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Pacers basketball players (42/26) took another win by putting tournament hosts Orlando Magic (32/36) on their shoulders – 120: 109.
The Pacers advanced with 32 points for T.J. Warren, successfully assisted by Myles Turner of 21 points and Victor Oladipo of 13 points.
Nikola Vučevičius scored 24 points, Aaron Gordon and Terrence Ross 20 points each.
The confident Pacers team in Orlando ranks fifth in the Eastern Conference standings and has secured a spot in the playoffs.
The situation for the Grizzlies team is much more complicated. The Memphis team (32/36), who did not play last night, are just one win ahead of the Portland Trail Blazers (31/38) at their heels.
Not only that, the grizzly men lost one of their biggest players, Jaren Jackson Jr., to a torn meniscus. An examination of his left leg revealed that the forward had dropped out of the lineup at the end of the season – the basketball player was injured in a game he had lost the day before with the New Orleans Pelicans. Orlande J. Jackson averaged 25.3 points per game and was the most productive player on the team.
In the tournament table, the Grizzlies are still in eighth place, from which the Blazers guys are trying to get them out. They 110: 102 defeated the Houston Rockets basketball players (42:25).
Damian Lillard scored 21 points, C.J. McCollum, 18 – Jusufas Nurkičius, also bounced 19 balls.
On the Rockets, James Harden scored 23 and Jeff Green 22.
Also worth mentioning is the impressive performance of Slovenian talent Luka Dončičius. The forward scored an exceptional triple-double and his Dallas Mavericks (41/29) defeated the Sacramento Kings basketball players (28/39) in extra time – 114: 110.
L. Dončičius in 44 minutes. he scored 34 points (10/18 dvit. 2/6 trit., 8/11 penalty), bounced 20 balls and had 12 assists. 20 grabs – a new record for L. Dončičius’ career in the NBA league.
At the age of 21 and 158 days, L. Dončičius became the youngest player in NBA history, scoring 30 and more points during the game, bouncing 20 and more balls, and making 10 and more assists. Until now, this achievement belonged to the mythical Oscar Robertson, who did it at 23 and 12 days of age.
It was only Orlando Dallas’ first win, but L. Dončičius’s own statistics are impressive. On average, the Slovenian scores 34 points per game, rebounds after 13.6 balls and is divided after 11 assists.
It is an interesting fact that the Mavericks team took up to 50 penalties in this game, of which 39 were taken. By comparison, the Kings took only 12 penalties, of which 8 were successful.
Kristap Porzing and Tim Hardaway Jr. added 22 points to the victory. DeaAron Fox scored 21 points and Buddy Hield scored 21 points.
The Mavericks are seventh in the Western Conference and already have a playoff ticket in their pocket.
Other results
Los Angeles Clippers (45/22) – Phoenix Suns (29/39) – 115: 117;
Clippers: Kawhi Leonard 27, Paul George 23, Ivica Zubac 18 (12 p.m.) points.
Suns: Devin Booker 35 points, DeAndre Ayton 19 points, Ricky Rubio 18 points.
Booker snatched the victory with a two-point shot in the second second of the game.
Miami Heat (43/25) – Boston Celtics (44/23) – 112: 106;
Heat: Duncan Robinson 21, Bamas Adebayo 21, Goran Dragičius 20 points.
Celtics: Jayson Tatum 23, Jaylen Brown 18, Kemba Walker 15, Gordon Hayward 15 points.
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