New NBA day on Thanksgiving eve (night on which there will be no games) with up to 12 games played and disparate results for the teams at the top and those at the bottom. The Sixers, plagued by casualties, are still in the doldrums, as are some Raptors who fall to the Nets of the best Kyrie Irving of the season. The Warriors take a break and the Wolves, with 5 consecutive victories, have the best streak in the North American competition. Also, Luka Doncic yields to the power of the Garden and the Nuggets, Cavaliers, Hawks, Heat and the Bulls add victories against Giannis. All this and much more, in the summary of the day:
CHARLOTTE HORNETS 107 – 101 PHILADELPHIA SIXERS
The Sixers blamed the effort on Tuesday, when they beat the Nets in Ben Simmons’ return game to Philadelphia, and this Wednesday they lost to a Hornets led by Terry Rozier (22 points and 6 assists). Without Joel Embiid, James Harden and Tyrese Maxey due to injury, Shake Milton took over the Sixers with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists in a game in which neither team reached 30% from 3-pointers.
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 114 – 96 PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
With four consecutive losses, the Blazers have lost much of their momentum in the first weeks of the season and this Wednesday they took the knee against some Cavaliers led by Donovan Mitchell (34 points) and who also had the help of Darius Garland (24, with 12 assists). The Cavs go to 4 straight wins. Jusuf Nurkic (22 points and 6 rebounds) led some Blazers in which Damian Lillard is still injured.
INDIANA PACERS 101 – 115 MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
Others who also saw their winning streak broken were the Pacers, who lost to the Timberwolves after chaining five straight wins, something their rivals are now doing. The joy thus changed the neighborhood since now it is the Wolves who accumulate five games won in a row. The Dominican-American Karl-Anthony Towns touched the triple-double (23 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists) while the Pacers were guided by Myles Turner (31 points and 7 rebounds).
ATLANTA HAWKS 115 – 106 SACRAMENTO KINGS
After seven consecutive victories, something they had not achieved since 2004, the Kings fell to the Hawks who dominated this game from start to finish thanks to Trae Young (35 points and 7 assists), a star in a state of grace. Malik Monk was the standout for Sacramento with 27 points.
BOSTON CELTICS 125 – 112 DALLAS MAVERICKS
Luka Doncic falls in the Garden despite the final comeback attempt. Check the chronicle here.
MIAMI HEAT 113 – 105 WASHINGTON WIZARDS
The Heat bounced back after losing four straight and they beat the Wizards driven by Kyle Lowry, who scored 28 points. Kyle Kuzma was the visiting team’s top scorer with 33 points despite his poor 2 of 13 triples.
TORONTO RAPTORS 98 – 112 BROOKLYN NETS
Juancho Hernangómez enjoys minutes in a great performance by Kyrie Irving. Check the chronicle here.
MILWAUKEE BUCKS 113 – 118 CHICAGO BULLS
A 3-pointer by Coby White and another by Nikola Vucevic, both in the last minute, gave the Bulls a valuable victory on their visit to Milwaukee just after defeating the Celtics in their previous game. Giannis Anteokounmpo had 36 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, but DeMar DeRozan responded to the Greek in the Bulls with 36 points and 8 passes to the basket. The Spanish-Congolese Serge Ibaka did not have minutes in the Bucks.
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER 126 – 121 DENVER NUGGETS (OT)
Until extra time and with a stellar Nikola Jokic (39 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists) they were the Nugetts to beat the Thunder in Oklahoma and thus climb to second place in the Western Conference. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander continued his tremendous season with the Thunder, adding 31 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists.
SAN ANTONIO SPURS 110 – 129 NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
Zion Williamson gets out and the Pelicans establish themselves in the upper part of the West. Check the chronicle here.
UTAH JAZZ 116 – 125 DETROIT PISTONS
Bojan Bogdanovic, with 23 points, shone in his return to Utah so that the Pistons defeated the Jazz in an unexpected and deserved way, who are one of the revelations of the season but who received an indisputable 12 of 24 in triples from their rivals. very accurate from the outside. Malik Beasley led the locals with 29 points.
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS 124 – 107 LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
The Warriors, after the incredible beating received against the Pelicans, had no mercy on some Clippers without Kawhi Leonard or Paul George and they scored the victory very comfortably thanks to 31 points from Andrew Wiggins. Marcus Morris (19 points) stood out in a Clippers that had arrived in San Francisco with three consecutive victories.