Croatian basketball player Ivica Zubac recorded the first double-double performance of this season last night in the defeat of his Los Angeles Clippers, who were better than the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco with 98-79.
Zubac spent a little more than 24 minutes on the field with a field goal on the 7th/12 scored 14 points and entered 12 jumpsone assist and one block. He was the best scorer of the match Jimmy Butler III with 21 points for Golden State, without a single free throw.
S Harden who achieved all 20 points in the first half, the Clippers made up for the early 15 points behind and led at halftime 49-46. But Los Angeles only added one in the last 24 minutes 30 basketswhile Golden State, which forced the visitors to lose as many as 16 balls, gradually separated. The Clippers shot just 36.6 percent overall and 18.2 percent from 3-point range (6-of-33), marking their lowest percentage since October 2021 when they scored 79 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Stephen Curry scored 19 points for Warriors with eight assists, which is the most in the game. Despite a scoreless second half, Harden was the Clippers’ leading scorer, with Kawhi Leonard adding 18.
Oklahoma City Thunder is still undefeated, last night they won 107-101 at home Sacramento Kings for the fifth win in a row. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points. The Thunder led by one point nearly five minutes into the third quarter when Sacramento went on an 11-0 run.
The Thunder closed the gap to one point at the beginning of the last quarter after five straight points Ajay Mitchell. But the Kings responded quickly with a Malik Monk turnover and then extended their lead to seven points midway through the quarter. Oklahoma City then went on a 14-2 run to take control.
Aaron Wiggins and Mitchell each finished with 18 points in the win. For the Kings, Zach LaVine was the best with 23 assists, DeMar DeRozan added 19, Russell Westbrook 16, and Domantas Sabonis 10 points and 18 rebounds. Dario Šarić did not compete for the Kings squad.
U Washington the winner was decided only in overtime, after which they won 129-134 Philadelphia 76ers who have remained undefeated since the start of the season as well as Oklahoma City.
Philadelphia, which managed to recover from a 19-point deficit in the third quarter, was led to victory by Tyrese Maxey who scored 23 of his 39 points in the final quarter and overtime. Joel Embiid scored 25 points for Philadelphia, while Quentin Grimes added 23 and Kelly Oubre Jr. 17 and 11 rebounds. Alex Sarr he led Washington with 31 points and 11 rebounds, while Kyshawn George scored 20 points. Washington led 126-116 with 2:41 left in regulation before the Sixers capped a 17-4 run with 10 straight points to tie the game at 126-126 on Grimes’ 3-pointer with 39 seconds left.
Washington’s chance to win in regulation fell through when it did Middleton misses the shot as the siren sounds. After the Wizards scored the first five points of overtime, the Sixers responded with six straight points to take a 132-131 lead on Adem Bona’s dunk with 27.6 seconds left. Washington trailed 135-134 after George hit a 3-pointer with eight seconds left. Maxey and Grimes each hit two free throws to help the Sixers win their fourth straight game of the season.
Miami Heat won at home with a high score of 144-117 Charlotte Hornetsand Jaime Jaquez Jr. led them to victory. who entered the game off the bench and finished the game with 28 points. Bam Adebayo added 26 points and Andrew Wiggins 21 for the Heat. LaMelo Ball scored 15 of his 20 points in the first quarter. He also added nine assists and eight rebounds. Kon Knueppel hit 5 of 11 three-pointers and scored 19 points, while Collin Sexton scored 18 points.
Milwaukee Bucks won at home with 121-111 New York Knicks most thanks Giannis Antetokounmpo who scored 37 points. Antetokounmpo’s layup with five and a half minutes left put the Bucks ahead 105-103, and it started an 18-8 run that saw Milwaukee win for the third time in four games.
Antetokounmpo added eight rebounds and seven assists – including six rebounds and six assists in the second half. This season, he is averaging 36.3 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists per game.
Ryan Rollins added a career-high 25 points for the Bucks, who trailed by 14 points in the second quarter and trailed 71-59 at halftime. New York was led by Jalen Brunson with 36 tackles. Mikal Bridges recorded his second double-double since joining the Knicks before last season with 24 points and 10 rebounds.
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