You don’t necessarily need to pull out all the stops right now to beat the New Orleans Pelicans, caught in a heavy tumble since Zion Williamson’s injury. But Giannis Antetokounmpo still drew the gear of the potential MVP to inflict on the Louisiana franchise an eighth defeat in a row, on the night of Sunday to Monday (135-110).
With a 20/26 on shots, the Greek star from Milwaukee accomplished a performance of choice by registering 50 points, accompanied by 13 rebounds, which allowed the Bucks to live a quiet game. The essential was done at the end of the first quarter, concluded with an 18-point lead. Jrue Holiday added 17 points while Brook Lopez planted 15 to extend the strong offensive streak for the Bucks, who are averaging 133 points in the past four games.
The Clippers demobilized, Batum spared
The balance of power proved equally unbalanced between Cleveland and the Clippers (122-99). The Cavaliers outclassed a Los Angeles team that quickly gave up, trailing 30 points at the break. Deprived of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, the Californians did not insist and embarked on a turnover which kept the Frenchman Nicolas Batum on the bench (0 point, 3 rebounds in 7 minutes).
With their easiest success of the season, the Cavs find themselves 5th in the Eastern Conference while the Clippers remain in 4th position in the West.
There will still have been a little uncertainty during this night during the match between Memphis and Indiana (112-100). At the heart of the third quarter, the Grizzlies were in distress (19 points behind) before Ja Morant sounded the revolt. The leader signed a second triple-double in a row (28 points, 8 rebounds, 5 blocks) to put Memphis (2nd in the West) back on the right track.
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