Bucks veteran Brook Lopez received his first career ejection in his side’s clash against the Raptors.
Philadelphia superstar Joel Embiid masterminded a huge victory over the
Clippers who boast both Paul George and Kahwi Leonard.
Meanwhile, Nikola Jokic has continued his dominance with a huge triple double to down Lillard’s Trail Blazers.
Reigning MVP Nikola Jokic once again recorded a triple double, tallying his 13th for the season and his 95th across his illustrious career.
The Nuggets took a 122-113 win over the Trail Blazers, with the Serbian scoring 36 points from 13 of 14 from the field to go with a staggering 12 rebounds and 10 assists.
Denver has now won their 14th straight home game and Jokic was provided impressive assistance by both Michael Porter Junior and Jamal Murray who scored 23 and 17 points respectively.
The Nuggets were able to offset Damian Lillard’s mammoth 44-point game which included six three-pointers and 14 from 14 from the free-throw line.
Jerami Grant and Anfernee Simons were the only other two Trail Blazers to hit double figures as Portland slumped to their eighth straight loss away from home.
Denver has kept their position on top of the Western Conference, while the Trail Blazers not sit on equal wins with the Thunder and Suns, languishing in 11th.
Philadelphia’s superstar centre had delivered a performance for the ages, with a whopping 41 points to down Paul George and Kawhi Leonard’s Clippers.
The 76ers now sit third in the
Eastern Conference, while Los Angeles sit in seventh.
Embiid also added nine rebounds and three assists to his huge points total, while power forward Tobias Harris also scored 20 with six assists.
Young guard Tyrese Maxey was once again impressive, starting off the bench to score 22 points.
For the Clippers, Leonard recorded 27 points, while Paul George was unable to make a big impact with only 13 points from five of 11 from the field.
Brook Lopez got seriously hot – uncharacteristically hot!
The Milwaukee Bucks centre received his first career ejection in his team’s home clash with the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday (all times AEDT) after removing Gary Trent Jr.’s headband
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Lopez and Trent midway through the fourth quarter got tangled up off the ball while Jrue Holiday drove to the basket, before Lopez took off Trent’s headband as the pair shuffled towards the baseline.
rent’s teammate, OG Anunoby, then intervened by going at Lopez, firing up the enraged Bucks big as he had to be held back by multiple players and coaches, while Joe Ingles restrained Anunoby.
After a lengthy deliberation from the officials
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