Curry, "like good wine"
Golden State needed it badly: the San Francisco franchise remained on a four-game losing streak.
She leaves with a final victory (131-119) against the Jazz, leader of the Western Conference, whom she had not beaten for six matches.
Curry got the job done right off the bat, scoring 14 points in the first quarter to give the Warriors an edge they never gave up.
"It's like good wine, isn't it?"
We keep it in the cellar and it becomes stronger and better, ”laughed the sniper, who had six three-point baskets, his specialty.
Draymond Green went there with his triple-double (11 pts, 12 rebounds, 12 assists) and Andrew Wiggins passed 28 points for Golden State.
“The whole team played really well tonight,” added Curry.
“We tried to be aggressive in the game, concentrated in defense.
Everyone contributed ”.
"Poku" punishes Memphis
The other freak of the night is playing in Oklahoma City and is only 19 years old.
Serbian rookie Aleksej Pokusevski scored 23 points for the Thunder, victorious 128-122 over Memphis despite a decimated squad: only nine players available.
"Poku" scored five three-point baskets.
Only one player had signed such a performance at a younger age in the NBA, a certain ... LeBron James.
It was also on one of his shots behind the racket, when there was 6'10 '' to play, that OKC took the advantage, at 109-108.
Led by 10 points at the start of the last quarter, the Thunder scored 38 points to win, with 58% on shots and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander author of 30 points.
“My teammates believe in me,” said Pokusevski.
“Every time I missed a shot, (they'd say) 'Keep playing and it's going to be okay.'
With teammates like that, everything is great, ”said the rookie, author of a double-double with 10 rebounds.
Edwards awakens Minnesota
Another successful rookie, 19-year-old Anthony Edwards broke his personal best by scoring 34 points, including six three-point baskets, with Minnesota, a short winner 114-112) of Portland.
The Timberwolves, also worn by Ricky Rubio (15 pts, 7 assists), put an end to a series of seven losses in a row for the last of the Western Conference.
On the Portland side, Damian Lillard's 38 points were not enough and the Trail Blazers slipped to sixth place.
Still in the West, the Clippers fell in New Orleans (135-115) against the Pelicans carried by Zion Williamson, 27 points.
Embiid is not lacking in Philly
A winning comeback for Ben Simmons!
The Philadelphia Australian, deprived of the All-Star Game by a positive coronavirus test, was pleased for his return to the courts with a 134-99 victory against San Antonio.
For their first match in front of their home crowd (3,000 people) since the start of the pandemic, the Sixers won a fifth consecutive success to heal their first place in the East.
Suffice to say that the absence of Joel Embiid, injured in the knee after a bad reception Friday against Washington, was not felt.
Without their star pivot, the Sixers relied on Tobias Harris (23 pts), Seth Curry (21), Danny Green (16) and Simmons (14).
They took off in the third quarter, with 46 points scored and up to 42 points in the last period.
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