The Celtics waited in the away game in Toronto on their two "go-to-guys" Jaylen Brown and Jason Tatum, also Robert Williams III lacked north of the border. For this, Daniel Theis slipped into the starting formation and delivered a decent presentation with 13 points, ten rebounds as well as two associates and two blocks in 41 commercial minutes. While Marcus SMART was top scorer with an eighth rotation (28), Pascal Siakam became the Raptors (43:32) to the Matchwinner - 40 Counter and 13 Rebounds!

• Butler leads the heat back up
• Spurs increase pressure on Lakers - lose Warriors and Magic

At 112: 115 after extension for Boston (47:29) finally the series of six wins in a piece, and the record champion had to acknowledge the crash of rank one in the conference table. The Raptors are sixth.

Butler leads the heat back up

Primus are now the Miami Heat (48:28), which took deep after four defeats and put the Sacramento Kings 123: 100. Topscorer here: Jimmy Butler, recently still in the hot matter with coach Erik Spoelstra. The Forward collected 27 points and gave seven templates.

The Chicago Bulls (43:32) are still fifth after the 104: 109 against the New York Knicks, but now with the Raptors. 37 Counters of Bulls protagonist Demar Derozan did not help the Bulls in Madison Square Garden ultimately.

Spurs increase pressure on Lakers - lose Warriors and Magic

Meanwhile, the San Antonio Spurs (31:44) increased the pressure on the Los Angeles Lakers (31:43) in the Western Conference. The Spurs won 123: 120 at the Houston Rockets, which renounced shoulder complaints in Dennis Schröder, and moved as the eleventh table closer to the Lakers in ten, which is just still entitled to play-in-participation. The Lakers bang around Lebron James, who is questionable because of his horses at the ankle for the game at Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday.

Next top in the table, the Memphis Grizzlies (53:23) underpinned by a clear 123: 95 on the substitute Golden State Warriors (48:28) place two directly in front of the weakening Californians. The DUBS lacked the Star Guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson as well as "Arbeiter" Draymond Green.

Another swing back to the east: There, the Wagner brothers with the Orlando Magic lost the Cleveland Cavaliers with 101: 107 and stay after defeat number 56 (at 20 wins) the worst team in the East. Rookie Franz Wagner stood 28 minutes on the field and scored ten points, Moritz came two counters in 21 minutes.