Shai sets the pace for the Thunder champion and Jokic shines with triple-double in the Nuggets

Oklahoma City Thundercurrent champion of the NBAwith another great performance by Shai Gilgeous-Alexanderwon comfortably this Saturday on his visit to Atlanta Hawks and remains perfect at this start of the season with three wins out of three, in a day in which Denver Nuggetswith a triple-double of Nikola Jokicdefeated Phoenix Suns and Philadelphia 76ers came back to beat Charlotte Hornets.

Oklahoma City Thunder, no overtime

OKC’s season had begun with two wins in two games, but with a notable overload of minutes. The NBA champion won in his debut against the Houston Rockets and in his second game against the Indiana Pacers, both with two double overtimes.

This time The victory in Atlanta was much more comfortable, 117-100.

Chet Holmgren had a double-double of 31 points and 12 reboundsto which he added 3 robberies, while Gilgeous-Alexander contributed 30 points in 28 minutes on the court. SGA, the reigning NBA MVP, had scored 90 points in his first two games, 35 against Houston and 55 against Indiana.

Mark Daigneault’s team, a big favorite to return to the Finals this season, went on autopilot in Atlanta despite the losses of Jalen Williams and Alex Caruso, who could not compete due to league protocol due to head trauma.

OKC did not give the Hawks an option in which Quin Snyder could not count on the Latvian Kristaps Porzingis, Jalen Johnson or Zaccharie Risacher. Nickeil Alexander-Walker was the team’s leading scorer with 17 points.

Denver Nuggets, always at the pace of Jokic

This Saturday, Serbian Nikola Jokic sealed a triple-double of 14 points, 14 rebounds and 15 assists and gave the Denver Nuggets their first victory in the new season of the NBA, with a 133-111 against Phoenix Sunsafter the setback suffered against the Golden State Warriors in their debut.

Jokic signed his second triple-double in 2 games this season. Against the Warriors, the triple MVP had 21 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists.

The Serbian shot with good effectiveness in his 32 minutes on the court, going 5 of 8 from the field (his only failures were from the three-point line), and he also contributed 3 steals.

The entire Nuggets starting five finished in double figures. Jamal Murray scored 23 points, Christian Braun contributed 20, Aaron Gordon 17 and Cameron Johnson 15.

Gordon was coming off a monumental performance against the Warriors, with 50 points that, even so, were not enough to win.

Additionally, Jonas Valanciunas and Bruce Brown contributed 12 and 11 points, respectively, coming off the bench for David Adelman’s team.

The Suns suffered their second consecutive loss, just 24 hours after losing 129-102 against the Los Angeles Clippers.

The team coached by Jordan Ott fell despite Devin Booker’s 31 points (10 of 16 from the field) and Grayson Allen’s 5 triples (17 points).

Comeback of the Sixers and full of the Bulls

Philadelphia 76ers remained on the winning path, although with tension. Trailed by 10 points with less than 6 minutes left in the fourth quarterbut reacted in time to defeat Charlotte Hornets 125-121.

In their first home game of the year, Tyrese Maxey led the 76ers with 28 points and Quentin Grimes scored 28in addition to connecting 5 triples, the last of which gave his team a 122-119 lead with just 14 seconds left.

Joel Embiid, after a modest start to the campaign, contributed 20 points (7 of 11 shooting and 3 triples) in 20 minutes. The Cameroonian is working to reach his best shape after having surgery on his left knee last April.

He also kept the Chicago Bulls fullwho after beating the Detroit Pistons at home won on their visit to Orlando Magic 110-98 with a great group performance.

Already without big stars on his squad, Josh Giddey led a group of 7 players with double figures with 21 points, including substitutes Jalen Smith (16 points), Ayo Dosunmu (15), Patrick Williams (12) and Kevin Huerter (11).

Rookie Coward figures in the Grizzlies’ victory

Memphis Grizzlies beat Indiana Pacers 128-103 and brought their balance to two wins and one loss at the beginning of the season.

The best of the Grizzlies was Cedric Coward, eleventh overall pick in the last Draft, who had 27 points and 6 rebounds.

Ja Morant contributed 19 points, while the Spanish Santi Aldama contributed 9 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks in the victory against the last NBA finalist.