NBA: Shai dazzled with 51 points in the Thunder; Irving was injured in the Mavericks

With 45 of its 51 points in the first three rooms, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led this Monday to Oklahoma City Thunderwho suffered more than expected before one Houston Rockets full of casualties, while Kyrie Irving turned on the alarms in Dallas Mavericks When the left knee was injured in the defeat against Sacramento Kings.

The most spectacular outcome of the night was lived in the duel between Memphis Grizzlies and Atlanta Hawkswhich ended with an amazing victory of Atlanta for 132-130 thanks to a fantastic theft of Dyson Daniels and a basket on the horn and the counterattack of Caris Levert.

Despite its multiple and important casualties (Alperen Sengun, Ames Thompson, Dillon Brooks, Fred Vanvleet, Tari Eason and Steven Adams), the Rockets (37-24) put a Thunder (50-11) in trouble Cleveland Cavaliers (50-10).

Shai, a great candidate to take the MVP, signed his fourth game of the season over half a hundred points. All of them occurred in the last month and a half.

The base ended with 18 of 30 in field shots (5 of 9 in triples) and a perfect 10 of 10 from the free throw line. He also contributed 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Cam Whitmore (27 points and 11 rebounds) and Reed Sheppard (25 points) headed the rockets.

His fourth defeat in five games was not the worst news for some Mavericks (32-30) that they lost in the first quarter and for a sprain in the left knee to Kyrie Irving.

The base went with evident pain and helped by his teammates, but before leaving the match he threw and put two free throws. It was an image similar to that of Kobe Bryant in 2013, which broke the Achilles tendon but went to the personnel line before leaving the court.

Dallas, who a month ago generated an impact on the NBA with Luka Donc’s transfer to Los Angeles Lakers, already presented a very long casualty list with Anthony Davis, Daniel Gafford, Daniel Letck Lively and PJ Washington.

The Kings (32-28), despite not having Sabonis Domantas, took advantage of all that to seal their fourth consecutive victory. Zach Lavine (22 points) and Demar Derozan (20 points) commanded an entire title quintet of Sacramento with 13 or more points. Kai Jones (21 points) stood out in some mavericks that already lost for 30 in the third period.

With the marker matched in 130, Desmond Bane assumed the last possession of some Grizzlies that had an extension in principle and also had the possibility of winning in recent seconds.

However, Daniels, a defensive portent and who is the player who averages this season in the NBA with 3 per game, took the ball to Bane and threw the counterattack at full speed for a levert that marked the steps perfectly and that scored a tray on the horn to leave the public of Memphis mute.

Zaccharie Risacher (27 points) and Levert (25 points) were the top scores of the Hawks (28-33), while Bane could not celebrate in the Grizzlies (38-23) the first triple-double of his career (35 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists).

The Spanish Santi Aldama and Ja Morant were low in Memphis, who also lost at the beginning of the encounter Jackson Jr. for an ankle sprain. The Grizzlies suffered three defeats in a row and six in their last eight games.

Stephen Curry (21 points and 10 assists) and Buddy Hield (22 points with 5 triples) were at the head of a group of five Warriors players with double scoring digits. Golden State won six of his last seven games and is already sixth in the West (33-28) in direct access to playoffs.

Miles Bridges (35 points and 9 rebounds) was the most productive of horses that are penultimate of the east with seven consecutive losses (14-46).

In the rest of the meetings of the day, Miami Heat beat Washington Wizards (106-90), Portland Trail Blazers defeated Philadelphia 76ers (119-102) and the thriving and promising Detroit Pistons overwhelmed Utah Jazz, last of the West (134-106).