Basketball, NBA: setback for Golden State, a super Belinelli is not enough – The Republic

NEW YORK – In the penultimate commitment of 2015 comes the second defeat of the season for the Golden State Warriors in the regular season’s NBA championship. The defending champions, without their star Stephen Curry, forced to stop for a bruised left leg, but no other members of the roster such as Harrison Barnes and reinforcements Leandro Barbosa and Festus Ezeli, run into a hard stop on the floor of Dallas ( 114-91), in a comparison always in the hands of Texas education. Below 18 points long interval, the team in California so far dominating the championship with a roadmap record (29 wins out of 31 games played) has accumulated up to 30 lengths of disadvantage in the third period, in one of the worst nights of career for Klay Thompson with a modest 4/15 shooting and 10-point tally. The success of the Mavs (19-13 their budget to date) is designer from JJBarea (23 points) and Zaza Pachulia (14 points and 16 rebounds). According to Luke Walton, coach of the Golden State, Curry, MVP of last season, also will miss the last match of the year the Warriors, scheduled in the night in Houston.

SAN ANTONIO FLIES IN HOUSE, CHICAGO AND WIN TORONTO – In the Western Conference consolidates second place San Antonio (28-6) capable of overwhelming 112-79 Phoenix (12-22) and keep their unbeaten home this season, capturing their 19th success in a row in front of the their audiences. To lead the Spurs to victory are particularly LaMarcus Aldridge with a ‘double double’ of 21 points and 12 rebounds and Kawhi Leonard (19 points). And among the teams start to the playoffs in the West claim also outside of the Los Angeles Clippers, 122-117 impostisi field of Charlotte in order to maintain the fourth position (20-13) dall’insidia brought from Dallas. In the Eastern conference, however, Chicago and Toronto are always in pursuit of the first two Class, Cleveland and Atlanta. The Bulls (18-12) have bent measuring 102-100 in overtime to the Indiana Pacers (18-13), while the Raptors (20-13) have exceeded the 94-91 Washington Wizards (14-16) thanks to 34 points scored by an unstoppable DeMar DeRozan, keeping the place on the third chair.

Belinelli 28 POINTS BUT NOT ENOUGH TO KINGS, EVEN KO NETS AND NUGGETS – It was an evening rewarding for the relief of the basketball players blue. A super Marco Belinelli is not enough to Sacramento to avoid defeat at home against Philadelphia Sixers stand out for 110-105 and center so the third win of the season, the second in three games, a total of 34 races held so far in regular season. The Kings (12 wins and 20 losses) capitulate against the team with the worst record in the league despite the performance of Bologna, which puts on the scoresheet 28 points, one rebound and one assist in half an hour on the court, and the ‘double Double ‘DeMarcus Cousins ​​(21 points and 11 rebounds). The victory of the Sixers is signed by Nerlens Noel with a season-high 20 points and Jerami Grant with a ‘double double’ of 16 points and 11 rebounds. They end up on the mat even Brooklyn Nets (9-23) Andrea Bargnani, defeated by 100 to 93 on the floor of Orlando (19-13): the ‘Magician’ ends with the meager 2 points in 14 minutes of play. Empty-handed also the Denver Nuggets (12-21) Danilo Gallinari (yet to pit, struggling with the ankle injury), beaten by 110 to 103 in Portland (14-20).

FOR BRYANT FIRST AND THEN ovation WHISTLES IN BOSTON – Continue meanwhile farewell tour of Kobe Bryant, who with his Lakers (6-27) has passed for 112-104 in the field Celtics (18- 14), traditionally major rivals of the team of Los Angeles (two franchises are the title holders of the NBA). The Boston Public greeted with a standing ovation before the match Bryant then steadily booing every time the sample in yellow-purple touched the ball.

Results: Charlotte Hornets-Los Angeles Clippers 117-122; Orlando Magic-Brooklyn Nets 100-93; Boston Celtics-Los Angeles Lakers 104-112; Toronto Raptors-Washington Wizards 94-91; Chicago Bulls-Indiana Pacers 102-100 (OT); Minnesota Timberwolves-Utah Jazz 94-80; Dallas Mavericks-Golden State Warriors 114-91; San Antonio Spurs-Phoenix Suns 112-79; Portland Trail Blazers-Denver Nuggets 110-103; Sacramento Kings-Philadelphia 76ers 105-110.

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