A busy Friday in the NBA. Kyrie Irving asked the Brooklyn Nets to transfer him, the Timberwolves-Magic were suspended five for a brawl and from a purely sporting point of view, the Philadelphia 76ers took a big step forward with nine wins in their last ten games.
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WOOD WOLVES 120 – MAGIC 127
A flying fistfight between Mo Bamba (Orlando Magic) and Austin Rivers (Minnesota Timberwolves) led to a brawl that resulted in five evictions: Bamba and Jalen Suggs on the Magic and Rivers, Jaden McDaniels, and Taurean Prince on the Wolves.
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Cole Anthony (20 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists) was the leading scorer in Orlando’s win, while D’Angelo Russell (29 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists) was the leading scorer for Minnesota.
SPURS 125 – SIXERS 137
With Joel Embiid (33 points and 10 rebounds) leading six players by more than 10 points, the Sixers defeated single Spurs without a remedy and who have already lost eight straight.
Malaki Branham (26 points) was the star for San Antonio.
KELTICS 94 – SUN 106
The Phoenix Suns rang the bell by beating the Celtics in Boston thanks to a solid collective performance led by Mikal Bridges (25 points), Chris Paul (15 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists), Dario Saric (14 points and 13 rebounds) and Deandre Ayton (14 points and 10 rebounds).
Jaylen Brown led Boston (27 points and 8 rebounds), Jayson Tatum had 20 points with a dismal 3 of 15 shots from the field, and Dominican Al Horford had 3 points and 9 rebounds.
MISSILES 111 – RAPTORS 117
Fred VanVleet, with 32 points, propelled the Toronto Raptors in their victory against the Houston Rockets, bottom of the west and whose reference was Eric Gordon (28 points).
The Spaniards were not lucky: Juancho Hernangómez played 5 minutes in Toronto without leaving a mark in the statistics, and Usman Garuba did not find a place in Houston’s rotation.
JAZZ 108 – HAWKS 115
The Atlanta Hawks, who already won by 22 points in the second quarter, signed a remarkable victory in Utah thanks to Trae Young’s 27 points and 6 assists.
Lauri Markkanen (25 points and 10 rebounds) led the offense for the Jazz.
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WIZARDS 116 – BLAZERS 124
The comeback of the day was sealed by the Portland Trail Blazers, trailing by 20 points before halftime, who went on to win the game against the Washington Wizards who saw their streak of six consecutive wins break.
Anfernee Simons (33 points and 6 assists) and Bradley Beal (34 points) led Portland and Washington, respectively.
PACERS 107 – KINGS 104
The Indiana Pacers recovered from their narrow loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday with a victory over the Sacramento Kings led by Buddy Hield (21 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists).
Domantas Sabonis (15 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists) stood out in Sacramento.
PISTON 118 – HORNETS 112
The game between the two worst teams in the East ended with a victory for the bottom seeded Detroit Pistons, led by Jaden Ivey (24 points and 7 assists).
LaMelo Ball and Terry Rozier each added 23 points for the Hornets to be second to last in that conference.
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