Completed another portion of the matches of the regular championship of NBA.
“Cleveland” in the end of the match leant “Utah” and further strengthened its leadership in the East. The leader of the “Cavaliers” LeBron James was again forced to fight to the last for the result – the star forward scored a double-double (33+10 rebounds), and “Cleveland” this week officially can participate in the playoffs.
“Golden state” by a convincing home victory over Orlando again broke away from the “San Antonio” in the dispute over the title of best team in the League. Klay Thompson scored 29 points, 25 more points added to the recent birthday boy Stephen Curry, and the Georgian center Zaza pachulia scored a double-double (10+10 rebounds).
Russell Westbrook in the 34th time in the season scored a triple-double (24+10 rebounds 16 assists), and his “Oklahoma” on departure has crushed “Toronto” and getting to close to the “clippers”, which occupies an intermediate fifth place in the West.
High-scoring play of will Barton (35 points) and a triple-double, Nikola Jokić (17+14 rebounds+11 assists) led Denver to a confident victory over the clippers. The nuggets won their fourth match in a row, which significantly brought the team into the playoffs.
The results of the matches of the day:
Toronto – Oklahoma — 102:123 (24:29, 24:29, 22:39, 32:26)
Cleveland – Utah— 91:83 (29:20, 15:22, 23:25, 24:16)
Atlanta – Memphis — 91:103 (28:26, 24:29, 13:23, 26:25)
New York- Brooklyn — 110:121 (33:28, 28:26, 26:38, 23:29)
Denver – L. A. Clippers 129:114 (27:19, 32:27, 44:34, 26:34)
Golden State – Orlando— 122:92 (34:20, 33:30, 36:21, 19:21)
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