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Sacramento basketball players beat Denver tonight 127:126 and ended their five-game winning streak in the NBA. The Kings were led by Malik Monk with 33 points, including the decisive free throw with 0.7 seconds left. Domantas Sabonis contributed to the victory with 31 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists, and De'Aaron Fox with 31 points and 13 assists.
Sacramento rallied from a 19-point deficit late in the third quarter to snap a two-game losing streak. In the Denver team, Serbian center Nikola Jokic was the best with 40 points, seven rebounds, and six assists. He missed the three-pointer for the victory at the very end.
Bones Hyland scored 20 points with 11 assists and five rebounds, and Michael Porter scored 19 points with seven rebounds. Brooklyn basketball players beat Atlanta 108:107 and achieved their 10th consecutive victory. Kyrie Irving was the most effective in the winning team with 28 points, 15 of which he scored in the fourth quarter, and he also added eight assists and five rebounds.
Kevin Durant scored 26 points, with 16 rebounds and eight assists. In the 14th win in the last 15 games, Nic Claxton added 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Patty Mills had 12 points. The streak of 10 wins is the longest this season in the NBA, as well as the longest streak of the Nets since they also tied for 10 wins in the 2005/2006 season.
The franchise record is 14 consecutive wins in the 2003/2004 and 2005/2006 seasons. In the Atlanta team, Dejounte Murray was the most effective with 24 points, along with nine rebounds and eight assists, while John Collins added 21 points and eight rebounds.
Serbian basketball player Bogdan Bogdanović finished the game with 14 points, and Jalen Johnson also had 14 points. The team was without leading scorer Trey Young, leading rebounder Clint Capela and starter De'Andre Hunter due to injuries.
Golden State defeats Utah
Golden State basketball players beat Utah 112:107. The current champions were led by Jordan Poole with 26 points, of which he scored a key basket 1:27 seconds before the end. Donte DiVincenzo added 19 points, and Ty Jerome added 17 points and seven rebounds.
Stephen Curry, Andrew Wiggins, and Andre Iguodala were missing from the team. In the Utah team, Lauri Markkanen was the best with 29 points, of which he scored seven three-pointers, and had 16 rebounds. Jordan Clarkson added 22 points, and Collin added 11.
The Chicago basketball players beat Milwaukee after overtime with 119:113 and inflicted their fourth consecutive defeat. The team, which was losing by 11 points less than three minutes before the end of the regular part, was led by Demar Derozan with 42 points, 10 rebounds and five assists.
Zack Levin added 24 points, and Nikola Vucevic 15 points, 14 rebounds and five assists. In the team from Milwaukee, Janis Adetokunbo was the most effective with 45 points, 22 rebounds, and seven assists. Bobby Portis finished the match with 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Brook Lopez with 14 points and six rebounds.
In other games, New Orleans, led by Zion Williamson, who scored 43 points, beat Minnesota 119:118, while Washington beat Phoenix 127:102. Miami defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 112:98, and Detroit was better than Washington 121:101 and achieved its ninth victory in the league in which it is still the worst team.