Nba results: Phoenix, Atlanta, Memphis, New Orleans and Sacramento win

Phoenix wins in the sprint at the Chase Center in San Francisco with a splendid management of the final possessions. The 38 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists of a sensational Jordan Poole were useless for the Warriors. Atlanta, devoid of Danilo Gallinari, is rampant in Oklahoma City with a spectacular Trae Young of 41 points and 8 assists. Historic victory in San Antonio for the Memphis Grizzlies, who conquer the first divisional title in history and mathematically secure the second best record of the Western Conference. Finally, the very important external success in terms of play-in of New Orleans in Portland and that of the Sacramento Kings on the field of the Houston Rockets.

golden state-phoenix 103-107

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Phoenix (62-14) wins the ninth in a row at the Golden State Warriors (48-29) with a final game played with enormous technical and character depth and decided by a basket at 13 “1 from the siren of the usual Chris Paul, monstrous as always in decisive moments. Devin Booker and Mikal Bridges, the best in Phoenix, scored heavy points (22 each): the first from the line (10/12), while the second through a great presence on the court (8 / 14 shooting). And then Deandre Ayton (16 points and 16 rebounds) imposing in the center of the box and difficult to mark for the Warriors. Steve Kerr’s team played openly, overcoming even difficult moments and made the most of the ‘energy of the public, ignited repeatedly by a Jordan Poole in a state of grace (38 points, 50% shooting, 7 triples, 9 rebounds and 7 assists). Too many turnovers (21) and a thread of underlying insecurity in the possessions key. Very bad Klay Thompson with 13 points, shooting 5/21 from the field and 1/10 from three. Suns u nica team of the NBA with at least 60 wins this season.

Golden State: Poole 38 (11/22, 7/15 from three, 9/10 tl), Wiggins 19, Thompson 13. Rebounds: Green 10. Assists: Green 7.

Phoenix: Bridges 22 (8/14, 1/2 of three, 5/6 tl), Booker 22, Ayton 16. Rebounds: Ayton 16. Assists: Paul 8.

oklahoma city-atlanta 118-136

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Trae Young, who grew up in Norman, a city 30 km south of Oklahoma City, returns “home” and dominates the game, dragging the Atlanta Hawks (39-37) to the clear success over the Thunder (22-54) which now puts secure access to the “play-in”. Young finished with 41 points, 13/24 on shooting and 11/12 on free making every single play seem easy and natural. Unstoppable. Atlanta had five other players in double figures, including Kevin Huerter and Bogdan Bogdanovic, both with 20 points and 4 triples to target. Always in front of the team of Nate McMillan, who also touched +34 as the maximum advantage.

OKC: Waters 25 (9/15, 7/13 from three), Maledon 18, Sarr 17. Rebounds: Roby 9. Assist: Pokusevski 8.

Atlanta: Young 41 (13/24, 4/12 of three, 11/12 tl), Huerter 20, Bogdanovic 20. Rebounds: Okongwu 13. Assist: Young 8.

san antonio-memphis 111-112

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The Memphis Grizzlies (54-23) win the Southwest Division for the first time in their history and arithmetically secure the 2nd best Western Conference record by winning at the AT&T Center in San Antonio. And it doesn’t matter if the injured Ja Morant is forced to watch the game from the sidelines. Memphis is a real team and without its best player it still has a record of 19 wins and 2 losses. Man of the match was Tyus Jones, his substitute in the control room, with 25 points and 5/10 of three. The Grizzlies have always been ahead in the score but in the final they risked being overtaken by the Spurs (31-45), generous to recover from the disadvantage from 112-105 to 2’35 “from the siren up to -1. The Texans missed the final basket, specifically a layup by Keldon Johnson (23 points) well defended by the excellent Desmond Bane. Dejounte Murray, excellent in attack with 33 points and 13 rebounds, missed in the creation phase: only 3 assists with 5 balls San Antonio was thus overtaken again by the Lakers in 10th place in the West, the last train available for the “play-in”.

San Antonio: Murray 33 (12/20, 6/9 of three, 3/3 tl), Johnson 23, Vassell 19. Rebounds: Murray 13. Assist: Poeltl 5.

Memphis: Jones 25 (10/21, 5/10 of three), Brooks 21, Melton / Bane 16. Rebounds: Adams 8. Assists: Jones 6.

houston-sacramento 118-121

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In the very tight final question and answer between Houston (20-57) and Sacramento (28-49), both able to reach the double-digit advantage during the match, it is the Californians who prevail, helped by the 24 points each of the trio formed by Trey Lyles, Davion Mitchell and Damian Jones. A decisive triple break from “Big Ragu” Donte DiVincenzo, scored at 1’55 “from the siren for the 115-113 Kings. Houston with the first triple double in his career signed by Kevin Porter Jr. (30 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists) and 32 points from Jalen Green, who equaled his season high.

Houston: Green 32 (11/25, 6/14 of three, 4/5 tl), Porter Jr. 30, Fernando 17. Rebounds: Porter Jr. 12. Assist: Porter Jr. 12.

Sacrament: Lyles 24 (5/12, 4/6 of three, 10/12 tl), Mitchell 24, Jones 24. Rebounds: Jones 9. Assists: Mitchell 8.

portland-new orleans 107-117

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New Orleans (33-43) needed a win to continue defending 9th place in the West, which would mean qualification for the “play-in”, and the success came on the Trailblazers (27-49) with 25 points of the highly acclaimed former CJ McCollum (9/16 shooting), to whom the Portland public dedicated a long and well-deserved standing ovation. Willie Green’s team grew offensively in the 2nd half and in the final game changed pace, with a great Jonas Valanciunas (19 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals) to determine both in the realization phase and as a facilitator.

Portland: Eubanks 21 (10/12, 1/2 of three), McLemore 16, Perry 15. Rebounds: Eubanks 9. Assists: Williams 10.

New Orleans: McCollum 25 (9/16, 3/6 of three, 4/8 tl), Ingram 19, Valanciunas 19. Rebounds: Valanciunas 11. Assist: Ingram 6.