The most talented basketball player of this millennium, Viktor Vembanjama, was spared in San Antonio, where Montenegrin center Nikola Vučević had his evening. In front of the eyes of one of the greatest coaches, Greg Popović, Baranin played a game to remember - 24 points, 14 rebounds, five assists and three blocks for Chicago's 122:116 victory.
Luka Doncic did not play, so Dallas was defeated by New Orleans, and even Steph Curry was not on the floor in Golden State's loss to Milwaukee. Janis Adetokumbo was the most effective in the winning team with 33 points.
LeBron James was not on the court this morning either and the Lakers lost to Utah. Diangelo Russell's 39 points and Anthony Davis' triple-double were in vain - 15 points and rebounds each with 11 assists.
But how misleading statistics can be...
- Everyone did what they had to do except me. I was the only one who didn't cope with the task - Davies reluctantly admitted the blame for the defeat because he hit only five of 21 shots.
Only one assist was missing from Deni Avdia in the convincing victory of Washington over Atlanta - the son of the Yugoslav representative scored 19 points with 14 rebounds.
THE RESULTS:
Boston - Houston 145:113 (Brown 32 - Whitmore 22)
Atlanta - Washington 127:99 (Young 21 - Kuzma 29)
Memphis - New York Knicks 94:106 (Rendell 24 - Jackson 20)
Milwaukee - Golden State 129:118 (Adetokumbo 33 - Kaminga 28)
Oklahoma - Orlando 112:100 (Gilges-Alexander 37 - Bankero 20)
Dallas - New Orleans 108:118 (Irving 33 - Howkins 34)
San Antonio - Chicago 116:122 (Jones 30 - Vucevic 24)
Utah - Los Angeles Lakers 132:125 (Markkanen 29 - Russell 39)
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