Chicago seemed to specialize in the big ones - the new "victim" of the Bulls was the team that recently won the first edition of the NBA Cup, the LA Lakers (124:108).
Billy Donovan's men registered their second triumph in a row, and their 12th overall in the season, and they have 17 losses.
Montenegrin center Nikola Vucevic reached a new double-double (13 points and 10 rebounds), while DeMar DeRozan was the most effective with 27 points, nine assists and seven rebounds, and Kobe White added 17 points...
Vucevic recorded his 16th double-double this season, and nine of his 13 points last night he scored outside the 7,24 line.
In the team from Los Angeles, which lost for the fourth time in the last five games since winning the NBA Cup, the best was LeBron James with 25 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists - Anthony Davis added 19 points and 14 rebounds, and Torin Prince 16 points.
Philadelphia once again flew on the wings of Joel Embiid - the Seventy Sixers beat Minnesota 127:113, and Embiid scored 51 points and had 12 rebounds.
It was Embiid's 12th straight game with at least 30 points and 10 rebounds and the longest such streak in the league since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 16-game streak with Milwaukee in 1971-72.
Minnesota entered the game after nine wins in the last 10 games, and the most effective players in that team were Anthony Edwards with 27 points with seven rebounds and five assists and Karl Anthony Towns with 23 points and 13 rebounds.
In one of the derbies, the Los Angeles Clippers beat Dallas 120:111 and achieved their ninth consecutive victory - it is the longest streak of the Clippers since the 10 consecutive games they won in the 2015/16 season.
In the winning team, seven players scored double-digit points, led by Kawhi Leonard with 30 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. Norman Powell had 21 points, and James Harden had 17 points, 11 assists and five rebounds.
In the Dallas team, Luka Dončić scored 28 points with 10 assists and nine rebounds, Tim Hardaway added 21 points, and Derrick Jones 19. Kyrie Irving missed the game due to a heel problem.
The champion was also celebrating - Denver was better than Toronto with 113:104 and achieved the fifth victory in the last six games in the NBA league.
The current champions were led by Nikola Jokić with 31 points, 15 rebounds and six assists - Jamal Murray added 20 points, six assists and five rebounds, and Aaron Gordon and Michael Porter each had 12 points.
In the Toronto team, Scotty Barnes was the most effective with 30 points with 10 rebounds and five assists, while Pascal Siakam scored 18 points.
Results
Cleveland - Utah 124:116
Indiana - Charlotte 144:113
Orlando - Miami 106:115
Philadelphia - Minnesota 127:113
Brooklyn - New York 102:121
Toronto - Denver 104:113
Chicago - LA Lakers 124:108
Houston - Atlanta 127:134
Dallas - LA Clippers 111:120
Sacramento - Boston 119:144
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