The city duel in Los Angeles, the top game in San Francisco and the unexpectedly longest winning streak. An overview of Friday evening in the NBA.
On Tuesday evening (local time), the Phoenix Suns had won the Golden State Warriors from the throne of the Western Conference in a direct duel, on Friday Stephen Curry and Co. struck back, ending the 18-win series of the with a clear 118: 96 Suns and took back first place.
Curry was the most successful thrower of his team with 23 points (including six threes), Phoenix was missing Devin Booker, who was injured in the thigh. Golden State is now 19: 3, the Suns 19: 4.
LA duel goes to the Clippers – LeBron grumbles
The two self-proclaimed title favorites from Los Angeles, who faced each other in a direct duel on Friday, are significantly further behind. The Clippers (previously 11:11) prevailed against the Lakers (12:11) with 119: 115 and pushed past their city rivals.
LeBron James, who contributed 23 points and eleven rebounds, then complained about the league and its corona protocol, the “King” had last missed a game because of a false positive test. For the Clippers, Paul George (19 points), Luke Kennard (19) and Marcus Morris (21) were the match winners.
Rockets beat Magic and expand series
After the Suns were overthrown, the longest winning streak now belongs to the Houston Rockets, who again celebrated a 118: 116 against Orlando without Daniel Theis and gave the red lantern of the Western Conference to Oklahoma City with their fifth win in a row. Franz Wagner was the second best Magic scorer with 17 points behind Cole Anthony (26), brother Moritz came off the bench to five points.
