With LeBron James back after his injury, the Los Angeles Lakers won in San Antonio on the first day of the NBA after the Thanksgiving Thursday holiday and in which the comeback of the Milwaukee Bucks with a great Giannis Antetokounmpo also highlighted.
SPURS 94 – LAKERS 105
After missing five games due to injury, LeBron returned to the courts and the Los Angeles Lakers scored their first away win of the season by beating a poor San Antonio Spurs who have lost seven straight games.
LeBron (21 points and 8 rebounds but 9 turnovers) and Anthony Davis (25 points and 15 rebounds) led the Californians, who have won four in their last five games, while Tre Jones (19 points) stood out in San Antonio.
BUCKS 117 – CAVALIERS 102
In a sharp duel between two great contenders in the East, the Milwaukee Bucks came back from a game that they lost by 16 points in the second quarter to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers with a new recital by Giannis Antetokounmpo (38 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists).
Donovan Mitchell (29 points) set the pace for some Cavaliers who suffered 50.6% in field goals from Milwaukee.
WARRIORS 129 – JAZZ 118
With four wins in their last five duels, the Golden State Warriors seem to have straightened out after a clumsy start to the season and this Friday they knocked down the Jazz to the downside and who have accumulated three straight losses after a fantastic start to the season.
Stephen Curry (33 points) led the way for Golden State and Jordan Clarkson (21 points and 10 assists) did the same in Utah.
CELTICS 122 – KINGS 104
With 30 points and 8 rebounds from Jayson Tatum and 25 points from Jaylen Brown, the Boston Celtics, the fittest team in the NBA, beat the Sacramento Kings.
De’Aaron Fox (20 points) stood out on the visitors while Al Horford had 13 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in Boston.
SUNS 108 – PISTONS 102
The Phoenix Suns, first in the West, had to work more than expected to beat the Detroit Pistons at home, who are installed in the last place in the East.
Deandre Ayton (28 points and 12 rebounds) and Bojan Bogdanovic (19 points) were the most outstanding for the Suns and Pistons, respectively.
GRIZZLIES 132 – PELICANS 111
With an overwhelming dominance (they came to win 36 points), the Memphis Grizzlies got rid of the New Orleans Pelicans without CJ McCollum and also lost Brandon Ingram due to a foot injury and during the game.
Ja Morant (23 points and 11 assists) led a Grizzlies in which the Spanish Santi Aldama was out due to an illness not related to the coronavirus.
Trey Murphy (21 points) led the Pelicans in which the Spanish Willy Hernangómez contributed 6 points, 5 rebounds and a steal in 12 minutes and the Puerto Rican José Alvarado had 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal in 22 minutes.
CLIPPERS 104 – NUGGETS 114
Without the injured Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, the Los Angeles Clippers took the knee against the Denver Nuggets with a very solid trio: Nikola Jokic (19 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists), Jamal Murray (21 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists) and Aaron Gordon (29 points and 7 rebounds).
John Wall (23 points) had his best game since joining the Clippers.
MAGIC 99 – SIXERS 107
Paolo Banchero, number one in the last draft, returned with the Orlando Magic after seven games out due to injury but could not prevent his team’s defeat against the Philadelphia 76ers.
Still without the injured Joel Embiid, James Harden and Tyrese Maxey, the Sixers counted on Shake Milton (24 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists) as a benchmark, while Banchero contributed 19 points in Orlando.
PACERS 128 – NETS 117
With an uncontested 40-23 in the fourth period, the Indiana Pacers extended their great moment (six wins in seven games) by defeating Kevin Durant’s Brooklyn Nets (36 points, including 20 of his team’s 23 goals in the last quarter). fourth, in addition to 9 rebounds and 8 assists).
Buddy Hield (26 points) was the top scorer for some Pacers with four players over 20 points and who took advantage of the 19 turnovers by the Nets (10 by Indiana).
KNICKS 129 – BLAZERS 132
After four consecutive losses that had marred their good start to the season, the Portland Trail Blazers stormed Madison Square Garden and beat the New York Knicks in overtime.
Jerami Grant (44 points) and Anfernee Simons (38 points) led these Blazers without the injured Damian Lillard while Jalen Brunson led the New Yorkers (32 points).
HORNETS 110 – TIMBERWOLVES 108
The Minnesota Timberwolves broke their five-game winning streak against the Charlotte Hornets, who are one of the teams with the worst records in the league.
Kelly Oubre Jr. (28 points and 6 rebounds) led this surprising victory for Charlotte and Rudy Gobert (17 points and 17 rebounds) was the best for Minnesota.
Dominican-American Karl-Anthony Towns had 19 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists for the Wolves.
THUNDER 123 – BULLS 119
The Oklahoma City Thunder also went into overtime to beat the Chicago Bulls at the hands of a Shai Gilgeous-Alexander who was key in the free throws at the end and who was close to the triple-double (30 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists).
DeMar DeRozan (30 points and 6 assists) was the best of some Bulls that have not yet started this year.
ROCKETS 128 – HAWKS 122
Despite tremendous performances from Trae Young (44 points) and Dejounte Murray (39 points), the Atlanta Hawks fell unexpectedly to the worst team in the West, the Houston Rockets.
A great run of 18-34 in the last period boosted the Rockets led by Jalen Green (30 points) and in which the Spanish Usman Garuba stood out with 9 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, a steal and 2 blocks in 19 minutes. .
HEAT 110 – WIZARDS 107
Thanks to the 38 points and 12 rebounds of a fantastic Bam Adebayo, the Miami Heat added their second consecutive victory in three days against the Washington Wizards who have not had a happy time in Florida.
Bradley Beal and Kyle Kuzma added 28 points apiece as the Wizards failed to defeat a crippled Heat without Jimmy Butler in either game.
