Ben Simmons has served up a powerful 10 assists as his Brooklyn Nets acquired swiftly again to successful methods with a 108-102 away win over fellow NBA high-flyers New Orleans.
Kevin Durant had 33 factors and 10 rebounds and Kyrie Irving added 19 factors for the Nets who additionally acquired robust contributions from bench gamers T.J. Warren (15 factors) and Royce O’Neale (14 factors).
Australian Simmons additionally added six factors, three steals, six rebounds and a block to his large haul of assists in his 34 minutes as a starter.
The win got here two days after the Nets had their 12-game successful streak snapped by the Chicago Bulls.
The match was a conflict of groups sitting third of their respective division, with the Nets advancing their document to 25-13 within the East and the Pelicans now 24-14 within the West.
CJ McCollum scored 28 factors and Naji Marshall had a career-high 23 factors for the Pelicans of their second recreation since dropping Zion Williamson for what is predicted to be about three weeks with a proper hamstring pressure.
Australian guard Josh Giddey had 20 factors, 9 assists and 6 rebounds as his Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Washington Wizards 127-110.
Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 factors as his workforce improved to 17-22 aagainst a teamn with an identical document.
