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Los Angeles Lakers They reacted in the second half to beat the Miami Heat while the Boston Celticswho are going through a very delicate moment, crashed in Toronto against the Raptors who are second to last in the East.
The Warriorsafter Stephen Curry (36 years old) declare at Christmas that “We are not going to fall into the stereotype of bitter old men who return only to belittle the new generation”they won a tight match against the Timberwolves with 31 points and 7 triples from Curry.
LAKERS 117 – HEAT 108
Six players (including all of the starting quintet) scored 10 or more points for the Lakers (21-17), who had lost their last three games but tonight defeated Miami in the second half by 63-42.
LeBron James (22 points and 9 assists)Anthony Davis (22 points and 11 rebounds) and Rui Hachimura (23 points and 8 rebounds) led the Angelenos, who exploited the 20 turnovers of their rivals that gave rise to 23 points for the Californians.
Tyler Herro (34 points with 7 of 12 triples) He could not avoid the defeat of the Heat (20-19) in which Jimmy Butler remains suspended and is looking for a new team away from Miami.
RAPTORS 110 – CELTICS 97
Accustomed to flying last season to win the title, the Celtics (28-12) are now a bundle of nerves and doubts with only two wins in their last five games.
The worst thing is the sensations left by the team in green, especially tonight against a rival as weak as the Raptors (10-31), and the impression that they are currently very far from the Cleveland Cavaliers (34-5).
RJ Barrett almost had a triple-double for the Canadians with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Payton Pritchard (20 points) was the Celtics’ top scorer with two gray versions of Jayson Tatum (16 points on 5 of 15 shooting, 10 rebounds and 7 assists) and Jaylen Brown (10 points on 4 of 16 and 7 rebounds).
SIXERS 119 – KNICKS 125
The Knicks (27-15) had to go to overtime to defeat the Sixers (15-24) still without Joel Embiid, who have accumulated four losses in a row and who, outside of the East play-in, are now beginning a tour of three games in four days visiting Indiana, Milwaukee and Denver.
Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 38 points (14 of 22 shooting) without the Dominican Karl-Anthony Towns but with a Josh Hart triple-double (10 points, 17 rebounds and 12 assists) and with 23 points from Mikal Bridges
In the Sixers, meritorious in their effort against the Knicks but totally jinxed this season, Tyrese Maxey (33 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists) and Paul George (26 points and 6 assists) took the lead.
TIMBERWOLVES 115 – WARRIORS 116
They had to sweat until their last breath despite the fact that in the first quarter they led by 24 points, but the Warriors (20-20) attacked Minneapolis after a very tight outcome thanks to 31 points, 7 of 12 in triples and 8 assists by Stephen Curry.
Anthony Edwards (28 points and 8 rebounds) and Donte DiVincenzo (28 points with 6 of 12 in triples, 6 rebounds and 9 assists) led the Wolves (21-19) that died on the edge.
NUGGETS 108 – ROCKETS 128
These Rockets (27-12) have five consecutive wins, who are making more and more noise in the West and who in Denver tonight enjoyed Jalen Green with 34 points and 6 of 10 in triples. Alperen Sengun had a triple-double (20 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists) in a Rockets that were already leading by 23 shortly before the break.
Without Nikola Jokic or Aaron Gordon, the Nuggets (24-16) were guided by Jamal Murray and Christian Braun with 22 points apiece.
In the rest of the day’s games, the Charlotte Hornets defeated the Utah Jazz (112-117), the Milwaukee Bucks got rid of the Orlando Magic (122-93) and the Chicago Bulls fell to the Atlanta Hawks (94- 110).
