HOUSTON – Utah Jazz broke its triple record, by adding 25, in the road win over the Milwaukee Bucks (118-131), on an NBA day, in which the Los Angeles Clippers collapsed again in the last quarter of his game against the reborn Golden State Warriors, with point guard Stephen Curry, as a great figure.
Guard Donovan Mitchell scored 32 points for the Jazz, who scored 25 of 53 3-pointers, snapped a two-game losing streak and also became the first team in NBA history to have five players with at least four 3-pointers in it. match.
Utah players who made at least four 3-pointers were forward Royce O’Neale (6 of 8), point guard Mike Conley (5 of 10), backup point guard Jordan Clarkson (5 of 12), Mitchell (4 of 9) and Croatian forward Bojan Bogdanovic (4 of 10).
For the Bucks, Greek power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 35 points as the leading scorer, but this time they could not give the victory to the Milwaukee team, which lost for the first time at home (4-1).
The Houston Rockets also had triples as their best attacking weapon and with 22 – the best record of the season – they overwhelmed the decimated Orlando Magic 132-90.
The young center Christian Wood with a double-double of 22 points and 15 rebounds – he tied the best individual mark – finished leading the Rockets (3-4), who broke their streak of two consecutive defeats, and had six players with numbers two digits.
Curry contributed a double-double of 38 points and 11 assists that helped the Warriors complete a comeback against the Los Angeles Clippers, whom they beat 115-105, in a duel between teams from the Pacific Division.
The Warriors trailed by 21 points at the end of the third quarter, but Curry scored 19 in that span and placed Golden State within six as they entered the final 12 minutes of action.
The fourth period allowed the Warriors (5-4) scoring display to be even more spectacular and they finished it with a 34-18 run.
The victory of the Warriors, who already have a winning record so far this new season, allowed them to break the streak of four consecutive losses they had had against the Clippers, who two nights before had won on the same stage at the Chase Center, from San Francisco.
Since the start of last season, and including the playoffs, the Clippers have lost eight games, the most in the NBA, when they lead by at least 15 points, something star forward Kawhi Leonard said had to “end” if they want to be. a champion team.
Power forward Jayson Tatum scored 32 points as leader of the Boston Celtics, who defeated the Washington Wizards 116-107 and achieved the fourth consecutive victory, the best current streak in the NBA that left them with a 7-3 mark, the third Best in the Eastern Conference.
While guard Bradley Beal, who contributed 41 points and eight rebounds, was once again the leader of the Wizards, after the previous game against the Philadelphia 76ers, he scored 60 points, his best mark as a professional, and tied that of the franchise.
Forward Gordon Hayward achieved 26 points as the best scorer for the Charlotte Hornets, who defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 110-118 on the road, in the game that featured the Lonzo brothers and LaMelo Ball, being the first in which they faced each other like professionals.
Both were selected in the top three in the college sweepstakes for the past four years.
LaMelo, chosen third in the 2020 university draw, as a reserve, had the best night, after falling on the doorstep of a triple-double after scoring 12 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists and a recovery with the Hornets.
While his older brother, Lonzo, started with the Pelicans, but did not have the same inspiration and lost the duel with just five points, three assists, two rebounds, a ball recovery and a dunk.
Canadian guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points as the best scorer for the Oklahoma City Thunder, which beat the New York Knicks 89-101 away from home, breaking a three-game winning streak.
The decimated Angeles Lakers (7-3) suffered before beating the Chicago Bulls 117-115, but once again star forward LeBron James made the difference by contributing 28 points, seven rebounds and six assists and his team remains the leader. in the Western Conference.
In other results of the day, the Detroit Pistons beat the Phoenix Suns 110-105 in overtime, the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-110 and the Toronto Raptors beat the Sacramento Kings 123-144 on the road.
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