Reissue of the last Western Conference final, the confrontation kept all its promises: if, on its floor, Dallas struck first (36-24 at the end of the first quarter), the San Francisco franchise reacted, first thanks to his bench, leaving total suspense at the break (55-54 for the Mavs).
And if Doncic picked up the pace in the third quarter, scoring 13 points, the final period saw a real crossover between the two teams on the scoreboard. Two minutes from time, Stephen Curry (32 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists) scored a three-point basket allowing the Warriors to take the lead (110-108). For real ? No, because Doncic then served Tim Hardaway, author of a three-pointer, before a basket from Josh Green 10 seconds from the buzzer.
In the process, Curry was sanctioned for a walk then Klay Thompson missed the basket of equalizer for the Warriors. “I was scared, I’m not going to lie to you… It’s Klay, he rarely misses”reacted Luka Doncic who, at 23, is already living his fifth season in the NBA and can savor his 51e triple-double (41 pts, 12 rbds, 12 passes). “It’s getting boring…”, smiled Mavericks coach Jason Kidd. Thanks to this success, Dallas put an end to a series of four defeats and returned to equilibrium (10-10), just behind Golden State (11-11).
New York Knicks crush Detroit
With only three games on the program, the big score of the day goes to the Knicks, who flattened the Pistons in Detroit (140-110). In addition to blowing out his 28 candles, inside Julius Randle celebrated his birthday by scoring 36 points, his record this season. ” I’m getting old…. I have to cherish these matches”reacted Randle, who also took seven rebounds and delivered five assists.
Despite the return from injury of Isaiah Stewart (19 pts) and Bojan Bogdanovic (13 pts), Detroit, whose season is starting to look like a Stations of the Cross (5-18), continues an 11e straight loss to the Knicks, who are still in the game in the standings at 10-11. In Oregon, the Clippers signed their 13e success of the season in 22 matches by overthrowing Portland (118-112).
READ MORE. Boston, Milwaukee, Cleveland… The summary of the night of November 27
Author of 32 points, LA back Norman Powell came off the bench to lead his team to victory. Despite a bad fall on the back, Reggie Jackson scored 24 points in total, and delivered 12 assists. Opposite, the 37 points of Anfernee Simons did not allow the Blazers, still deprived of Damian Lillard, to maintain a lead which peaked at 18 points during the third quarter. Portland now has a record of 11 wins and 10 losses, in the soft underbelly of the Western Conference.
