Ben Simmons and Patty Mills have shared within the Brooklyn Nets’ 143-113 rout of the Golden State Warriors, sending the NBA defending champions staggering dwelling with a second blowout loss in two nights in New York.
The Nets had been with out star Kyrie Irving (calf tightness), however it hardly mattered as they racked up 91 factors within the first half – the third greatest halftime tally in NBA historical past – as they notched their seventh straight win.
“That’s what happens when you come to work and you’re ready to work from the beginning,” stated Nets coach Jacque Vaughn.
Kevin Durant scored 23 factors, 19 within the first half, and the Nets had been capable of give courtroom time to the likes of Boomers captain Mills (13 factors from 5-5 taking pictures and three assists) as a franchise-record 9 gamers scored in double figures.
Fellow Australian Simmons began and had 10 factors on 5-7 taking pictures, eight assists, 4 rebounds and a steal in his 19 minutes on courtroom for the Nets who improved to 20-12 for the season.
The beleaguered Warriors had been with out injured stars Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins an evening after being crushed 132-94 by the New York Knicks and completed 1-5 on their journey to the East.
They have fallen to eleventh within the Western Conference with a 15-18 document.
The Nets made 11 of their first 12 pictures and by the point the primary quarter was over it was 46-17, a 29-point differential that was the most important in any interval within the NBA this season.
It was 68-31 when Durant was whistled for a technical foul for his sideline celebration after Simmons slammed down an extended lob go.
Simmons obtained the primary two baskets of the third for the most important lead at 95-51.
Australian teenager Josh Giddey returned from two video games out with sickness and helped Oklahoma City Thunder (13-18) to a second-straight tight win over visiting Portland.
Giddey had 13 factors, six assists and 6 rebounds within the 101-98 victory whereas fellow backcourt star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led with 27 factors.
Boomers veteran Joe Ingles scored the primary three factors of his comeback from a knee reconstruction however his NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks had been topped 114-106 by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
In his second sport again after over 10 months on the sidelines, Ingles related with considered one of three 3-point makes an attempt.
Bucks celebrity Giannis Antetokounmpo turned on a season-high 45-point efficiency however it wasn’t sufficient in opposition to the hosts the place had been led by Donovan Mitchell with 36 factors and Darius Garland with 23.
In different outcomes, Indiana beat slumping Boston 117-112, Philadeplphia beat Detroit 113-93, Dallas beat Minnesota 104-99, Toronto beat the Knicks 113-106, Chicago beat Atlanta 110-108 and Orland beat Houston 116-110.
