The East in the NBA is fuming. The Boston Celtics (seven wins in a row), the Cleveland Cavaliers (four straight wins), the Chicago Bulls and the Philadelphia 76ers won their games on Friday and put more pressure on the conference leaders, the Miami Heat.
In the West, and after a disastrous January (4-12), the Utah Jazz have recovered their good feelings and today added their fifth victory in a game in which the Spanish Juancho Hernangómez made his debut with them.
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With permission from the Toronto Raptors (8 wins in a row), The Boston Celtics are the most fit team in the NBA at the moment and against the Denver Nuggets they added their seventh consecutive victory after a tight game.
Jayson Tatum (24 points and 6 rebounds) and Nikola Jokic (23 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists) were the best of the Celtics and Nuggets, respectively, in a game in which Latino players stood out.
Thus, the Argentine Facundo Campazzo, who is going through a difficult time in the Nuggets, vindicated himself with 14 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, a steal and a block while the Dominican Al Horford contributed 9 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks for the Nuggets.
Surprise Cavaliers
The surprising but fully established Cleveland Cavaliers achieved their fourth victory in a row by coming back with much credit to a Indiana Pacers who led by 21 points in the second quarter.
Caris LeVert, in his first game against his former team, and Jarrett Allen were, with 22 points each, the executioners of some Pacers in which their new signing, Tyrese Haliburton, had a very good debut (23 points and 6 assists).
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