“The debate is not whether or not he should be All Star, which I think is clear. The question is whether he is the best point guard in the NBA. ” Desmond Bane, player of the Memphis Grizzlies, after attending the umpteenth exhibition this season of Ja Morant, who broke all the odds and stormed the court of the almighty Brooklyn Nets with 36 points, eight assists and six rebounds in a new show of power in which the new star of the league claims the recognition he deserves.
Hours later in Portland Bring young He also hit the table with another big game to claim his share of the pie as one of the best point guards in the NBA. The Texan player is already part of the history of this season in the league after signing what so far is the best touchdown of the course with 56 points (17 of 26 from the field and seven of 12 from the triple), to which he added 14 assists.
A superhuman performance that was not enough to cut the Hawks’ slump, but that shows their true place in the elite of an NBA that boasts like never before about the health of its bases. Surely the most difficult position to win in an NBA with tremendous competition and that has references such as Curry (what a night hers), Chris Paul or Damian Lillard, with the generational change that Morant or Young are giving them and which still has to enjoy this season of talents such as that of Kyrie Irving or Ben Simmons. The duel for the crown is served.
We will seldom have the opportunity to use this qualifier for a Stephen Curry that he had one of his strangest nights in the NBA. The Warriors point guard continues to make history with the Warriors after scoring a new triple and adding 159 consecutive games scoring at least one shot of three. But that’s where the contribution of a player who stayed in nine points (three of 17 from field goals and one of 10 from the triple) in his team’s surprising victory over the Miami Heat.
Kyle Kuzma (34 points with 6 triples, 14 rebounds and 6 assists) He had one of his best nights in the NBA in the game that the Wizards won against the Charlotte Hornets. The power forward begins to show that he can be a more than interesting piece of the future for the capital team with which he made history by becoming the third player after Russell Westbrook y Bradley Beal that makes a game of at least 30 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and five triples.
The night of the Denver Nuggets ante los Dallas Mavericks It was worse than a bad year-end hangover. The Colorado team looked like a collegiate team playing for the first time together in the yard. Nobody knew what to do with a ball that they lost up to 25 times in one of the worst games of the season for Mike Malone.
RESULTS OF THE NBA DAY
- 76ers 133-113 Rockets
- Wizards 124-121 Hornets
- Nets 104-118 Grizzlies
- Bulls 102-98 Magic
- Bucks 106-115 Pistons
- Pelicans 104-115 Jazz
- Mavericks 103-89 Nuggets
- Warriors 115-108 Heat
- Trail Blazers 136-131 Hawks
- Clippers 104-122 Timberwolves
Saddiq Bey and the Detroit Pistons They seem to have found the right rhythm to begin to look optimistically to the future and to indulge in some joy like the one that was given to the Milwaukee Bucks, reigning NBA champions. Bey shone for the Pistons with 34 points and eight 3-pointers – career highs – to which he added eight rebounds and four assists, demonstrating his great moment of form.
“We have to face the games with another fucking attitude.” I warned Kevin Durant after the game that the Nets lost against the depleted Clippers and it seems that his words fell on deaf ears against the Grizzlies. Especially for a James Harden that returned to show problems of defensive concentration and that he did not have his best night in attack with five of 14 in field goals two of seven from the triple.
Every game that passes the Chicago Bulls They are earning the right that many did not give them as legitimate aspirants to everything in the East. They have become a solvent team that even on their worst nights like the one they had against the Magic, in a tough and rough game, they are capable of moving things forward. If to that you add that your most direct rivals (Bucks and Nets) lose, honey on flakes to be more and more kings of their conference.