The NBA frenzy returned after the All-Star weekend break - the previous night brought 12 games, as well as the continuation of the super series of the best team in the Boston league.
The new "Celt" victim, for the seventh consecutive triumph, was Chicago - 129:112.
Montenegrin basketball player Nikola Vucevic played an excellent match against a team that mostly dominates against all teams - in almost 35 minutes he reached a double-double, scored 22 points and had 14 rebounds.
In the defeated team, only Kobe White (20 points) and DeMar DeRozan (19) followed him.
On the other side, the trio shone - Derrick White (28), Jayson Tatum (25), Jaylen Brown (21).
And the MVP shone again - Nikola Jokić achieved a triple-double in Denver's victory over Washington (130:110) and became only the third player in NBA history to have a triple-double against every team he played against.
Jokić, who shot 10/10 from the field, finished the game with 21 points, 19 rebounds and 15 assists and registered a triple-double against the 29th team in the league.
LeBron James and Russell Westbrook also achieved a triple-double in every game, but they did it against 30 teams because they changed clubs, unlike Jokić, who so far only played for Denver in the strongest league in the world.
It was also the 16th triple-double of the center from Serbia this season, and only Domantas Sabonis has more - 19.
In 650 games, Jokic is fourth in league history with 121 triple-doubles in the regular season and 16 more in the playoffs. Only Westbrook (198), Oscar Robertson (181) and Magic Johnson (138) are ahead.
Michael Porter contributed to the victory of the current champion with 22 points and 11 rebounds, Jamal Murray with 18 points and eight assists, Aaron Gordon with 17 points and Christian Brown with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Washington thus suffered its third consecutive defeat, and the most effective players in the team were Kyle Kuzma with 31 points with 13 rebounds, Jordan Poole with 18 points and Tyce Jones with 13 points and 14 assists.
Another guy from the former Yugoslavia had a phenomenal evening - Slovenian Luka Dončić led Dallas to victory over Phoenix (41:11) with 123 points, 113 assists, nine rebounds and three steals.
In the winning team, Kyrie Irving scored 29 points, and Tim Hardaway and PJ Washington each scored 12 points.
At Phoenix - Devin Booker 35 points with eight assists, and Kevin Durant 23 points with six rebounds.
In the California derby, the Golden State basketball players beat the Los Angeles Lakers 128:110, led by Stephen Curry, who had 32 points, including six three-pointers from 13 attempts.
He also added eight assists, so with 6.000 assists he became the eighth player in NBA history with at least 23.000 points and 6.000 assists, joining LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Kobe Bryant, James Harden, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West and John Havlicek.
For the Warriors, Andrew Wiggins added 20 points, and Trace Jackson Davis added 17, while for the Lakers, Anthony Davis had 27 points and 15 rebounds, D'Angelo Russell had 18 points and nine assists, and Austin Reaves had 16 points.
Bonus video:
