NBA: Celtics continue to win – Worries about Irving

The Boston Celtics’ winning streak continues. The eleventh game in a row was also successfully played. Kyrie Irving must be out injured early. The Oklahoma City Thunder, on the other hand, finish their defeat series and beat the Los Angeles Clippers. Eric Bledsoe makes a successful debut for Milwaukee Bucks.

The pistons are swimming on a wave of success and have now come out of the starting blocks as good as in 2005 (10-2). I can’t say good things about the second half,”criticised coach Stan van Gundy,” Atlanta showed us in the second half,”and SvG was quite right. Detroit already led at the break with 57:41 and was already leading with 19 points and yet it became tight again.

The Hawks evened out Kent Bazemore (22) to 94:94 in the final quarter with two consecutive threesomes and had the momentum on their side. The pistons didn’t allow the guests to lead them, however, and in the end they were allowed to thank Reggie Jackson (22 points, 6 assists). The Point Guard struck from downtown 52 seconds before the end to 103:100 and then, half a minute later, added another second to clear up the last doubt.

“Our goal must be to learn from it, whether victory or defeat,”the Guard said humbly. Apparently Andre Drummond is also learning. The center played 7 assists, a new career high for the big (previously 5). In addition, there were 15 points (6/15 FG, 4/6 FT) and 20 rebounds. In the first 12 games, Dre always grabbed at least 12 boards. Kevin Love (2011/2012) succeeded in doing so in Minnesota. Moses Malone (1978/79) holds the record with 16 games.

Atlanta, on the other hand, continues to struggle with defensive problems. For the sixth time in a row, the Hawks allowed at least 110 points. Dennis Schröder disappeared after a weak first half and scored 17 points (8/16 FG) and 11 assists. The performance of Rookie John Collins was also pleasing with 16 points (8/13 FG), 8 rebounds and 3 blocks.

Avery Bradley contributed 20 points to the Pistons. Tobias Harris (16) stays hot from downtown. He netted four of his five attempts from a distance.

The first shock for the Celtics was after just under two minutes. Aron Baynes rammed the elbow into the face of fellow player Kyrie Irving when he landed after a rebound. The Guard went down and blew enormously from the nose. Uncle Drew didn’t play for a second after that because of suspected concussion.

After Gordon Hayward and Al Horford, the hosts lacked the complete Big Three and the Hornets knew how to use it. The visitors led the first half with 18 points, and after three quarters the score was still 76:64 in favour of Charlotte. But Boston didn’t want to let the winning streak break and opened the final quarter with a 16:3 run. Only 11 points brought the Hornets to the scoreboard in the last 12 minutes, Kemba Walker (20) made 10 alone.

The Point Guard missed the chance to win, however, when his Stepback jumper just clapped on the ring at 5.8 seconds on the clock. Terry Rozier (15 points, 7 rebounds) made everything clear on the other side with two free throws as Charlotte didn’t have a break anymore and Walker had to try a desperate throw over the whole field. Despite a catastrophic field throw rate of 35.7 percent, Celtics won.

Strong for Boston was above all the third point guard, Shane Larkin, who pocketed important throws in 17 minutes and scored 16 points,”I’m always ready for this is my job,” said Larkin after the game. So I did my best.” Besides Larkin, Jayson Tatum also scored 16 points. Jaylen Brown scored a double-double (10 points, 13 rebounds), but didn’t have a Fortune with his litter (3/14 FG). Daniel Theis got 17 minutes of playing time and used it for 7 points (3/4 FG), 4 rebounds and 1 block.

In Charlotte’s case, only Frank Kaminsky (14) and Rookie Dwayne Bacon (10) scored double-digit points in addition to Walker. Dwight Howard (6 points, 2/8 FG, 11 rebounds, 7 turnovers) had an evening to forget.

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