The Suns made it to the top five, the Mavericks fell to eighth, and the Thunder Nuggets caught up with the Timberwolves
On January 23rd, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, today's game is all over, the eastern side because the Bucks, the Green Army and the 76ers have won, so the top three in the eastern division are still unchanged, although the Magic and the Bulls lost, but the difference between them is very large, so the Magic is still ranked eighth, the Bulls are still ranked ninth, compared to every game in the West, the competition in the East is not so fierce, and the four strong teams in the West ushered in the game today is also a change in the division rankings.
The Timberwolves upset
The Timberwolves sat at home to meet the challenge of the Hornets, in the face of such a weak team, the Timberwolves also took turns to rest Conley, at the end of the first three quarters, relying on the play of Towns The Timberwolves also led by 15 points, but the offensive end of the team suddenly lost power in the final quarter, and at the critical moment, Towns broke through the hitter with the ball and did not blow, and the three-point draw was missed, and the team finally lost to the opponent 125-128.
Downs scored a total of 58 points in the first three quarters of the game, and finally scored 62 points and 8 rebounds, only 4 points in the final quarter, 62 points also set a career scoring record for Towns, Edwards scored 9 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists, Walker scored 18 points and 2 assists, without Conley, the Timberwolves' control of the court is really poor. The Hornets had 18 points, six rebounds and 13 assists on three shots, Bridges had 28 points, five rebounds and two assists, and Miller had 27 points and three rebounds.
After the loss, the Timberwolves' record came to 30-13, although they are still ranked first in the West, but the Nuggets and Thunder have caught up with the Timberwolves, and they are now only half a win away from the Timberwolves, but fortunately, the next three Timberwolves have a good schedule, they will play against the Wizards, Nets and Spurs, but after these three games, they will play against the Thunder, and if they don't do it, this game will eventually cost them the first place in the West.
The sun is quasi-lore
The Bulls led by 23 points at the beginning of the third quarter, and seeing that they were powerless, Durant picked up his death sickle again, and scored 13 points in the third quarter to lead the team to chase down by 7 points. In the final quarter, Durant scored consecutive points and hit a three-pointer in the last 39 seconds to overtake the opponent, DeRozan tied the game with a mid-range shot, and Durant scored another mid-range shot to complete the quasi-stunt and crush the opponent 115-113.
Durant scored 43 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in this game, and he scored 40+ points in a single game for two consecutive games, the fourth oldest player in history, second only to Jordan in 02, Jordan in 01 and James in 23, Booker scored 16 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, and Beal got 18 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. On the Bulls side, DeRozan had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, White had 26 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, and Valkyrie had 19 points, 17 rebounds and 7 assists.
After the win, the Suns won 6 in a row, and they finished fifth in the West with a 25-18 record, surpassing the Pelicans, although the Suns have recently won consecutive games, but they have also exposed their shortcomings, this team is too dependent on stars, their role players have no power to fight at all, and in the future against top teams, their lack of bench firepower will be fatal.
The Lone Ranger is defeated by the Green Army
Relying on the play of the double probe, the Celtics always occupied a slight lead, and in the final quarter Doncic and Irving both turned on their individual mode, Doncic scored 13 points, Irving scored 7 points, but I didn't expect Tatum and Brown, who played sluggishly in the previous two games, this one broke out, and combined for 21 points in the fourth quarter to withstand the firepower of the Eastern European combination, and finally the Mavericks lost to the Celtics 110-119.
Doncic did his best in this game, he scored 33 points, 18 rebounds and 13 assists, and his 30+ triple-doubles have surpassed James to be the third in history, second only to Wei Shao and Big O, Irving scored 23 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in this game, and Hardaway scored 20 points and 2 rebounds. On the Celtics side, Tatum scored 39 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, Brown had 34 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, and Holiday scored 17 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.
After the loss, the Mavericks also fell directly to the eighth place in the West, but they still have room to rise, and now they are only 1 win behind the fifth Suns, and the team is 2 wins ahead of the ninth Lakers, and the decline may not be large, but according to the current state of the Mavericks, they are not expected to improve too much if they want to rise in the rankings, and the team's defense is too poor.
The king took the eagle lightly
Relying on multi-point flowering, the Kings defeated Trae Young's absent Hawks, and Fox played abnormally in this game, scoring 12 points and 3 rebounds on 5-of-16 shooting, Sabonis turned into a rebounding maniac and got 14 points, 21 rebounds and 6 assists, Barnes scored 32 points and 4 rebounds in a rare outbreak, Murray scored 13 points and 6 rebounds, and Monk scored 13 points and 8 assists. On the Hawks side, Murray had 35 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, and Bogdan had 18 points and four assists.
After the win, the Kings moved up one place to seventh in the West, and they are half a win ahead of the Mavericks, a team that has a similar problem to the Mavericks, which is strong on offense and weak on defense. The top 10 in the West are the Timberwolves, Thunder, Nuggets, Clippers, Suns, Pelicans, Kings, Mavericks, Lakers and Jazz
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