NBA: Washington Wizards surprised Denver Nuggets and Shai shone again in Oklahoma City Thunder

Denver Nuggets unexpectedly lost this Saturday against Washington Wizardswith Jordan Poole nailing a very distant Triple winner in the absence of 1.8 secondswhile Shai Gilgeous-Alexander dazzled one more night with 48 points for Oklahoma City Thunder in view of Detroit Pistons.

Surely Denver thought that against Washington, the last one of the East with the worst balance of the League, he would have a placid and insured victory night. It was quite the opposite, since the Wizards reached the last 10 seconds ahead with a triple from the corner of Kyshawn George (121-123).

Jamal Murray, who had already rescued the Nuggets on Friday in the hurried end against the Lakers, tied the score with 5.3 seconds for playing (123-123), but after the dead time Poole took a triple out of the galley to silence Denver and give Washington an absolutely unforeseen victory.

Alex Sarr (34 points and 6 rebounds), Poole (19 points and 6 assists), George (19 points and 7 rebounds) and Justin Champagnie (16 points and 13 rebounds) shaped this feat of the Wizards (15-51). In the shipwreck of the Nuggets (43-25) the nikola Jokic’s capital of Nikola Jokic (40 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists) was drowned).

With 17 of 26 in field shots (4 of 6 in triples) and a perfect 10 of 10 from the personnel line, Shai punished the Pistons with 48 points adding one more evening for their MVP catalog. The base also contributed 6 assists and was backed in the Thunder (55-12) by Cason Wallace (20 points). They did not play or Chet Holmgren or Jalen Williams.

Cade Cunningham touched the triple-double (11 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists) but with a bad aim (5 of 18) and was expelled in the third quarter for protesting the referees. Dennis Schroder was the most productive of the Pistons (37-31) with 17 points and 11 assists.

Steve Kerr became the coach with more triumphs in the history of Golden State in regular season (558) thanks to improved Warriors since the arrival of Jimmy Butler to the San Francisco Bay. With former Miami Heat on the court, Stephen Curry’s team presents an impressive 14-1 (39-28 after seven consecutive victories).

After exceeding 4,000 triples in the NBA this Thursday, Curry was in charge of the Warriors with 28 points and 7 rebounds. For the Knicks (42-24), with a 2-2 without the injured Jalen Brunson, Dominican Karl-Anthony Towns shone with 29 points and 12 rebounds.

Kristaps Porzingis got 24 points (9 of 16) on his return after two and a half weeks outside the courts for Celtics (49-19) that had to work until the end to beat the Nets (22-45).

Jayson Tatum (20 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists) and Payton Pritchard (22 points also establishing in 219 the new triple record for a substitute in a season) also stood out in Celtics without Derrick White or Dominican to Horford. For his part, Brooklyn lost his last three games and had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assistance from Cam Johnson.

Only four days after Tyrese Haliburton sank them with a triple winner with additional free kick, the Bucks (38-28) avenged the Pacers (37-29) with 34 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists from Giannis Antetokounmpo. Damian Lillard also had triple-double with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

Aaron Nesmith (30 points), Pascal Siakam (26 points and 7 rebounds) and Haliburton (24 points, 6 rebounds and 15 assists) commanded Indiana.

In the rest of the meetings of the day, Memphis Grizzlies beat Miami Heat (125-91), Houston Rockets chained their sixth victory followed by beating Chicago Bulls (117-114) and San Antonio Spurs won New Orleans Pelicans (119-115).