The NBA according to Stephen Curry: the Chef made history again for the Warriors
Stephen Curry won the duel Victor Wembanyama and Golden State Warriorsin a dramatic game, defeated the San Antonio Spurs again (109-108) at the Frost Bank Center. The Chef, best shooter of all timeclosed a score of 49 points with nine triples included.
On Wednesday, Golden State had also won on the same stage and Curry had made 46 points.
Wembanyama, who also had a great game, had 26 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks for San Antonio.
On the other hand, Detroit Pistons added their ninth consecutive victory to confirm himself as leader of the East, in a day of NBA Cup in which Los Angeles Lakers visited the home of the New Orleans Pelicans to the rhythm of Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and Deandre Ayton.
The night also saw some outstanding performances by Dominican Karl Anthony Townswho destroyed the Miami Heat with 39 points, and James Harden, who signed a triple double 41 points, fourteen rebounds and eleven assists in the Los Angeles Clippers 143-137 in double overtime against the Dallas Mavericks.
The loss of Cade Cunningham did not stop the flight of the Pistons, who triumphed 114-105 at home against the Philadelphia 76ers with Javonte Green (21 points and 9 rebounds) leading a group of six players with double figures.
The Pistons have a balance of 11-2 and knocked down the Sixers who arrived in Detroit without being able to count on Joel Embiid or Paul George.
Behind the Pistons are coach Mike Brown’s New York Knicks (8-4), who returned to winning ways at Madison Square Garden after going undefeated at home with their setback against the Orlando Magic.
Karl Anthony Towns was in charge of reviving the Knicks with an outstanding performance in the 140-132 victory against the Miami Heat. He finished with 39 points and eleven rebounds. He connected six of the 21 triples of the New Yorkers who shot up to 53 times from the arc.
Landry Shamet also participated in the party with 36 points and six triples off the bench.
The Heat lost their second consecutive game, despite Norman Powell’s 38 points and 27 points, nine rebounds and seven assists from Mexican Jaime Jáquez.
Come dream with me: Stephen Curry’s magical night against the Spurs
Steph Curry, leader of the Golden State Warriors, He tied Michael Jordan’s record by scoring at least 40 points in the NBA 44 times after turning 30..
Curry, 37, knocked down Frenchman Victor Wembanyama’s San Antonio Spurs (109-108) for the second time in three days, after a spectacular 49-point performance.
The quadruple NBA champion connected 16 of his 26 field goals, with nine of 17 in triples, and also managed four rebounds, two assists and two steals.
Just 48 hours earlier, Curry had led another Warriors victory at the Spurs’ home field, in that case with 46 points.
The Spurs had a ten-point lead at 95-85 in the fourth quarter in this NBA Cup match, but succumbed to the fierce reaction of Curry, who celebrated the victory in style.
Curry finished 8 of 8 from the free throw line, and scored the last two of the game, which handed the victory to the Warriors.
For the Spurs, Wembanyama had 26 points and twelve rebounds, with three blocks, while De’Aaron Fox had a double double of 24 points and ten assists.
Thriller in Milwaukee between Bucks and Hornets
They had to sweat more than expected the Bucks to beat the Charlotte Hornets at home. The visitors took them to overtime, but at that moment Doc Rivers’ team overwhelmed them with a resounding 18-5.
Giannis Antetokounmpo sealed a double double of 25 points and 18 assistsand Kyle Kuzma contributed 29 points, ten rebounds, five assists and four steals for the Bucks.
The Hornets gave up despite finishing with two players with 32 points, Kon Knueppel and Miles Bridges.
The victory of Houston Rockets, who defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 140-116 by Tiago Splitter with 30 points from Kevin Durant and 25 points, ten rebounds and nine assists from the Turkish Alperen Sengun.
Magic begins to take flight
Still not seeing the light Brooklyn Nets, who lost to Orlando Magic (105-98) his tenth game of the eleven played this season.
Without Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner led the Magic with 25 points. On the Nets, the best was Michael Porter Jr, with 27 points.
Among the other results of the night, Minnesota Timberwolves beat Sacramento Kings 124-110with 35 points from Anthony Edwards.
The Clippers snapped their six-game losing streak with a hard-fought 143-137 victory against the Dallas Mavericks after going through a double overtime.
Without Kawhi Leonard, James Harden dominated with 41 points, fourteen rebounds and eleven assistswith 13 of 25 field goals and six triples. Ivica Zubac contributed 27 points and fifteen rebounds for the Clippers.
In the Mavericks, Cooper Flagg, number one in the last draft, had 16 points and five rebounds.
