Washington (AFP)

The Utah Jazz of Rudy Gobert who regains his taste for victory at the expense of Orlando and Evan Fournier, the leaders who fall in the East and the franchise record of Russell Westbrook: here is the summary of the NBA night on Saturday .

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Orlando-Utah: the "Frenchies" match

The Jazz of Rudy Gobert undoubtedly wanted to recover after his defeat Friday (124-116) against Miami, and it was the Magic of Evan Fournier who paid the price.

Yet deprived of Mike Conley (hamstring), the leaders of the Western Conference, who remained on 11 wins in 13 matches, easily won 109-124.

Rudy Gobert distinguished himself on both sides of the field, defensively with 16 rebounds and 2 blocks, but also in attack, scoring 12 points and offering 3 assists.

Donovan Mitchell meanwhile scored 31 points, also offering 6 assists, including one to Gobert, who had made the effort to go up the whole field to finish with a dunk, thus showing the extent of his palette and a good understanding with his teammate on the floors.

Orlando, whose best scorers were Nikola Vucevic with 34 points and Evan Fournier with 16 points (7 rebounds and 4 assists), suffers his third consecutive defeat and is still in thirteenth place in the East.

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Nets diminished, Mavericks invigorated

The absence of Kyrie Irving (right shoulder), in addition to that of Kevin Durant (hamstrings), penalized Brooklyn, second in the Eastern Conference but who gave in to Dallas (98-115) and a Luka Doncic very leggy (27 pts, 6 rebounds, 7 assists).

For Brooklyn, the best attack in the league and who remained on eight consecutive victories, James Harden scored 29 points well, but that was not enough against the Mavericks, who could also count on the return of injury from Kristaps Porzingis (18 pts , 6 rbds).

Still 9th ​​in the Eastern Conference, Dallas ended the month of February with a fine record of 8 wins in 12 matches, after a catastrophic start to the season.

The Texans are only two victories away from Denver, the last to occupy a qualifying place for the play-offs.

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Westbrook record, Philadelphia falls

It's the surprise of the evening, but the Sixers, competitors of the Nets for first place in the East, also lost after an overtime, against Cleveland (109-112).

Joel Embiid (42 pts) and Ben Simmons (24 pts) were surprised by Cavaliers who took advantage of their luck, led in particular by Darius Garland (25 pts) and Collin Sexton (28 pts).

Finally, in Washington, the Wizards dominated the Minnesota Timberwolves (128-112), thanks to Bradley Beal (34 pts) who honored his status as the league's top scorer, as well as Russell Westbrook, who signed a new triple-double (19 pts, 14 rebounds and 12 assists).

It's his tenth triple-double of his season, a franchise record in just one season, while he's only in his 24th game with the Wizards jersey.

His next record in the sights: overtake Darrell Walker and his 15 triple-doubles, the all-time franchise record.

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