Australia’s Josh Giddey has had a quiet evening within the NBA by his lofty requirements however little question loved the Shai Gilgeous-Alexander present on the highway in Washington, DC.
Oklahoma City improved to 7-8 for the season with an exciting 121-120 win over the Wizards.
Gilgeous-Alexander drained a three-pointer with simply 1.1 seconds left on the clock to complete with a career-equalling excessive 42 factors, six rebounds, seven assists and a block.
Thunder teammates Luguentz Dort had 16 factors and Giddey chipped in with 11 factors, six boards and two assists.
Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 factors within the second half, making 9 of his 10 subject objectives, whereas Kristips Porzingis tallied 27 factors for Washington (8-7), who had their four-game successful streak halted.
Bradley Beal, whose jumper with 6.1 seconds remaining gave the house facet a 120-118 lead, completed with 25 factors and Kyle Kuzma fell simply wanting a triple-double (18 factors, 10 rebounds, 9 assists).
In Phoenix, Arizona, Stephen Curry scored 50 factors however couldn’t stop the Golden State Warriors’ winless highway run from extending to eight video games after a 130-119 loss to the Suns.
The defeat means the Warriors are 0-8 on the highway this season and stoop to 6-9 within the 2022-23 marketing campaign, which is a tie for fourth worst 15-game begin to a season by an NBA champion.
Golden State’s 0-8 highway begin is the worst ever by a defending champion in NBA historical past.
The eight-defeat run can be a tie for third for longest highway shedding streak by a defending champion of their title-defence season.
In Atlanta, the NBA-leading Boston Celtics improved to 12-3 with a 126-101 win over the Hawks.
Jaylen Brown scored 22 factors to stretch their successful streak to eight, regardless of lacking injured guards Marcus Smart (ankle) and Malcolm Brogdon (hamstring).
Boston had six different gamers attain double figures. Jayson Tatum had 19, Grant Williams 18, Derrick White 16, Sam Hauser and Luke Kornet 15 apiece and Payton Pritchard 14.
Trae Young led Atlanta with 27 factors however was held to 10-of-23 taking pictures, together with a mere 2-of-7 from past the arc. It was his 294th profession begin, tying Paul Millsap for seventeenth on the franchise profession record.
Boston’s Eastern Conference rivals Milwaukee bounced again from a last-out loss to the Hawks by defeating Cleveland 113-98.
The Bucks (11-3) have been led by Brook Lopez with 29 factors, whereas Giannis Antetokounmpo’s double-double consisted of 16 factors and 12 rebounds. Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland had 23 apiece for the Cavaliers.
Elsewhere, there have been wins for the Indiana Pacers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Toronto Raptors.
With AP.
