On the night of December 20, 9 matches of the NBA regular season were played in the USA. In particular, Sacramento lost to Charlotte without Ukrainian Oleksiy Len.
NBA. Regular season
“Cleveland” – “Utah” – 122:99 (29:21, 33:23, 28:27, 32:28)
“Cleveland”: Mitchell (23), Allen (20 + 11 rebounds), Garland (17 + 8 assists + 6 losses), Mobley (12 + 8 rebounds), Okoro (12) – start; Osman (22), Levert (13).
“Utah”: Markkanen (24), Clarkson (23), Kessler (11), Conley (7 + 9 assists), Vanderbilt (7) – start; Horton-Tucker (6), Gay (5).
Philadelphia – Toronto – 104:101 OT (22:23, 35:23, 21:32, 21:21, 5:2)
“Philadelphia”: Embiid (28 + 11 rebounds), Harris (21), Harden (14 + 7 rebounds + 8 assists + 5 losses), Melton (8 + 7 rebounds), Tucker (5) – start; House (9), Harrell (7), Niang (5).
“Toronto”: Siakam (38 + 15 rebounds + 6 assists + 5 losses), Anunobi (13), Vanvleet (9), Hernangomes (7), Barnes (6) – start; Boucher (13 + 10 rebounds), Young (8), Flynn (5).
“Atlanta” – “Orlando” – 126:125 (34:27, 34:38, 36:29, 22:31)
“Atlanta”: Young (37 + 13 assists), Murray (17), Hunter (16), Collins (12 + 7 rebounds), Bogdanovich (10) – start; Griffin (19 + 7 rebounds), Okongwu (11 + 8 rebounds).
“Orlando”: Fultz (24 + 9 assists), F. Wagner (19 + 7 rebounds), Bankero (18 + 7 assists), M. Wagner (16 + 10 rebounds), Bol (6) – start; Ros (14), Bamba (11), Scofield (9 + 7 rebounds), Anthony (8).
“Oklahoma” – “Portland” – 123:121 (28:28, 33:30, 33:36, 29:27)
“Oklahoma”: Gilges-Alexander (35 + 6 assists), Dort (13), Williams (13 + 7 rebounds), Wiggins (12), Pokushevsky (8) – start; Williams (12), Muscala (12), Joe (11), Omorui (6).
“Portland”: Lillard (28 + 6 assists), Grant (26 + 8 rebounds), Simons (19), Hart (13 + 8 rebounds + 6 assists), Eubanks (9 + 7 rebounds) – start; Johnson (9), Winslow (8), Sharpe (6).
New Orleans – Milwaukee – 119:128 (27:30, 34:36, 29:34, 29:28)
“New Orleans”: Valanciunas (37 + 18 rebounds), McCollum (31 + 8 rebounds + 9 assists), Williamson (18 + 7 rebounds + 7 assists + 5 losses), Murphy (13), Jones (9 + 5 steals), Hernangomes (5) .
“Milwaukee”: J. Antetokounmpo (42 + 10 rebounds), B. Lopez (30 + 7 rebounds), Holiday (18 + 11 assists), Bouchamp (6), Allen (6) – start; Connaughton (11), Carter (8).
Minnesota – Dallas – 116:106 (21:30, 36:14, 37:30, 22:32)
“Minnesota”: Edwards (27 + 13 rebounds + 9 assists), Reid (27 + 13 rebounds), Rivers (16), McDaniels (13), Russell (9) – start; Nawell (18).
“Dallas”: Dinwiddy (20 + 7 assists), Doncic (19 + 7 assists), Wood (15 + 13 rebounds + 5 turnovers), Finney-Smith (9), Bertans (18), Walker (14), McGee (5), Nilikina (five).
“Houston” – “San Antonio” – 105:124 (28:35, 34:25, 14:32, 29:32)
“Houston”: Shengyun (22), Porter (15), Green (13), Smith (9 + 8 rebounds), Gordon (5) – start; Eason (11), Washington (9), Martin (8 + 7 rebounds), Fernando (7).
«San Antonio»: Vassell (26), Jones (13 + 8 assists), Bates-Diop (9), Peltl (8), Langford (6) – start; McDermott (16), Branham (14), Sohan (12 + 7 rebounds), Collins (10 + 7 rebounds), Johnson (10).
Phoenix – Lakers – 130:104 (38:24, 30:20, 31:33, 31:27)
“Phoenix”: Paul (28 + 8 assists), Ayton (21 + 11 rebounds), Bridges (20), Craig (17 + 8 rebounds), Lee (15) – start; Shemet (13), Wainwright (8), Saric (5).
“Lakers”: Schroeder (30), Bryant (16), Walker (16), Beverly (9), Brown (3) – start; Nan (17).
“Sacramento” – “Charlotte” – 119:125 (30:39, 33:27, 29:25, 27:34)
“Sacramento”: Fox (37), Sabonis (28 + 23 rebounds + 7 assists), Murray (11), Barnes (11), Herter (9) – start; Monk (12), Mitchell (7).
“Charlotte”: Ubre (31 + 10 rebounds), Ball (23 + 12 assists), Hayward (19), Plumley (15), Richards (14 + 11 rebounds), Maledon (12 + 7 rebounds), McDaniels (6).
