Harden leads the 76ers defeat in his debut for the Timberwolves

James Harden completed with 27 factors, 12 assists and eight rebounds on his debut because the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 133-102 on Friday.

After being sidelined with a strained hamstring in his first 4 video games with the Sixers, Harden made a very good impression in his first sport on the courtroom since getting on with Paul Millsap of the Brooklyn Nets for Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond and two top-round draft picks.

“I imply, for me, I have not been on the sphere in a very long time feeling, my physique feels nice, personally, after which simply to be round these individuals who have the identical frequent purpose, the teaching employees, and simply on the prime of the underside win and I believe we have been good,” Harden stated. Actually defensively, that is what made our assault even higher.”

“I have no idea why [I have a reputation as a bad team-mate]. That is for the media. The media says so. I really feel like certainly one of my finest teammates the NBA has seen, on and off the courtroom.”

Joel Embiid scored 34 factors and 10 rebounds, Therese Maxi contributed 28 factors and 4 possessions, whereas Matisse Thiebol scored 11 factors for the Sixers.

Karl-Anthony Cities topped Timberwolves with 25 factors, D’Angelo Russell added 21 factors and Anthony Edwards scored 15 factors.

The Clippers win the Battle of Los Angeles

Marcus Morris Sr. hit the inexperienced gentle hat with 39.4 seconds left and the Clippers took benefit of a key name reversal 13 seconds later within the Los Angeles tag workforce battle.

The wild end included two the other way up calls, one which adopted Russell Westbrook’s foul with 26.3 seconds left and awarded the Clippers the possession. And the second replay returned to reply a unsuitable name on the Lakers, who missed a number of probabilities to equalize within the final seconds.

Terrence Man led seven gamers with 19 factors with the Clippers, who beat the Lakers for the third time in a row this season. LeBron James held 21 factors for the Lakers’ top-tier workforce, ending a 23-game successful streak with 25 or extra factors.

Swans end Solar’s line

CJ McCollum scored 32 factors and Brandon Ingram added 28 to spend his go to to New Orleans on Phoenix’s eight-game successful streak.

Devin Booker scored 30 factors, Dendry Eaton 20 and Cam Johnson added 15 to steer the Suns, who misplaced just for the second time in 21 video games.

Warmth beat Barrett’s championships

Tyler Hero scored a team-high 25 factors off the bench for a go to to Miami, which beat out a 46-point bid by RJ Barrett to beat New York.

Pam Adebayo completed his tally with 16 factors, received 16 rebounds and 4 saves, Jimmy Butler scored 23 factors, and Kyle Lowry added 19 factors and 9 rebounds for Warmth, who gained for the seventh time in eight video games.

Barrett, who missed the final 4 video games earlier than the All-Star break on account of a left ankle sprain, scored 30 factors within the first half – after solely six factors of his excessive profession entered the night time – and ended up with probably the most factors from the Knicks. Participant since Carmelo Anthony scored 46 factors in opposition to the Utah Jazz in 2014.

Jazz beats the Mavericks

Donovan Mitchell scored 33 factors – by seven three-pointers – and strengthened Utah’s protection within the second half en path to a win over Dallas in Salt Lake Metropolis.

Rudy Gobert contributed 14 factors, 17 rebounds, three blocks and two large buckets late within the fourth quarter. Bojan Bogdanovic added 18 factors to steer the Jazz to victory within the workforce’s first sport after the All-Star break.

Tottenham win the thrill

Keldon Johnson and Jacob Boylettle each had video games during which he scored quite a few objectives, Dejaunt Murray produced his twelfth purpose with a hat-trick, and San Antonio wanted all of it to beat their hosts Washington in extra time twice.

Johnson led Tottenham with 32 factors, Boeltel added 28 factors, had 11 rebounds and eight assists, and Murray – after his debut within the All-Star Sport – had 31 factors, 14 assists and 13 rebounds.

Rozier leads the Hornets over the Raptors

Terry Roser scored 23 factors, 9 assists and 4 rebounds, and Charlotte led all the best way to defeating Toronto.

Kelly Ober Jr. scored 23 factors for the Hornets, who’ve misplaced three earlier video games and 9 of the final 10.

Montrezel Harrell contributed 20 factors and 10 rebounds to Charlotte, Lamelo Paul and PJ Washington, every with 13 factors, whereas Miles Bridges scored 11 factors, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.

Gilgeous-Alexander Burns for Thunder in OT Win Over Pacers

Shay Gilgos Alexander scored 36 factors, eight rebounds and 5 assists to steer Oklahoma Metropolis to host Indiana.

The Thunder has gained solely the second time in 9 video games, whereas the Pacers have misplaced eight of their final 9 video games.

The Magic defeated the Rockets to finish their shedding streak

Chuma Okeke scored 10 of the highest 26 factors of his profession within the fourth quarter, and Wendell Carter Jr. completed with 24 factors and 12 rebounds and his host Orlando ended his 4 defeats streak on the expense of Houston.