Clippers dominate at home, solid performance of Zupca, Jokic again miraculous

Los Angeles Clippers Ivica Zupca extended a number of home winning nine games with a win of 127-105 over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night, led by Norman Powell with 30 points.

James Harden added 23 inserts with seven assists, Zubac contributed to his team with eight points (shot from the game 4/8), ten rebounds, two assists and two blockades in 28:22 minutes on the field.

At Portland, the best was Deandre Ayton with 16 points, while Shaedon Sharpe and Deni Avdi added 15 each.

In the last group game of the NBA Cup for both teams, the Blazers were eliminated by the knockout round, while the Clippers went on.

Los Angeles seemed to escape early because he led with a double -digit difference before the middle of the first quarter and led as many as 12 differences at the beginning of the third quarter. Portland gathered and led just over two minutes in the second quarter.

The Clippers led 63-58 at halftime, and then in the third quarter they made a 11-0 series and took 83-70. Los Angeles entered the last section with the advantage of 91-78.

Jordan Miller of Clippers inserted five points in the 8-0 series at the beginning of the last quarter when Los Angeles increased its advantage to 99-78 with the remaining 10:03, which did not drop to the end.

Denver Nuggets beat Golden State Warriors at home at 119-115, compensating for a minus of 11 points, and Nikola Jokic scored 15 of his 38 points in the last quarter. Tuesday night.Golden State won the Western group C NBA Cup with a 3-1 win ratio and goes on to the knockout phase. Denver finished 2-2. Jokic also had 10 rebounds, six assists and five stolen balls. Michael Porter Jr. inserted 22 points and Aaron Gordon 15 points. Dario Saric did not play for Denver. The Warriors, who played without the Draymond Green (leaf injury), this is a fifth consecutive defeat. They did not help them even 24 points and 11 assists Stephen Curry. He was followed by Jonathan Kuming with 19 points.

Milwaukee Bucks further secured the passage with the fourth victory in Eastern Group B, defeating Detroit Pistonse last night with 128-107. Giannis Antetokounmpo has raised 28 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for visiting Milwaukeeki will play a quarterfinal game against Orlando Magica at home on December 10th.

New York Knicki won the Eastern Group A of the NBA Cup after they defeated Orlando Magic at home at 121-106 last night. They were won by Karl-Anthony Towns with 23 hits and 15 rebounds. Josh Hart added 11 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for Knicks, who ended up with 4-0 in Group A and will host the Eastern C Atlanta Hawks champion in the quarterfinal duel next week. Franz Wagner scored 30 points, and Moritz Wagner 20 points and 12 rebounds for Magic (3-1 in Group A) who provided placement in the Wild-Car Eastern Conference. Orlando will play with Eastern B group Milwaukee Bucks next week.

The Toronto Raptors were at home with 122-111 to Indiana Pacers, and both teams were left without a placement in the continuation of the NBA Cup. Toronto ended the group match in the NBA Cup 1-3 and Indiana 0-4. With Toronto, the best was Scottie Barnes with 35 points, nine assists and six rebounds. In the middle of the third quarter, Toronto led as many as 24 bases before Indiana reduced the difference to two to 6:36 in the fourth quarter.

The placement in the quarterfinals was provided by the Oklahoma City Thunder, who at home at 133-106 were better than Utah Jazz. Jalen Williams scored 28 points and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 26 for Oklahoma City, who ended with a 3-1 win ratio in the West B group stage. Jazz finished without winning the tournament and lost a total of fifth consecutive game.

Dallas Mavericks made up for a 15-point backlog in the last quarter and beat away the away Memphis Grizzlies with 121-116. The win was secured by Luka Doncic with 37 points and 12 rebounds, and PJ Washington added 18 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. Key trice in the last minutes for Dallas scored Spencer Dinwiddie, who ended up with 16 insertions. Dinwiddie’s threesome at 1:40 brought Mavsa to the 113-111 lead, then scored a three and in the next attack. I Morant had a 31 -point record for the Grizzlies season, which interrupted their best series of six winnings in the season. Grizzlies and Mavericks played the last game of the group stage of the NBA Cup. With the victory, the Mavsi are ready to reach the quarterfinals of the West.

Phoenix Suns defeated San Antonio Spurs at 104-93, and Devin Booker enrolled 29 points, nine rebounds and five assists for the winning team. The Suns won the third time in four games, although in the second half they were without Kevin Durant. Durant sprained the left ankle in the second quarter and scored 13 points in 16 1/2 minutes before leaving. With his first basket at the game, Booker exceeded the number of 15,000 career points. The evening ended with a number of 15,028 points. The Suns, who are in the Western Group B, have a 3-1 win ratio, they remained in combination for the quarterfinals but with the Wild Card. Oklahoma City Thunder (3-1) won the group for winning the Suns.

Sacramento Kings were better than Houston Rockets at 120-111. Domantas Sabonis was Kings’s top scorer with 27 points, Dear Derozan inserted 13 of his 16 points in the third quarter. De’aaron Fox added 22 points for Sacramento, who won the first time in four NBA Cup games. Jalen Green scored a record 28 points and the Alperen Sengun 24 for Houston, who will host Golden State in the quarterfinal game on December 11th.

The Philadelphia 76ers defeated Charlotte Hornets with a visit with 110-104. Paul George scored 29 points for Philadelphia, which celebrated even though it dropped the advantage of as many as 19 points in the second half. Brandon Miller raised 34 points and Nick Richards 22 points and 14 rebounds, but the Hornets recorded the sixth consecutive defeat.

Cleveland Cavaliers applied 15. Conference defeat of the Washington Wizards by defeating them on their field with 118-87. Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley scored 19 points each for Cleveland, who has the best ratio of win and defeat of the NBA League 19-3. Jordan Poole, Bub Carrington and Jonas Valaciunas scored 13 points for the last -ranked Wizards. Washington is one defeat away from the worst ratio in franchise history.