NBA Starting November 5, 16: Banchero comes in big on the wild end

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📝Today’s lineup

🍿Wednesday must-see

⭐ C’s, Bucks, Mavs win short

⌛ Knicks, Magic Pickup wins

📙 Book Back, Suns Snap MIN Streak

📺 Thursday NBA TV Doubleheader

🌆 Nets at Heat, 7:30 EST, NBA TV

⛈️ Thunder at Warriors, 10 ET, NBA TV

🏆The tournament returns on Friday

1. Must see 👀

Paolo Banchero wins it for Orlando.

Start your day with some of the best moments from Wednesday night:

• Wild finish Between the Magic and the Bulls in Chicago. Lavin for the tie … Paolo for the win
• Another LeBron mentor: With a left wing three late in the first half, LeBron James passed Jason Terry to Eighth all-time in 3-pointers to make (2,283)
• The Wolves’ winning streak may have been halted at seven games, but no one can stop that Anthony Edwards highlight line after this Euro step acrobatic throw
• Welcome back Kuttab: In his return match after missing the last five matches, Devin Booker dropped 31 pointsincluded This is a difficult one
• De’Aaron Fox needed to Combined nine seconds To score his first bucket in each of the last two matches – Three seconds In Wednesday’s game in Los Angeles, Six seconds Monday against Cleveland
• another night, Another triangular logo to Damian Lillard
• Banks in Toronto stayed open late due to Malik Beasley’s use of glass To ring the bell with One of the eight 3s At night
• Before tonight, the The last time seven teams posted road wins on an eight-game night was February 27, 2022

2. Celtics, Bucks and Mavs win while Stars miss ⭐

In this way, the Celtics returned to the top of the East.

With all the stars wearing street clothes, the Celtics, Bucks and Mavericks embodied the “next man up” mentality on Wednesday night.

🍀 Celtics 117, Sixers 107
🏀 a summary

• Derrick White scored 14 of the 27 points In the fourth quarter, while Jayson Tatum added 10 of his 29, as the Celtics outscored the Sixers despite the absence of Jaylen Brown or Kristaps Porzingis.
• Leading with five With just over a minute to play, White drove the lane, drew the defense, and kicked to a wide-open Tatum. For dagger 3
• Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey They each scored 20 goals for Philly, playing on the second night of a back-to-back and third in four days

Dame scored 72 points on Wednesday.

🦌 Bucks 128, Raptors 112
🏀 a summary

• With Giannis Antetokounmpo After missing his first game of the season with a calf strain, Damian Lillard and Malik Beasley led Bucks to victory over Raptors
• Lillard scored a game-high 37 points He created another 35 goals with a season-high of 13 assists
• Beasley posted season-highs 30 points and eight three-pointers, six of which were assisted by Dame

🐴 Mavs 130, Wizards 117
🏀 a summary

• The Mavericks join the Nuggets and Celtics As the first team to achieve nine wins this season, and did so without Kyrie Irving (foot)
• Tim Hardaway Jr. had his best game this season, He scored a game-high 31 And demolishes seven 3s. Hardaway and Luka Doncic scored 43 of the 57 points In the first half

3. Knicks and Magic win big

splash.

🗽 Knicks 116 and Hawks 114
🏀 a summary

• Jalen Brunson finished third In voting for the best player award last season. Performances like Wednesday’s will put him back in contention
• trailing by seven With 5:20 left to play, Brunson and Immanuel Quickley took over — scoring 18 clutch points — for New York He finished the game with a score of 22-13 To defeat the Falcons
• Julius Randle continued his hot streakrecorded his fifth straight 20-plus point game with a game-high 29. He added 10 boards and eight assists.

🔮 Magic 96, Bulls 94
🏀 a summary

• Magic rookie Anthony Black He missed a free throw with 14 seconds left and a chance to give Orlando a four-point lead and ice the game
• Zach LaVine made them pay, He knocked down his fourth 3-pointer of the night to tie the game with 7.5 seconds left
• With black on the marginThinking that missing the opportunity would mean extra work, Paolo Banchero called the gamebacking away from Alex Caruso and hitting a turnaround jump shot that fell after a friend’s rebound

4. Booker returns in the form of the Suns Snap Wolves line

KD & Book celebrate a big W.

☀️ Suns 133, Timberwolves 115
🏀 a summary

• Devin Booker and Kevin Durant Subtract 31 points for each Where Phoenix snapped Minnesota’s winning streak to seven consecutive games
• This was the first time this season — and the fourth time since becoming teammates (regular season and playoffs) — Booker and Durant each scored more than 30 points in the same game. The Suns are 4-0 in those games.
• Booker is back After missing the last five matches for Phoenix. He has given up 30 or more points in every game he has played this season.

Sabonis throws.

👑 Kings 125, Lakers 110
🏀 a summary

• The Kings achieved their fourth consecutive victory In wire-to-wire fashion in Los Angeles, it jumped out to a 20-point lead in the first quarter, and survived a Lakers surge in the fourth quarter.
• Domantas Sabonis (29 points, 16 blocks, 7 blocks) The Kings paced, while De’Aaron Fox and Kevin Huerter each added 28.
• At 38, LeBron James (28 points, 10 rebounds, 11 attacks) He became the second-oldest player in NBA history to record a triple-double (Karl Malone, 40), while also breaking a tie with Jason Kidd for fifth all-time (108).

⚔️ Cavaliers 109, Blazers 95
🏀 a summary

• Donovan Mitchell posted His fifth 30-plus point game this season, He scored 17 in each half To finish with 34 in Cleveland’s win over Portland.
• Evan Mobley status His second 20/10 game this season with 21 points and 12 boards.

5. Thursday’s NBA TV doubleheader

Flex on them, Pam.

🏀 Curling in the heat

📺 7:30 PM, NBA TV

“Never forget where you came from, and never lose sight of where you’re going.”

• Bam Adebayo engraved those words on a metal plaque and placed them near the bottom of a framed photo he keeps of the single-wide trailer he grew up in in North Carolina.
• This mentality goes hand in hand with The basic undertaking of thermal culture.

Tonight, the Heat look to extend their winning streak to seven games (longest since 2017) when they host the Nets, and Adebayo’s defense will be one of the keys to watch.

Brooklyn will test that versatility with an offense that ranks seventh in the league that is great in transition and from beyond the arc — ranked in the top five in both categories.

• It’s the type of opponent that requires defenders who can cover 94 feet. Adebayo is one of the best.

Shit and Clay.

🏀 Thunder at Warriors

📺 10 EST, NBA TV

One of the NBA last The hottest teams face off against the Warriors in the NBA TV Night Cup.

After a slow start, the Thunder are rolling. (pun intended)

• The run started 10 days ago, right after Stephen Curry’s game-winner sent the Warriors to a 141-139 win over the Thunder… and OKC off to a 3-3 start.
• Since then, the Thunder have struck four out of five.
• The Warriors are on a four-game losing streak on Thursday, with Curry suffering a knee injury and Draymond Green serving a five-game suspension for stepping up for a turnover on the court against the Timberwolves on Tuesday.