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Los Angeles (AFP) – Kyrie Irving scored 23 of her 43 points in the fourth quarter and overtime on Friday as the Boston Celtics made a statement with a 123-116 win over the NBA leaders, the Raptors of Toronto. the Eastern Conference.
Irving added 11 assists and Jayson Tatum had 21 points and seven rebounds for the Celtics, who eliminated an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter to 9-6, while the Raptors dropped to 12-4.
Kawhi Leonard scored 31 points and 15 rebounds for the Raptors, who have lost three straight games since the start of the season with 12 wins in their first 13 games.
Led 82-78 at the end of the third quarter, the Celtics lost 86-78 after dubbing Leonard with 10:37 remaining in the fourth quarter.
But they beat Toronto 29-25 in the final period, scoring 90-90 on Irving's pointer.
Toronto regained a 107-103 lead with a time remaining of 1:29, but Tatum's dunk and Gordon Hayward's free throws allowed Boston to tie, while Leonard missed a potential winner Match.
Boston quickly took control in overtime, where they never let themselves be dragged.
"We wanted to be part of the aggressive team," said Irving. "We sort of stalled in the third quarter, but we took it back to the bottom right."
Hayward called the victory "a building block".
"We still do not play our best basketball," he said. "I think we have shown repeatedly that we are fighters and we will continue to fight, but we have to reach the point where we play basketball for 48 minutes."
In Philadelphia, Jimmy Butler scored 28 points in his home debut for the 76ers, leading the standings with a 113-107 victory over Utah Jazz.
Butler, acquired Monday at the Minnesota Timberwolves, was warmly welcomed by Philly fans and had a quick impact as the organizers took a 16-point lead in the first quarter.
The Jazz moved closer to get closer, and the teams traded the lead six times in the fourth quarter.
Ben Simmons made a lay-up that allowed Philadelphia to go up 109-107 with 58.7 seconds to go, and Butler tied a shot to clear the lead, before committing an offensive foul of the Jazz.
Joel Embiid, who scored 12 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter, finished with two free throws and the Sixers improved to 10-7.
Butler, whose first match with the Sixers was Wednesday's loss to Orlando, also contributed to seven assists, three rebounds and two interceptions.
– The Bucks are mobilizing to defeat the Bulls –
The Milwaukee Bucks were putting up the pressure in the second half of a 123-104 home win over the Chicago Bulls, in which the hosts took 18 points at halftime.
Eric Bledsoe scored 17 of his 25 points in the second half, while Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton added 23 points each to the Bucks, who added six double-digit players.
"We knew we had not played enough in the first half," said Antetokounmpo, who also grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked three shots as the Bucks improved to 11-4, just behind the Raptors in the first half. # 39;.
"We went to the locker room, the coach told us that we needed to accelerate the pace, the energy, do more effort, so that's what we did."
In New Orleans, Anthony Davis scored 43 points and 17 rebounds. The Pelicans caught up to an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the New York Knicks 129-124.
Julius Randle had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Pelicans. His free throws, with 2:33 remaining, allow the Pelicans to advance for the first time.
From there, New Orleans resisted the young Knicks team, which suffered a fourth consecutive loss.
Spaniard Marc Gasol broke Zach Randolph's Grizzlies record with 5,612 rebounds in the 112-104 victory over the Sacramento Kings.
Gasol set the franchise record by scoring his 15th rebound while he remained 1:12 to play in the fourth quarter.
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