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And six wins in as many games in the Disney World bubble for Phoenix, who took the best of Oklahoma City (128-101) to keep the hope of playing a qualifying play-off for the play-offs on Monday in the NBA.

. Booker so far, Phoenix so close

The image is beautiful: by returning his shoot in the 3rd quarter, disconcerting ease, Booker symbolized the clear course of Phoenix (10th) since the resumption of the season.

Like its unexpected three-point basket, the team started from afar, but it now finds itself competing with Portland (9th), just ahead of San Antonio (11th) to force a dam, a priori against Memphis (8th).

Each of the four teams has two matches to play. If the Grizzlies and the Blazers win theirs they will fight to reach the play-offs. A misstep, however, could benefit the Suns and Spurs. at

The victory against the Thunder (5th), which certainly turned a good part of its workforce (Gilgeous-Alexander, Adams, Gallinari, Schroder at rest), took shape in the 2nd and 3rd quarters to make people forget a bad begins.

As usual, Booker played his role of artilleryman wonderfully (35 pts, 5 rebounds, 4 assists), exceeding 30 points for the fourth time in six games in the bubble, with teammates in collective success at three points (50%, 17/34).

. The Lakers with forceps

They wanted this victory against Denver and they snatched it (124-121). They also needed it to break the series of three defeats in the bubble, certainly inconsequential, but never good to accuse a week of attacking the play-offs, without yet knowing who their opponent will be.

Even without a stake, this meeting had to be seriously played by both teams. The Lakers to regain good momentum, confidence too. The Nuggets for their collective revival as they reclaim point guard Jamal Murray, whose excellent performance against Utah this weekend in his first game showed how much they missed him.

He was also still good for his second outing (14 points, 4 rebounds) and the whole team felt the effects since the ten players who walked the floor each scored between 8 and 18 points, for a success overall very high of 58.4%.

On the LA side, the address was also good (54.3%), but it was a trio that stood out with LeBron James (29 pts, 12 assists), Anthony Davis (27, pts, 6 rebounds, 5 assists) and Kyle Kuzma (25 pts, 6 rebounds) author of the basket of the three-point win, 0.7 seconds from the buzzer, after a repeated system in training. Proof that the Lakers are at work.

. The Raptors bite the Bucks

The foretaste of a possible final in the East mostly looked like a nice friendly match, the two rival teams having decided to spare their players. Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo; Kyle Lowry, Fred VanVleet, Serge Ibaka, Raptors side who won (114-106).

Toronto has always led in the score, up to 14 points ahead at the break, in particular thanks to its replacement winger Chris Boucher, who did a great job (25 pts, 11 rebounds).

Little can be learned from this game other than that the Raptors narrow the gap to 2-1 in their confrontations this season.

. Dallas overthrows Utah

Without Kristaps Porzingis (left knee) or Luka Doncic (right ankle), more spared than diminished, the Mavericks recovered 12 points behind at the start of the last quarter to win (122-114) over the Jazz, also deprived of Donovan Mitchell.

In a pressure-free match between 7th and 6th, Dallas relied on its very skilled shooters Tim Hardaway Jr (11/15, 27 pts) and Seth Curry (8/11, 22 pts).

Opposite, it was the substitutes who mainly brought the points (71 pts). Rudy Gobert only played 16 minutes (9 pts, 5 rebounds, 3 assists).

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