119) in the "Wells Fargo Center", and the hero of the team from the city of "brotherly love" is Joel Embiid, who hit a "faydaway" from the free throw line with one second to go, thus setting the final score.
The Sixers only led for the last second of the 48 available minutes, but that didn't stop them from recording their 44th triumph of the season.
Portland also had 21 points, but the team from Oregon allowed the home team to get back into the match in the fourth quarter, and then completely turned it around. This is the third time this season that Philadelphia has come back from a deficit of 20 or more points and ultimately won.
Embiid was also the most effective with 39 points, James Harden added 19, and Tyrese Maxey added 13.
On the other hand, Anferni Simmons scored 34 points, Jeremy Grant scored 24, while Damian Lillard scored 22.
After 25 games in which the rule was that if Nikola Jokić recorded a triple-double, Denver emerged victorious, that streak was ended.
Jokic recorded his 26th triple-double this season (37 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists), but the Nuggets were defeated on the road in San Antonio (128:120).
This is the second unplanned defeat in a row for the team from Colorado, and they have 15 matches left until the end of the season, 12 of which are against teams that are in the playoff zone.
In this game, Denver played a great first quarter (26:38), but that was it. San Antonio slowly melted the advantage and in the end deservedly celebrated. This is only the third triumph for Spurs in the last 21 games.
Keldon Johnson led the "Spurs" with 23 points, Doug McDermott scored 20, and Jeremy Sochan scored 19.
Jokić 37 was the most effective among the leaders of the Western Conference, Jamal Mari scored 24, Eron Gordon 14...
The Los Angeles Lakers are making a run before the finish line. The Lakers were better than Toronto (122:112) in the "Crypto.com Arena".
Changing the team in February turned out to be the right move, because the team is now able to win even without LeBron James.
Diangelo Russell recovered from the injury and immediately showed that he is ready for big things - 28 points, 16 of which in the last quarter in which the Lakers decided the game in their favor, and nine assists.
Dennis Schrueder scored 23 off the bench, Austin Reeves scored 18, while Jared Vanderbilt and Rui Hachimura scored 16 each, making up for Anthony Davis' poor performance of just eight points and nine rebounds.
Scotty Barnes scored 32 for Toronto, Ou Ji Anunoby 31, and Jakob Poetl 17.
In other matches, Brooklyn won against Minnesota after overtime (124:123), Atlanta overpowered Washington (114:107), and Miami took revenge on Cleveland with last night's loss (119:105).
THE RESULTS:
San Antonio - Denver 128:120
Philadelphia - Portland 120:119
LA Lakers - Toronto 122:112
Washington - Atlanta 107:114
Minnesota - Brooklyn 123:124
Miami - Cleveland 119:115
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