The Texas Derby in the NBA came close to the "Tales" - Dallas celebrated against Houston with a score of 122:109.
The Mavericks took advantage of the fact that Alperen Shengun was absent due to illness, but also Anthony Davis' return to form after his injury. He scored 29 points in 30 minutes on the court, Brandon Williams collected 20, rookie Cooper Flagg had 19, Naji Marshall 15, P.J. Washington 14, and Ryan Nembhard 11 points.
In the Losing Team, Kevin Durant confirmed his consistency and scored 27 points on an excellent 11/20 from the field, followed by Jabari Smith with 22 points.
Dallas celebrated its ninth victory and moved into 12th place in the West.
And the Clippers lost on a historic night to James Harden, who with 34 points moved into 10th place on the all-time scoring list, led by LeBron James.
He came up with a total of 28,303. When you consider that Brada came off the bench for his first three years and that in 2009 he was predicted to have a short career, the figure seems impressive. Brada was the third pick in the 2009 draft.
Besides Harden, Kawhi Leonard led the Clippers with 20 points, Ivica Zubac had 15 points and 13 rebounds, while John Collins added 12. Bogdanovic finished the game with nine points.
However, the hosts had many motivated players - McDaniels 29, Randle 24, and in crucial moments, Nazr Reed was unerring - a total of 19 points, while Anthony Edwards only had 15.
Harden did have a shot for overtime with 4,3 seconds left, but he missed.
Milwaukee was defeated in Detroit without Giannis Antetokounmpo, but Golden State won in Cleveland even without first star Steph Curry, but also Butler and Green!
The results:
Brooklyn - New Orleans 119:101 (Michael Porter Jr. 35 - Murphy 23)
Washington - Atlanta 116-131 (McCallum 28 - Johnson 30)
Detroit - Milwaukee 124:112 (Cunningham 23 - Kevin Porter Jr. 32)
Cleveland - Golden State 94:99 (Mitchell 29 - Spencer 19)
Majami-Sacramento 111:127 (Hakez 27 - Lavin 42)
Dallas - Houston 122:109 (Davis 29 - Durant 27)
Minnesota - LA Clippers 109:106 (McDaniels 27 - Harden 34)
Bonus video:
