Simone Fontecchio loses but still enchants
Nba, results
The NBA night saw six games played, highlighting a variety of players, though not necessarily the most expected ones. The contours of the final month of the regular season are clearly emerging, anticipating an intense period before the play-in and playoffs.
Despite a brilliant performance by Simone Fontecchio, author of 24 points and 6 rebounds in 34 minutes and 19 seconds, the Detroit Pistons (12-54) could not overcome the Miami Heat (36-30), losing 95-108. Even Jalen Duren’s 15 points and 17 rebounds were not enough against the Heat’s six players scoring in double figures, with Bam Adebayo standing out with 22 points and Caleb Martin contributing 18 off the bench. The Charlotte Hornets (17-50) suffer a 96-107 loss to the Phoenix Suns (39-28), with six players scoring in double figures, including Devin Booker with 21 points and 11 assists, and Jusuf Nurkic with 13 points and 21 rebounds. For the Hornets, Vasilije Micic with 21 points and Grant Williams with 20 off the bench stood out.
The Orlando Magic (39-28) get an away win against the Toronto Raptors (23-44), despite Gary Trent Jr.’s 31 points keeping the hosts in the game for a long time. However, it was Franz Wagner’s 19 points and Paolo Banchero’s 17, who came close to a triple double with 9 rebounds and 8 assists, that made the difference. In the New Orleans Pelicans (40-26) against the Los Angeles Clippers (42-24), Zion Williamson especially stood out with 34 points and 7 rebounds, contributing to his team’s success, while Paul George and Kawhi Leonard scored 26 and 23 points respectively for the Clippers.
In the match between the Denver Nuggets (47-20) and the San Antonio Spurs (14-53), usual Nikola Jokic, who scored 31 points, dragged the Nuggets to victory. Despite 19 points from Jeremy Sochan and 17 points from Victor Wembanyama and Devin Vassell for Gregg Popovich’s men, they could not counter the Nuggets’ dominance. The most closely contested game of the night è that between Utah Jazz (29-37) and Atlanta Hawks (29-37), in which Dejounte Murray and Vit Krejci both miss the decisive shot. However, Murray puts up 33 points, while Keyonte George scores 25, emerging as an unexpected star.
