NBA: Boston crushed Sacramento, Chicago – Lakers

The confrontation between the two clubs and the Ukrainians in the NBA ended with a confident victory for Svyatoslav Mikhailyuk’s team. Boston defeated Sacramento 144:119 on the road.

True, the Kings center did not take part in this match; he continues to recover from his injury. But the Celtic defender appeared on the floor. In 16 minutes and 13 seconds on the court, Mikhailyuk scored 2 points, made 4 rebounds and gave 3 assists.

We also noted Chicago’s unexpectedly easy home victory over the Lakers 124:108. This is the third straight loss for the Los Angeles club, and they have left the playoff zone in the Western Conference.

Indiana: Hield (25), Haliburton (19 + 13 assists), Turner (18), Toppin (6), B. Brown (6 + 6 assists) – start; Nesmith (19), Maturin (14), Jackson (10), Smith (10), McConnell (9 + 9 assists), Nwora (6), Johnson (2).

Charlotte: Rozor (25 + 9 rebounds + 7 assists), Miller (21), Bridges (19), Hayward (11), Richards (4 + 8 rebounds) – start; Washington (12), Smith (6), Smith (4 + 6 assists), Mensah (4), Bouknight (3), McGowens (2), Thor (2), Black (0).

Philadelphia: Embiid (51 + 12 rebounds), Maxey (35 + 5 turnovers), Harris (9), Oubre (7), Malton (4) – start; Reed (8 + 8 rebounds), Mrs. Morris (5), Beverly (5), Martin (3), Springer (0), House (0), Bamba (0), Korkmaz (0).

Minnesota: Edwards (27 + 7 rebounds), Towns (23 + 13 rebounds), McDaniels (21), Conley (9), Gobert (8 + 9 rebounds) – start; Reed (10), Brown (5), Alexander-Walker (4), Anderson (2), Moore (2), Milton (2), McLaughlin (0), Garza (0).

Orlando – Miami 106:115 (24:25, 26:43, 22:21, 34:26)

Orlando: F. Wagner (15), Suggs (11), Banchero (10 + 8 rebounds + 8 assists), Carter (8), Black (4) – start; Anthony (20), M. Wagner (11 + 7 rebounds), Isaac (9), Houston (9), Okiki (5), Bitadze (4), G. Harris (0).

Miami: Hirro (28 + 8 rebounds + 7 assists), Adebayo (18 + 7 rebounds), Jaquez (10), Caleb Martin (5), Lauri (3) – start; Gaysmith (15), D. Robinson (12 + 6 assists), Richardson (12), Bryant (12), O. Robinson (0).

Cleveland: Strus (18 + 5 turnovers), Allen (17 + 8 rebounds), Porter (6 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists), Okoro (5), Wade (3 + 7 rebounds) – start; Merrill (27), LeVert (23 + 7 assists), Niang (15), Thompson (10).

Utah: Markkanen (26 + 10 rebounds), Sexton (20), Horton-Tucker (19 + 11 assists), Kessler (10), Fontecchio (9 + 7 rebounds) – start; Collins (16), Dunn (8), Olynyk (5 + 6 assists), Agbaji (3).

Toronto – Denver 104:113 (20:29, 24:32, 31:29, 29:23)

Toronto: Barnes (30 + 10 rebounds), Siakam (18), Anunoby (9), Schröder (7 + 7 assists), Poeltl (4) – start; Achiuwa (13), Trent (12), Flynn (6), Boucher (5 + 7 rebounds).

Denver: Jokic (31 + 15 rebounds + 6 assists), J. Murray (20 + 6 assists), Gordon (12), Porter (12), Caldwell-Pope (10) – start; Wattson (11), Strother (7), Jackson (7), K. Brown (3), Najee (0).

Brooklyn – New York 102:121 (20:32, 31:28, 26:30, 25:31)

Brooklyn: Thomas (20), K. Johnson (20), Bridges (15), Dinwiddie (10), Clexton (6 + 8 rebounds + 4 blocked shots) – start; Finney-Smith (10), Sharpe (9 + 15 rebounds), O’Neill (6 + 6 assists), Watford (4), Wilson (2), Giles (0).

New York: Randle (26 + 7 rebounds), DiVincenzo (23 + 8 rebounds), Brunson (16 + 7 rebounds + 8 assists), Barrett (14), Hartenstein (2 + 10 rebounds) – start; Quickley (19), Hart (10 + 13 rebounds), Grimes (5), Jeffries (4), Gibson (2), McBride (0), Arcidiacono (0).

Chicago: DeRozan (27 + 7 rebounds + 9 assists), White (17 + 7 rebounds), Caruso (15), Williams (15), Vucevic (13 + 10 rebounds) – start; Dosunmu (14), Drummond (11 + 7 rebounds), Carter (10), Terry (2), Phillips (0), Taylor (0).

Lakers: James (25 + 10 rebounds + 9 assists + 5 turnovers), Davis (19 + 14 rebounds), Prince (16), Reddish (13), Russell (2) – start; Reeves (21), Hachimura (5), Vincent (3), Vanderbilt (2), Hayes (2), Wood (0), Lewis (0), Christie (0).

Houston – Atlanta 127:134 (29:39, 36:38, 35:21, 27:36)

Houston: Smith (34 + 13 rebounds + 4 blocks), VanVleet (32 + 15 assists), Brooks (19), Green (16), Shengyun (14 + 9 rebounds) – start; A. Holiday (8), Thompson (2), Green (2), Tate (0).

Atlanta: Young (30 + 14 assists), Murray (21), Capela (15 + 9 rebounds), Hunter (11), Bay (9 + 9 rebounds) – start; Bogdanovic (22), Okongwu (19 + 11 rebounds), Matthews (6), Matthews (1).

Dallas – Clippers 111:120 (22:35, 34:32, 27:18, 28:35)

Dallas: Doncic (28 + 10 rebounds + 10 assists + 5 turnovers), D. Jones (19), Exum (16), G. Williams (9 + 9 rebounds), Powell (3) – start; Hardaway (21), Hardy (15), Mf Morris (0), Prosper (0), Lawson (0).

Clippers: Leonard (30 + 10 rebounds), Harden (17 + 11 assists), Zubac (12 + 9 rebounds), Coffey (12), Mann (7) – start; Powell (21), Theis (11), Westbrook (10).

Sacramento – Boston 119:144 (41:38, 25:36, 24:39, 29:31)

Sacramento: Fox (29), Murray (13), Sabonis (13 + 10 rebounds + 8 assists), Barnes (10), Herter (7) – start; Ellis (12), Lyles (11), Monk (10), Edwards (7), McGee (4), Vezenkov (3), Mitchell (0), Duarte (0), Toscano-Anderson (0).

Boston: White (28 + 7 assists), Brown (28 + 6 assists), Porzingis (24 + 9 rebounds + 7 blocked shots), Holiday (21 + 8 rebounds + 9 assists), Houser (10) – start; Pritchard (20), Keta (6 + 8 rebounds), Brissett (3), Stevens (2), Mikhailyuk (2).