On March 14, Beijing time, the NBA played a number of wonderful games as usual, entering the final sprint stage of the regular season, and teams were doing their best to win games in order to win playoff spots. And the win or loss of a game depends in most cases on whether the team's home star can have a good performance, after a lot of fighting, today there are many stars who have played excellent performances, Morris, Doncic, Embiid, Valanciunas, Alexander, Booker, Trae Young, Durant and other stars have all played brilliant data.
Let's take a look at what exactly these stars have played today! Everyone use your fingers in the comments section to say what you think is the best player of the day!
At 31+7, Morris set a new season high
The Clippers are definitely the most star-studded but resilient team in the top eight or even the top ten in the East and West, and the two All-Star Shenfeng "Pepper" are basically announcing season reimbursement, and the quasi-All-Star new signing Powell is also out indefinitely. The team's current leader is Reggie Jackson, who still had a base salary last season.
In today's game against the Pistons, the Clippers once again made a slow start, trailing by 18 points at 26-44 in the second quarter, and then in the second half, a little bit of a tight score and finally completed the reversal, once again showing the resilience of this civilian team.
The Clippers' best player in this game is forward Morris, who was the only player in the first half of the game when his teammates' collective hand was sluggish, and he scored 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting at the half to help the team prevent the point difference from widening further. In the second half, Morris was still hot, scoring 16 more points and successfully achieving a big turnaround.
Morris played 35 minutes in the game, shooting 10-of-19, 3-of-5 from three-point range, 8-of-8 from the free throw line, and efficiently had 31 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, with plus/minus of +8.
It is worth mentioning that 31 points is a new personal scoring record for the Molisbane season.
26+8+8+3, Doncic's key assists sealed the win
The Lone Ranger challenged the Celtics on the road today, and the direct dialogue between Doncic and Tatum, the future facades of the two leagues, is the biggest attraction of this game.
According to statistics, Tatum is at the top of the post-All-Star game scoring average, averaging 34.9 points per game, while Doncic averaged 31.3 points per game after the All-Star Game, ranking fifth.
I thought that today the two would stage a big drama against each other, but how did I expect that the two sides had a defensive battle. In the final 28 seconds before the finale, the two sides fought to 92 draws, Doncic broke through the bag with the ball, assisted dingvedi at the top of the arc to hit an empty three-pointer, and with Tatum's final attack iron deflected, the Lone Ranger narrowly beat the Celtics 95-92.
Doncic played steadily in this campaign, delivering assists that locked in the win at key moments. He played 38 minutes in the game, shooting 8-of-16, 4-of-10 from three-point range, 6-of-6 from the free throws, and had 26 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals, with plus-minus of +7.
After this game, the Lone Ranger has a record of 7 wins and 1 loss in the last 8 games, this game the Lone Ranger limited the Celtics to 37.5%, the 10th time this season to limit the opponent's shooting rate below 40%, the record of these ten games is 10 wins and 0 losses.
It is worth mentioning that this is the 39th time this season that Doncic has cut at least 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, the second most in the league, after Jokic's 47.
35+16+7, the emperor's forbidden zone is invincible
Today,the 76ers reversed the Magic 116-114, and the two sides fought until the last moment of overtime, with Harris's three-point shot at a key moment, the 76ers had a thrill to win the game.
Embiid's shooting feel in this game was still as bad as the previous game, with 12 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists on 4-of-14 shooting in the first half, and the team fell behind double digits at halftime.
Easy side to fight again, the second half of the 76ers began to instigate a counterattack, although the emperor's mid-range shooting state is not good, but his lethality in the penalty area is invincible, frequent basket attacks to create kills, the entire second half of the emperor in the free throw line 14 penalties 12, cut 23 points, and finally led the team to a complete reversal.
Embiid played 41 minutes, shooting 9-of-28, 2-of-5 from three-point range, 15-of-17 from the free throw line, slashing 35 points, 16 boards, 7 assists, 1 break, 2 caps, plus or minus of +11.
It is worth mentioning that embiid and Harden have combined to make 32 free throws in this game, 12 more than the Magic team.
32+10+3, Valanciunas exploded rocket interior line
The Pelicans beat the Rockets 130-105. With Ingram and McCollum missing out on injuries, Varan had to carry the team forward and take on more responsibility on the offensive end.
Today, facing the Rockets with weak defense on the inside, Varan's offensive end is full of state, and the inside line gives and demands. The thin Wood could not stop Varan's progress at all, and could only let the other party do whatever he wanted. The Pelicans were in control of the game from start to finish, giving the game suspense in just three quarters.
In this campaign, Valanciunas dominated the inside line, played only 26 minutes, shot 12 of 18 shots, 1 of 3 from three-point range, 7 of 7 from the free throws, and efficiently output 32 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block of double-double data, plus or minus +14, is the biggest contributor to the team's win.
31+6+7+2+3, Alexander's all-round stats are reduced to empty slashes
The Thunder lost 118-125 to the Grizzlies.
Not surprisingly, Alexander once again won the stats and lost the game. Facing the more powerful Grizzlies, the Thunder trailed by double digits in the first quarter, and the whole game was in a passive point-chasing state, although Alexander scored 11 points at 100 percent in the final quarter, leading the team to play a wave of counterattack, but the pit dug in front of them was too big to fill.
Alexander still handed over a beautiful report card in this game, he played 37 minutes, shooting 9 of 20, shooting 1 of 5 from three-point range, 12 of 12 from the free throw line, and had 31 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.
It is worth mentioning that since February, Alexander can average 30.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 2.0 steals per game, shooting 52.2% from the field, during which the Thunder have achieved a record of 6 wins and 12 losses.
