The Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks share the best record in the NBA at 24-4 and are on pace to become the first pair of teams in league history to win 70 games in the same season.
They each have MVP candidates – 2018-19 MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo for the Bucks, and four-time winner LeBron James and Anthony Davis for the Lakers. Both teams combine top-tier defense with high-powered offense.
The Indiana Pacers securing their fourth straight win took big time execution late, set up by none other than Malcolm Brogdon, who had five points late to help the Pacers close a late five-point deficit against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Pacers stepped up on both ends in the last three minutes, closing the game on a 10-2 run to improve themselves to 19-9 on the year.
Not much of a shock to this one, as the Bucks trounced the Cleveland Cavaliers 125-108, earning their 18th consecutive win.
This one would begin exactly as you’d expect — with Milwaukee immediately racing out to a solid lead. Cleveland never held a lead in the opening 12 mintues. Paced by 15 points combined from Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton, the Bucks earned a 26-20 advantage moving into the second quarter.
It certainly wasn’t pretty, and it rarely is in battles of former colleague coaches, but the Milwaukee Bucks ultimately prevailed over a hot-shooting Memphis Grizzlies team, 127-114. Milwaukee came out looking a little sluggish from the tip, but still controlled the first period and took a 35-29 advantage into the second. The Bucks were in danger of heading into halftime trailing, but a Lillard-level deep triple from George Hill made it 64-62 Milwaukee. It took an unconscious shooting period from Memphis for them to take a 95-90 lead after three. The Grizzlies shouldn’t have made Giannis quite so upset while he was on the bench for much of the third though, for he returned and put the game well out of reach.
The Los Angeles Lakers won their sixth straight game and 16th in 17 tries as they defeated the host Miami Heat 113-110 on Friday at AmericanAirlines Arena.
Lakers big man Anthony Davis led all scorers with 33 points, and LeBron James nearly posted a triple-double thanks to 28 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds. JaVale McGee patrolled the paint with five blocked shots.
Not much of a shock to this one, as the Bucks trounced the Cleveland Cavaliers 125-108, earning their 18th consecutive win.
This one would begin exactly as you’d expect — with Milwaukee immediately racing out to a solid lead. Cleveland never held a lead in the opening 12 mintues. Paced by 15 points combined from Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton, the Bucks earned a 26-20 advantage moving into the second quarter.
Joel Embiid said Tuesday night that he hasn't been having fun this season. It looked like he was having a blast at TD Garden Thursday.
In what was easily Embiid's finest game of the season, the Sixers ramped up their defense in the second half to beat the Celtics, 115-109.
Al Horford did not play against his former team as he's dealing with left knee soreness and left hamstring tightness.
