NBA: Even Antetokounmpo and Bucks failed to stop the Nets; Doncic was unstoppable with 50 points for Dallas

In their eighth straight win, the The Brooklyn Nets beat the Milwaukee Bucks 118-100 on Friday and knocked them off the top of the NBA Eastern Conference while Luka Doncic approved 50 points in the Mavericks’ win over the Rockets.

Kevin Durant, with 24 points and 5 rebounds, and Kyrie Irving, with 18 and 9, led the Nets but this time with tremendous support from the rest of the team, with up to six players scoring in double figures.

The dollars of Giannis Antetokounmpowho finished with 26 points and 13 rebounds, trailed the entire game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn (New York).

Milwaukee made one last snap in the fourth quarter to make it 102-92 with five minutes left, but a 3-pointer by Royce O’Neale and a field goal plus another free throw by Irving ended their comeback hopes.

“We were able to put a lot of bodies around Giannis, had him have seven turnovers and got more points in transition, which is a very important part of his game,” the coach said. jacque vaughan.

The Nets, who had a rough start to the season in which they fired head coach Steve Nash, They now have an eight-game hitting streak, matching their best streak since moving to Brooklyn. from New Jersey in 2012.

Brooklyn ranks fourth in the East, 1.5 wins behind the Bucks, who lost the lead to the Boston Celtics, who defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 121-109.

Jayson Tatum, the Boston star, reached 30 points and his partner Jaylen Brown 36, including 23 in a frenetic fourth quarter.

On a night of great individual performances, the top score came from the Slovenian phenomenon Luca Doncicthat has accumulated 50 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists in the Dallas Mavericks 122-106 victory against the Houston Rockets.

The Slovenian is the ninth player to reach fifty points this season and joins retired Dirk Nowitzki as the only Mavericks to record more than one game with 50 or more points.

In the last of the 14 games of the day, The Los Angeles Lakers fell on the court 134-130 to the Charlotte Hornetspenultimate in the East, and they continue their painful journey without the injured Anthony Davis.

The Los Angeles team, which posted a third straight loss and continues to drift away from the playoffs, came within 16 points but forced a tight finish thanks to Lebron Jameswho had 18 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter.

The Lakers had their last possession down 132-130. LeBron James started a drive to the basket but lost his footing when his right shoe exploded.

Before taking to the field, the striker managed to pass the ball to Germany’s Dennis Schröder, who missed the three-pointer from a corner that would have given the club victory.

In turn, the The Philadelphia 76ers earned their 7th straight victory by beating the Los Angeles Clippers 119-114 with a devastating performance from its two stars.

Center Joel Embiid had 44 points and 7 rebounds and point guard James Harden a monumental triple-double with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 21 assists.

Harden is only the seventh NBA player to record a triple-double as of at least 10/20/20 and his 21 assists tie the all-time franchise record.

Two other NBA rising stars, guards Tyrese Haliburton and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, hit career highs on Friday.

Haliburton had 43 points and 10 3-pointers, the latter with two seconds left to give the Indiana Pacers a 111-108 win over the Miami Heat, while Gilgeous-Alexander had 44 points and 10 rebounds in the Oklahoma City Thunder 128 loss -125 against the New Orleans Pelicans in overtime.

For his part, DeMar DeRozan silenced New York’s Madison Square Garden with a last-second average shot that gave the Chicago Bulls a 118-117 victory over the Knicks.