Cleveland signed its tenth success in a row in ten matches since the opening of the season, Friday in Ohio against the Golden State Warriors (136-117), and still stands alone in the NBA.
The Cavs inflicted a heavy defeat on the Californian franchise of Stephen Curry, author of only 12 points, and prances at the top of the Eastern Conference standings.
The Warriors concede their second defeat of the season, the first away. This setback makes them lose the leading position in the Western Conference, where they are now behind Oklahoma City, winner of Houston (126-107), and Phoenix, who snatched victory from Dallas (114-113).
This large victory is accompanied by several records for Cleveland: that of the greatest number of points scored by a franchise in a half, the first, at 83 units, and that of the largest gap opened up on an opponent in a half. time: 41!
This is the fifth time in ten matches that the Cavaliers have exceeded the 130-point mark, what’s more in front of the second best defense in the championship, which they have shattered.
“10-0 is a magic number”exclaimed coach Kenny Atkinson. “We can’t play better than during this first half”.
During this memorable game, six Cavaliers players recorded a double-double.
The C’s struggle against the Nets
In the other poster of the evening, the Boston Celtics managed to make the Brooklyn Nets give in, who were up to 14 points ahead in the first period (108-104 after overtime).
After this victory, to which Jayson Tatum largely contributed by scoring 33 points, the defending champion retains second place in the Eastern Conference standings, where the Nets are only fifth.
The Phoenix Suns were visiting Dallas, last season’s finalist. They won by one point (114-113), on a final free throw from Jusuf Nurkic eight tenths of a second from the buzzer!
After this meeting during which Kevin Durant scored 26 points for the Suns and Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving respectively 30 and 29 for the Mavericks, Phoenix is neck and neck with Oklahoma City at the top of the Western Conference: the two franchises n have only lost once this season.
The Thunder, with Chet Holmgren and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scoring 29 points each, effectively defeated Houston by making the difference in the second quarter, winning 44-20.
Triple-double pour Scotty Pippen Jr
In the East, however, nothing is going well for Philadelphia, beaten for the 7th time in eight matches, on the Lakers floor (116-106), despite the 14 points scored by the Frenchman Guerschon Yabusele (5/6 on shots, including three to 3 points).
And if the start of the Lakers season was marked by the joint, and unprecedented, performance of LeBron James and his son Bronny, it’s another “son of” who stood out on Friday evening: in Tennessee, Scotty Pippen Jr, son of Michael Jordan’s former lieutenant with the Chicago Bulls, achieved his first triple-double (11 pts, 10 assists, 10 rebounds) with the Grizzlies , during the victory against Washington (128-104).
