Another night (Sunday through Tuesday) of NBA games behind us.
In the spotlight: Steph Kerry shelled out 50 points against Atlanta, Chicago halted the Brooklyn streak, and a crazy three from Minnesota was not enough for her to beat Memphis.
Golden State - Atlanta 113: 127.
In recent games Steph Kerry's handle has not been perfect, so the fix came tonight.
And some more fix.
9 threes, 50% from the field, 47% from the three and 100% from the field, were enough for him to finish with 50 points (!), To which he also added 10 assists and 7 rebounds.
The visitors still managed to come back from a 15-yard deficit against the Warriors, but Kerry really didn’t let her make the turnaround either.
Jordan Paul added 16 of his own, Andrew Wiggins scored 13 and Raymond Green recorded 4 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.
At Atlanta Trey Young finished with 28 and 9 assists, John Collins 19 and Bogdan Bogdanovich 17.
Steph Kerry.
Every game in color, Photo: AP,
Chicago - Brooklyn 95: 118.
A late Bulls performance interrupted the Nets' five-game winning streak before the game.
The two were still close at the start of the last quarter and the Nets even led 76:78 but then the burners opened.
11:34 to the host arranged for her a big win and whetted the appetite for what is probably going to be their season.
Local rookie Io Dosumo, finished with 15 points and the highest plus-minus index in the game, 22+, Damar Druzen led with 28 and Zac Lavin added 24. The rest of the five players (Nikola Wojciech, Lonzo Ball, and Gibonta Green) scored 11 points. "A. Another play by Kevin Durant (38 points and 10 rebounds) was not enough for Brooklyn. James Harden scored just 14 points and added 8 rebounds.
Durant.
Another big game was not enough this time, Photo: USA TODAY Sports,
Philadelphia - New York 103: 96.
The Knicks, too, wanted to stop the Sixers' starless run, and they were up to the task.
Randall scored 10 points (8 in a row) and finished with 31 points and 12 rebounds.
R. Barrett added 15 points and 10 rebounds.
On the other side Furkan Kurkmaz scored 19, Tyrese Maxi 16 and Andre Drummond finished with 14 points and 25 (!) Rebounds.
New York with a second win over Philadelphia this season.
Randall.
Great game in money-time, Photo: USA TODAY Sports,
Other results of the night games:
Denver - Miami 96: 113
Memphis - Minnesota 118: 125 (after overtime)
Sacramento - Phoenix 109: 104
Dallas - New Orleans 92: 108