By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The Utah Jazz won 15 of their last 16 games and won five straight, the latest coming against the Boston Celtics with 122-108 on the scoreboard.
Donovan Mitchell led the way with 36 points and nine assists while Joe Ingels followed with 24. Rudy Gobert logged 18 points and 12 rebounds while Bojan Bogdanovic scored 16.
The Jazz improved to 20-5 which puts them in front of the LA Lakers (19-6) in the Western Conference and is in fact, the best record across the league.
On the other side, Jaylen Brown scored 33 and Jayson Tatum 23 points. Daniel Theis added 15.
Without Evan Fournier, who’s been sidelined due to injury along with a solid number of teammates, Nikola Vucevic and the Orlando Magic couldn’t resist the Portland Trail Blazers who won 106-97.
Damian Lillard banked in 36 points followed by Carmelo Anthony with 23. Enes Kanter logged six points and ten boards.
Nikola Vucevic put on another double-double for Orlando with 27 points and 15 boards.
Willy Hernangomez logged 14 points and ten boards in the Pelicans‘ 130-101 win over Houston while Furkan Korkmaz scored 13 as Philadelphia got past Sacramento 119-111 on the road.
Detroit upset the Nets (122-111) who played without Kevin Durant but with Kyrie Irving, Miami barely got past the Knicks 98-96 while the Warriors got their revenge against the Spurs (114-91) with Steph Curry scoring 32.