Giannis’s 24 points not enough against Boston, Valanciunas gets another double-double

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

With just two games last night, all the focus was on the two best teams in the East as the Bucks and the Celtics battle for the top spot. It was all Boston as the Celtics won convincingly 140-99 in a game that practically ended in the third period with the Celtics leading by 49 points.

Jason Tatum had a brilliant game scoring 40 points and Jalen Brown added 30 more. On the other side, Giannis Antetokounbo had 24 points and seven rebounds. The Slovenian point gourd Goran Dragic added nine points in a losing effort.

The Bucks remain in the number one spot in the East but Boston is now closing in with 53 wins, just two less than the Bucks.

As for the Denver Nuggets, without Nikola Jokic, the New Orleans Pelican won easily 107-88.

Lithuanian big man Jonas Valanciunas had a strong double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds.

NBA ROUNDUP

Milwaukee Bucks – Boston Celtics 99-140 (Antetokounmpo 24p, 7r, Dragic 9p)

Denver Nuggets – New Orleans Pelicans 88-107 (Valanciunas 15p, 12r)

2022-23 STANDINGS

EAST

TEAM W L LAST 10
1 y-MILWAUKEE 55 22
7-3
2 y-BOSTON 53 24
7-3
3 y-PHILADELPHIA 50 26
6-4
4 y-CLEVELAND 48 29
7-3
5 NEW YORK 44 33
5-5
BROOKLYN 41 35
4-6
MIAMI 40 37
5-5
ATLANTA 38 38
5-5
9 TORONTO 38 38
6-4
10 CHICAGO 36 40
6-4
11 WASHINGTON 34 42
3-7
12 INDIANA 33 43
3-7
13 ORLANDO 32 44
5-5
14 e-CHARLOTTE 26 51
5-5
15 e-DETROIT 16 60
1-9

WEST

TEAM W L LAST 10
1 y-DENVER 51 25
5-5
2 y-MEMPHIS 48 28
8-2
3 y-SACRAMENTO 46 30
6-4
4 PHOENIX 41 35 4-6
5 LA CLIPPERS 41 36
7-3
GOLDEN STATE 40 37
6-4
7 NEW ORLEANS 39 38
5-5
8 MINNESOTA 39 38 6-4
LA LAKERS 38 38 6-4
10 OKLAHOMA CITY 38 39
6-4
11 DALLAS 37 40
3-7
12 UTAH 36 40
5-5
13 PORTLAND 32 44
1-9
14 e-SAN ANTONIO 19 57
2-8
15 e-HOUSTON 18 59
3-7

y-clinched a Playoffs berth
e-eliminated from Playoffs

-Top six teams of each conference advance directly to the Playoffs
-Teams seeded 7th to 10th will compete in Play-In tournament

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