Triple-double by Sabonis came to naught, Mitchell drove Cavaliers to win

Sacramento’s Domantas Sabonis recorded his 13th triple-double of the season, but Sacramento faltered in Miami. Donovan Mitchell had a great performance to lead Cleveland to a win over Detroit, plus his teammate Allen broke the club record.

Sabonis again excelled, but it didn’t lead to a win this time

In the game Miami Heat vs Sacramento Kings (115:106) the home team surprisingly beat the strong Sacramento. Once again Domantas Sabonis had a great performance on the Sacramento side after last game, when he recorded 26 rebounds and broke the 20+20 mark.

Which is at least 20 points and 20 rebounds, that doesn’t happen that much in the NBA. This time, he notched his 13th triple-double of the season and is once again closing in on the leader of that statistic, Nikola Jokic. He scored 19 points on Miami’s deck, was great again on the rebounding end, scoring 17 of them, and added 13 assists on top of that.

But Miami broke the losing streak on their home floor and bravely defied the favorite. Jimmy was the main reason for Miami’s victory with 31 points, the second best player of the game also had a great shooting from the field. He missed only 4 shot attempts.

Miami controlled the game from the end of the first quarter and maintained a slight lead until the end of the game, improving their season record to 25-23.

Donovan Mitchell pulls the Cavaliers to another win

In the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Detroit Pistons (128:121), the Cavaliers were led to victory against the NBA’s worst team by the home team’s traditional top scorer Donovan Mitchell. He was the lion’s share of the fact that Cleveland lost only one game out of the last 12 games.

Mitchell was the game’s leading scorer with 45 points. He also contributed to that performance with six made threes. He also added 8 assists and 6 rebounds. But the deciding factor was that he saved 20 points for the last quarter. Thanks to his great performance in the last weeks, he moved up to the seventh position in the scorers’ table with an average of 28.2 points per game.

However, Mittchel’s teammate Jarrett Allen also had a great performance. He even set a new Cavaliers club record. Allen didn’t even threaten the 20-point mark. He had 14 points and 11 rebounds. However, the important thing is that he recorded a double-double for the 16th time in a row, which no one has ever done in Cleveland history.

Detroit practically didn’t cause any problems for Cleveland the whole game and calmly walked away with their 41st defeat of the season. Whereas a great Cleveland team was coming off its 29th win of the season. The returning Cade Cunningham scored 19 points for the Pistons.

Source: NBA