Phoenix basketball players beat Philadelphia 115:102, in a game in which Suns player Kevin Durant overtook Shaquille O'Neal as the eighth best scorer in the NBA.
Durant needed nine points before the game to overtake O'Neal, who has 28.596 points. Durant finished the game with 22 points, eight rebounds and four assists.
The most effective player in the winning team was Grayson Allen with 32 points, of which he scored nine three-pointers from 15 attempts. He has made at least eight XNUMX-pointers in seven games this season, and only Golden State's Stephen Curry is better than him.
Devin Booker had 18 points and 11 assists, and Jusuf Nurkic had 10 points and 15 rebounds for the Suns.
In the team from Philadelphia, Kelly Oubre scored 18 points, and Cameron Payne and Jeff Dowtin scored 12 each.
Golden State basketball players beat Memphis 137:116 and inflicted its sixth loss in the last seven games. The Warriors were led by Jonathan Cumming with 26 points, Klay Thompson with 23 and Andrew Wiggins with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Stephen Curry added 14 points and four three-pointers in seven attempts, and he made at least 300 three-pointers for a record fifth season.
Their teammate Chris Paul finished the game with 12 points and 14 assists, the 30th game in which the team had at least 30 assists. In the duel against Memphis, Golden State had 43.
Memphis suffered its fourth consecutive defeat, and the most effective players in the team were JJ Jackson with 35 points, Jaren Jackson with 28 points and Santi Aldama with 27 points with nine rebounds.
Miami basketball players beat Cleveland 107:104 and kept their chances for direct placement in the NBA playoffs.
Miami was led by Jimmy Butler with 30 points, five assists, four rebounds and four steals and Terry Rozier with 24 points, nine of which he scored in the last 1:24 minutes and two free throws with 2,8 seconds left in the game.
In the Cleveland team, which lost its third consecutive game at home, the most effective were Jarrett Allen with 25 points with 20 rebounds and Darius Garland with 20 points with nine assists. George Niang had 18 points, and Keris Levert had 16 points and 12 assists.
Miami is eighth in the Eastern Conference standings with 38 wins and 31 losses and is one win shy of sixth-place Indiana (39/31) for a direct playoff berth. Cleveland is third with 43/26.
Sacramento basketball players beat Toronto 123:89 and inflicted their eighth consecutive loss. Sacramento was led by Dearon Fox with 20 points, Malik Monk with 17, Harrison Barnes with 16 and Domantas Sabonis who had 13 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists, which was his 24th triple-double of the season.
In the Toronto team, Gary Trent was the most effective with 18 points with six rebounds, while Ochai Agbadji and Jordan Nwora added 13 each.
In other games, Indiana beat Detroit 122:103 and inflicted its fourth consecutive loss, and Oklahoma, led by Chet Holmgren who had 35 points, beat Utah 119:107.
The Los Angeles Clippers beat Portland 116:103, while Boston beat Milwaukee 122:119 and achieved their seventh consecutive victory.
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