After two straight losses, the Brooklyn Nets returned to winning ways against the Miami Heat in Saturday’s NBA game, in which Stephen Curry (Warriors) overtook Reggie Miller as the second largest tripler in history.
A day after their second straight loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Big Three Nets (Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden) defeated the Heat 128-124 despite 41 points from center fielder Bam Adebayo. , a record of his career.
Durant was the Nets’ top scorer with 31 points, while Irving had 28 points and Harden just 12 points with 11 assists.
“We need more consistency, but I’m very happy with our work tonight,” Irving said of the need to improve the team’s defense and the chemistry between the three superstars.
The Heat, last season’s finalists, added their ninth defeat in 15 games since the disappointing start of the campaign in which they could barely count on their star Jimmy Butler due to an ankle problem and then due to the protocols of coronavirus prevention.
Adebayo, the other Heat figure, finished with 41 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, propelling his team to a close end, in which Durant and Irving decided in favor of the Nets with several decisive baskets.
In another game, Golden State Warriors goalkeeper Stephen Curry topped 2,560 points in 3 points for retired goalie Reggie Miller and placed as the second player in history with the most shots in three, behind Ray Allen. (2,973).
Curry, the three-time NBA title winner, overtook Miller early in the third quarter of the Warriors’ loss to the Utah Jazz (127-108), when he made the fourth of five triples he scored in the game. .
At 32, the goalie needed just 715 games to finish second in the standings, 1,389 for Reggie Miller, who developed his career in the Indiana Pacers between 1987 and 2005 and wanted to congratulate him immediately on Saturday. on Curry.
“It’s an incredible achievement, but the work isn’t over. I know you’re watching Ray,” Miller told Curry at the post-game press conference.
“You are an inspiration to many young children like mine and I am very proud of all the work, because I know what it means,” said the former player, who appeared with his son, who was wearing a Curry T-shirt.
“All the records are meant to be shot down, we know that,” said Curry, who praised the support he received from Miller and Allen.
Against Utah, the goalkeeper added a total of 24 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, while the stormy Jazz was led by goalkeeper Donovan Mitchell with 23 points and French center Rudy Gobert with 11 points and 14 rebounds.
The current Los Angeles Lakers champions got a pleasant 101-90 victory on the Chicago Bulls field, with a dominant performance of the center Anthony Davis (37 points and 6 rebounds), which came out of five games without exceeding 20 points.
Meanwhile, LeBron James recorded 17 points and 11 rebounds that contributed to the Lakers’ ninth victory this season, in which he ranks first in the Western Conference.
In Denver, the Nuggets defeated the Phoenix Suns again in a marathon game with two overtime periods, 120-112. For the Nuggets, who already defeated Phoenix on Friday after overtime, Nikola Jokic had 29 points and 22 rebounds, while for the Suns, who did not have their star Devin Booker due to discomfort, Chris Paul had 21 points and 13 assists.
The surprise of the day came with the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 120-110 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans.
The Timberwolves, the last in the west, did not have the two big stars, Karl-Anthony Towns (injury) and D’Angelo Russell (rest), but several secondary ones took a step forward, such as the debutant Anthony Edwards (number one in draft) with 18 points and pivot Naz Reid with 20.
Spanish goalkeeper Ricky Rubio was the Minnesota conductor with 9 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists against the Pelicans, with Brandon Ingram (30 points), Eric Bledsoe (28 points) and Zion Williamson (19 points and 11 points). ). bounces).
With the loss of Latvian Kristaps Porzingis due to a knee problem, the Dallas Mavericks suffered a big loss of 133-108 against the Houston Rockets, despite 26 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists from the Slovenian Luka Doncic.