The Los Angeles team beat the Rockets 119-117 in a tight final in which Kevin Porter Jr. missed the final shot that would have given the Texans the victory.
With the best party of Kyle Lowry in Miami, Heat added their fifth straight win on Tuesday in front of Dallas Mavericks while Los Angeles Lakers solved a tough confrontation with the Houston Rockets, that they could win with a final shot of Kevin Porter Jr.
In Dallas, the 33 points of Luka Doncic could not prevent the Miami Heat beat 125-110 at Mavericks and reach a balance of six wins and one loss.
The Heat thus equal the Chicago Bulls in the first position of the Eastern Conference while the Mavericks They are fourth in the West with a 4-3 record.
The veteran base Kyle Lowry He had 22 points, 6 triples and 9 assists in his best game since landing in Miami in August after a successful stint with the Toronto Raptors.
Our coaching staff “have let me go out and do things and have adapted to me,” Lowry thanked him. “We have a good group that can do everything. It’s fun. It’s just about being professionals and work hard ”.
The young escort Tyler Herro He was again a dagger from the bench with 25 points and the two stars of the Heat, Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo, they finished with 23 and 22 points respectively.
For the Mavericks, Slovenian Luka Doncic reached 33 points but, except for the guard Jalen Brunson who scored 25, had hardly any offensive support from his teammates.
In Los Angeles, Lakers defeated 119-117 Houston Rockets in a tight ending in which the young man Kevin Porter Jr. he missed the final shot that would have given the Texans victory.
The Los Angeles stellar trio accumulated 84 points, with LeBron James adding 30 points and Anthony Davis y Russell Westbrook another 27 each.
For the Rockets, who still have just one win this season, the pivot Christian Wood had 26 points and 16 rebounds and the rookie Jalen Green 24 points and 5 triples.
With little defensive intensity, the Lakers allowed Houston to add 70 points at halftime and reach the final stretch of the game with options, in which Green scored two consecutive triples for the Rockets They will get closer to one point (118-117) with 8.2 seconds to play.
After receiving a foul, Malik Monk he made only one of his two free throws for the Lakers and the Rockets had the last possession, in which Porter Jr. missed a three-point pitch.
With a balance of 5-3, the Lakers rise to third place in the West, which leads the Utah Jazz (6-1), executioners on Tuesday Sacramento Kings by 119-113.
Chris Paul, third in assists
On their turn, the Phoenix Suns they beat 112-100 New Orleans Pelicans in a match where your base Chris Paul he added 14 points and 18 assists.
With this record, Paul advanced in the historical classification of assists to Mark Jackson (10,334) and Steve Nash (10.335).
Ahead of 36-year-old Paul, they only meet Jason Kidd (12,091) and John Stockton (15.806).
Los Sunsrunners-up last season, were surprised by the Pelicans in the first quarter (36-22) but they went from less to more than the hand of their star Devin Booker.
The guard got 9 of his 18 points in the last two minutes of the game.
Bucks arrasan sin Middleton
With a dominant Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Milwaukee Bucks they crushed 117-89 Detroit Pistons despite the losses of his other figures included Khris Middleton, quarantined for a positive COVID-19.
Los Bucks, current NBA champions, came out determined to end a streak of three straight losses and at halftime they were already prevailing in Detroit by 18 points (57-39).
In the depressed Pistons, last in the Eastern Conference, again disappointed the rookie Cade Cunningham, number one in the last Draft, who stayed at 6 points with 2/14 in shooting.
Power forward Jerami GrantWith 21 points, he was the Pistons’ leading scorer.
On the other hand, Antetokounmpo led a great choral performance by the Bucks with 28 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 blocks in just 27 minutes on the court.
The Greek was the Bucks’ only regular starter available for shock due to injuries of Jrue Holiday, Brook Lopez and Donte DiVincenzo, and the contagion of COVID-19 from Khris Middleton.
Results of the day:
Detroit Pistons – Milwaukee Bucks 89-117
Dallas Mavericks – Miami Heat 110-125
Utah Jazz – Sacramento Kings 119-113
Phoenix Suns – New Orleans Pelicans 112-100
LA Lakers – Houston Rockets 119-117 (D)
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