30+10+4, Booker let Zhan Huang record night become a mileage sad
Today the Suns are at home against the Lakers. Previously, the Lakers have suffered 6 consecutive losses against the Suns (including the playoffs and regular season), and the last time the Lakers killed the Suns was the first round of G3 in the Western Conference last year, when Zhuang Shen was still in the Lakers.
In the second quarter of the game, James assisted Anthony to hit a three-pointer, and with this pass James unlocked his 10,000th assist of his career. At this moment, James became the only player in NBA history to achieve 30,000 points, 10,000 boards, and 10,000 assists, and this string of ancient and modern numbers has become the exclusive label of Zhan Huang.
However, on this night that should have belonged to Zhan Huang, the Suns led by Booker crushed the Lakers led by James with a 140-111 score with a ranking suppression, making the old Zhan's record night once again become a mileage sad.
In the first quarter of the game, the Suns attacked the clouds and flowed, 14 assists and 0 turnovers in a single quarter, and led the Lakers by 26 points at the end of the first quarter.
48 points, equaling the league single-quarter record this season, and this record was also set by the Suns, who also scored 48 points in the first quarter of the game against the Nuggets on November 21 last year!
Booker contributed 20 points and seven assists at half-time, not only doing a good job as the team's number one offensive weapon, but also taking on some additional organizational work that should have belonged to Paul.
Booker played in the third quarter of the game, played 31 minutes, 12 of 25 shots, including 4 of 10 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, cut 30 points, 10 assists, 2 rebounds and 4 steals, plus or minus as high as +38, the best of the game.
In this campaign, under the leadership of Booker, the Suns played a seven-man double-double, scoring a total of 140 points, setting a new single-game scoring record for the team this season.
It is worth mentioning that this game is the 21st time booker has scored at least 30 points this season, and he is also the only player in the Suns team to score 30+ points multiple times this season.
Interestingly, the Lakers only had 2-7 in the 9 games since the All-Star Weekend, with James scoring 56 and 50 points, respectively, in the two winning games. As a result, after the All-Star Weekend, James scored less than 50 games, and the Lakers lost 0-7.
Have the Lakers rotted to the point where James couldn't win without taking 50 points?
Trae Young's 47+3+5 missed out on today's best
The Hawks sat at home today to meet the Pacers, and Trae Young opened the rampage mode at the beginning, with all kinds of unreasonable three-pointers one after another, and one farther than the other, making the Pacers players full of frustration. At the end of the first half, Trae Young shot 9-of-13, including 7-of-9 from three-point range and 8-of-8 from the free throw line, and blasted down 33 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal to help the team build a 19-point lead.
The 33 points at halftime also set a new career high for Trae Young, the second-highest half-time scored by a single player against the Pacers, behind Klay Thompson's 40 points in the 2016 game against the Pacers.
In the second half, the Pacers focused on Trae Young, whose shots and chances became extremely difficult, scoring only 14 points. The Pacers also took advantage of the situation to play a wave of counter-attack, but the Eagles established enough advantage in the first half to eventually withstand the pressure to win the game.
In this game, Trae Young played 36 minutes, shooting 13 of 20, including 7 of 10 three-pointers and 14 of 14 free throws, and efficiently cut down 47 points, 3 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals.
It was Trae Young's seventh 40+ points this season and his 23rd career 40+, behind dominic Wilkins and Bob Petit in Hawks history.
It is worth mentioning that Trae Young surpassed Tracy McGrady in this campaign to become the sixth most player in NBA history under the age of 24 in a single game with 40+ times. It is second only to Rick Barry (35), Chamberlain (32), Bob McAdoo (32), Jordan (31), and James (27).
However, Trae Young performed like this today, but he still did not have the opportunity to be selected as the best player of the day, because he met the god of death!
Durant's 53+6+9 was selected as the best of the day
Being able to beat Trae Young 44+3+5 to be selected as the best of the day, you can imagine what an anti-heavenly performance, yes! This man is Durant, the Grim Reaper.
In this game, in the case of Irving, Sescuiri and many other scorers can not play, Durant decisively opened the individual singles mode, in the first half of 9 of 21 shots to score 27 points, to help the team maintain the lead in the score.
Easy side to fight again, the second half of the two sides played back and forth, the score always remained glued, the last minute before the final game, the two sides fought to 103 draws, the key moment, death wielded the scythe to hit the key three points, the initiative in their hands.
In this game, Durant played 42 minutes, shooting 19-of-37, 4-of-13 from three-point range, 11-of-12 from the free throw line, slashing a season-high 53 points plus 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals, with plus-minus of +11.
Speaking about the win after the game, Durant said:
"I didn't know very late that Seth (Curry) wasn't playing either (left ankle sore) and I felt like we'd lost a lot of scoring points, so I had to stand up!"
Durant also set several records in this campaign:
After this game, Durant became the third player this season to cut 50+ multiple times, the other two players are Tatum and James.
Durant became the fifth player in NBA history to be able to cut 50+ multiple times in a single season.
The Nets became the first team in NBA history to have multiple players cut 50+ during three games. (Irving previously scored 50 points in a battle with the Hornets))
Durant also became the second player in Nets history to cut 50+ multiple times (2 times), and the other player was Irving (3 times).
This game is the eighth time in Durant's career that he has scored 50+ points, and the number of games has equaled Bernard King and tied for 12th place in league history.
This campaign was the 60th game of Durant's career with a score of 40+, becoming the 13th player in the history of the league to achieve this achievement.
It is worth mentioning that in this game, the Knicks three masters scored 20+ points at the same time, Randle 26 points, Fournier 25 points, barrett 24 points. Unfortunately, they met the God of Death, Durant and his wife fought against the Knicks, and the God of Death came again to carry the Nets to win the New York derby.
Such a "heinous" Durant, there is no doubt that he was selected as the best player of the day!