Stats & Highlights | The Kings at the last second, the Mavericks smile again
March 16, 2023
A clear and flawless victory is rare for the Heat. That’s why we must highlight this success against the Grizzlies. The Heat still remain in seventh place in the Eastern Conference.
Sacramento takes advantage of this setback from Memphis to regain second place in the West, with its victory almost at the buzzer in Chicago. Finally, it was hard, but the Mavericks beat the Spurs and keep their eighth place.
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Miami-Memphis: 138-119
Finally an easy win for the Heat. Miami made a first difference at the end of the first period, before flying away in the third quarter, with a 14-0, against a team unable to defend.
At the same time, Desmond Bane was expelled for a flagrant foul on Kevin Love, or more correctly a headline in his private parts. Memphis therefore sank very slowly, to count up to 28 points behind.
De’Aaron Fox had the last laugh. Chicago let go of its first half lead and the second was hung. The Bulls come back to three points after a Zach LaVine dunk, with less than twenty seconds remaining.
Kessler Edwards scored a free throw to give the Kings a four-point lead. DeMar DeRozan scores at 3-pts, with the fault, and brings the Bulls back to 114 everywhere. There are then ten seconds left to play. De’Aaron Fox draws from behind the arc and it goes in. Chicago cannot respond and must bow.
Even against a private team of Devin Vassell, Jeremy Sochan and Zach Collins, the Mavericks came close to corrections. The extension could already have been avoided since Maxi Kleber made a bad pass less than two seconds from the end, while Dallas was in front. Result, on an alley-oop, Keldon Johnson equalizes.
Fortunately for Jason Kidd, his men, especially Christian Wood, approach the extra five minutes very well. They pass a 13-0 and win against the Texan neighbor, after three defeats in a row.
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