In an NBA night marked by the brilliant performance of Steph Curry, the victory of the Celtics and another fall of the Lakers also stood out.
An exceptional Stephen Curry led the Golden State Warriors to victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on a Friday of mixed luck for the two most successful franchises in the NBA: The Boston Celtics add their fifth consecutive victory and the Los Angeles Lakers chain their fifth consecutive loss.
WARRIORS 106 – RIDERS 101
With a Stephen Curry spectacular and deadly at the end (40 points on 15 of 23 shots), the Golden State Warriors they won the victory against some Cleveland Cavaliers very belligerent and they started the season with good feelings.
Donovan Mitchell came very close to the Cavaliers’ triple-double with 29 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists.
💦 @StephenCurry30 was NEXT LEVEL in the @warriors to win! #DubNation
40 points (65.2% FG) | 4 RECs | 5 ASD | 6 p.m. 3 p.m. pic.twitter.com/7yVMUtFh4o
—NBA (@NBA) November 12, 2022
LAKERS 114 – KINGS 120
With five consecutive defeats and only two wins in twelve games, Los Angeles Lakers continue their particular ‘via crucis’ and this time they fell before the Sacramento Kingsin a game he hasn’t played james lebron due to injury.
De’Aaron Fox (32 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists) condemned some Lakers in the last two minutes, the best of which were Anthony Davis (24 points and 14 rebounds) and Russell Westbrook (21 points and 11 assists).
CELTIC 131 – NUGGETS 112
In Boston, two teams on a roll were measured, the Celtics and the Nuggets -both with four consecutive victories-, and the victory went to the locals thanks to Jayson Tatum (34 points and 8 rebounds), Jaylen Brown (25 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists) and the Dominican Al Horford, who beat his personal best triples scored in a game (6 of 8) and finished with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists in 34 minutes.
Nikola Jokic (29 points and 8 rebounds) was Denver’s flagship with Bruce Brown (16 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists).
Jayson Tatum recorded his 3rd straight game with over 30 points as he led the @celtics to win! #BleedGreen
☘ @jaytatum0: 34 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST pic.twitter.com/ecXzTtQCBW
—NBA (@NBA) November 12, 2022
Thunder 132 – Raptors 113
The Oklahoma City Thunder They made up for their disappointment on Wednesday, when they lost after two overtimes to the Milwaukee Bucks, by winning this Friday at the toronto raptors with a fabulous collective performance: eight players obtained more than 10 points and Eugene Omoruyi was the top scorer with 22.
Among the Raptors, who suffered 55.9% baskets from the Thunder, the presence of Spaniard Juancho Hernangómez stood out, who had hardly had any chances with the Canadians so far and who played his best game of the season with 9 points, 4 rebounds. , 2 assists and 2 steals in 17 minutes.
SPURS 111 – BUCKS 93
The victory of San Antonio Spurs about some Milwaukee dollars that, at least, they had as an excuse the enormous number of wounded with which they appeared in Texas (Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jrue Holiday, Kris Middleton, Pat Connaughton, Grayson Allen…).
Keldon Johnson led the Spurs with 29 points and Jevon Carter did the same with 21 points for the Bucks, in which Spaniard Serge Ibaka put in an outstanding performance with 11 points and 9 rebounds in 19 minutes.
GRIZZLIES 114 – TIMBER WOLF 103
Ja Morant (28 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists) led the Memphis Grizzlies in his victory over the Minnesota Wolvesin a game where Spaniard Santi Aldama once again made an impression with 12 points and 7 rebounds.
At Wolves, who had many foul problems in their indoor game, Anthony Edwards was the top scorer (28 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists) and Dominican-American Karl-Anthony Towns again had a gray night (13 points and 10 rebounds).
Ja Morant and Anthony Edwards each lost 28 PTS as they duel in a rematch of last season’s 1st round playoffs!
Ja Morant: 28 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST, 2 STL
Anthony Edwards: 28 PTS, 6 CER, 6 AST pic.twitter.com/1FPpk6wrcT—NBA (@NBA) November 12, 2022
KNICKS 121 – PISTONS 112
The new york knicks got back on the road to victory by beating the Detroit Pistonswith 30 points from RJ Barrett and 26 points and 7 assists from Jalen Brunson.
Bojan Bogdanovic, with 25 points, led Detroit in a game that won’t be remembered for either team’s success in the triple (10 of 40 for the Knicks and 7 of 31 for the Pistons).
RJ Barrett dropped a season-high 30 PTS as he led the @nyknicks to be won in Le Jardin! #NewYorkForever
🔥 @RJBarrett6: 30 STS, 5 REB, 5 AST pic.twitter.com/0NGipf98PW
—NBA (@NBA) November 12, 2022
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