Dallas basketball players beat Orlando 108:85 last night and inflicted their third consecutive defeat in the NBA league.
The current champions of the Western Conference were led by Luka Dončić with 32 points along with nine rebounds and seven assists. Daniel Gafford scored 18 points with eight rebounds, and Kyrie Irving scored 17 points.
Derrick Lively added 11 points and 11 rebounds for Dallas, which led 65:40 at halftime.
In the Orlando team, Franz Wagner was the most effective with 13 points with six assists and six rebounds, Jett Howard scored 12 points, and Moritz Wagner and Jalen Suggs each had 10 points.
Orlando basketball player Paolo Bankero missed Orlando's second consecutive game due to injury.
Atlanta basketball players beat New Orleans 126:111 and ended their four-game losing streak. Jaylen Johnson was the most effective in the winning team with 29 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, and Trae Young had 23 points and 12 assists.
Dyson Daniels contributed to the third victory in the league with 16 points and five rebounds, and Larry Nance with 14 points and six rebounds.
Deanre Hunter, Bogdan Bogdanović, Vito Krejci, Onjeka Okungwu were not in the team due to injuries.
In the team from New Orleans, Brandon Ingram was the most effective with 32 points and seven rebounds. Jordan Hawkins scored 19 points, and Brandon Boston and Jamal Cain scored 14 points each.
Before the game, Zion Williamson was withdrawn from the team due to hamstring problems, and starters Dejonte Murray, CJ McCallum and Herb Jones, as well as Trey Murphy, missed the game.
Atlanta basketball player Dyson Daniels has denied claims he pretended to shoot former teammates after making a three-pointer.
"I just told them it was a three," said Daniels, who after scoring a basket extended his hand towards the Pelicans bench, but also his thumb and two other fingers, which represented three points.
When told that the gesture also resembled a gun, he replied: "It may have looked like that, but I just told them it was worth three points."
"You know, I was pointing at them, that's all. I made sure that everyone knew how many points that basket was worth," Danijels added.
It appears that some in the New Orleans bench asked the referee to call Daniels a technical foul for unsportsmanlike conduct, but he went unpunished.
Detroit basketball players beat Brooklyn 106:92 and recorded their second win in the last three games. Six Pistons players scored double-digit points, and Cade Cunningham was the most effective with 19, six rebounds and five assists.
Malik Beasley and Tobias Harris each added 18 points, and Jalen Darren added 13 points and 17 rebounds.
In the Brooklyn team, Cameron Johnson was the most effective with 26 points, and Cam Thomas scored 17 points. Dorian Finney-Smith finished the game with nine points, and Denis Schruder with seven points, five rebounds and four assists.
THE RESULTS
Brooklyn - Detroit 102:96
New Orleans - Atlanta 111:126
Dallas - Orlando 108:85
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