The Cleveland Cavaliers remained undefeated with a 15e success, the second best start to a season in NBA history, and Julius Randle was decisive for Minnesota at the buzzer on Sunday in the North American basketball league.
And 15 for Cleveland without Mitchell
Despite the absence of Donovan Mitchell, rested after playing his team’s first 14 matches (24.6 points on average), the Cleveland Cavaliers continued their perfect start to the season with a 15e success against Charlotte (128-114).
The Cavaliers and their new coach Kenny Atkinson have thus equaled the second best start in the history of the league, also achieved by the Houston Rockets in 1993 and the Washington Capitals in 1948. The record belongs to the Golden State Warriors (24 successes in 2015 ).
The points were distributed between Darius Garland (25, with 12 assists), Ty Jerome (24), Evan Mobley (23) and Jarrett Allen (21, with 15 rebounds).
The road is rising for the “Cavs” who will aim for a 16th victory on the floor of champion Boston on Tuesday.
The Hawks fall asleep in Portland
While they had the game in hand, the Atlanta Hawks suffered a 17-0 in the heart of the 3rd quarter, leading to a narrow victory for Portland (114-110) in the wake of Shaedon Sharpe (32 points).
The French No.1 in the draft Zaccharie Risacher was quite discreet (11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists) in 21 minutes.
The Detroit Pistons crushed the Washington Wizards on their floor (124-104) of Frenchmen Bilal Coulibaly (15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 interceptions) and Alexandre Sarr (4 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists).
Randle adopted
Arriving in early October in Minnesota, in exchange for local darling Karl-Anthony Towns, who had left for New York, Julius Randle achieved the best possible thing for his integration: a three-point shot at the siren for a success against Phoenix (120 -117) which sent fans into a frenzy.
The All-Star interior completed a great performance (35 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists) with his decisive “step back” which allowed the Wolves to remain in a good position in the West (8 wins – 6 losses).
Deprived of Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal, the Suns relied on Devin Booker (44 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists), in vain. French center Rudy Gobert scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
Big fine for LaMelo Ball, author of “offensive” remarks
Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball was fined $100,000, the maximum amount against a player in the NBA, for comments “offensive and derogatory”spoken in a post-match interview on Saturday, the NBA explained on Sunday.
Dallas brings down the Thunder
The Dallas Mavericks, NBA finalists in the spring, brought down the Oklahoma City Thunder (121-119), whom they had beaten in the 2nd round of the play-offs, despite the absence of their star Luka Doncic on Sunday.
In front of almost the entire game, Dallas and PJ Washington (27 points, 17 rebounds) were able to resist the return of the Thunder from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (36 points), who lost his first place in the West to the detriment of the Golden State Warriors.
The Houston Rockets, surprising 3rd in the same conference, scored a card in Chicago (142-107), for a 5th victory in a row.
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During the Los Angeles Clippers’ success at home against the Utah Jazz, James Harden became the second player to have made the most three-point shots in the NBA (2,975), ahead of Ray Allen (2,973) but far behind record holder Stephen Curry (3.782).
