NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder Top Golden State Warriors in Overtime, Chicago Bulls Add to San Antonio Spurs’ Slump – News18

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 38 factors and the Oklahoma City Thunder harried Golden State into an NBA season-excessive 29 turnovers in an exhilarating 138-136 NBA time beyond regulation victory on Friday.

In entrance of an ecstatic crowd in Oklahoma City, the Thunder opened a ten-level lead in time beyond regulation on rookie Chet Holmgren’s three-level play with 1:52 remaining.

The Warriors reduce the deficit to two factors with lower than a minute to go however couldn’t recover from the hump.

The sport was one in all 13 on the slate on Friday, earlier than Saturday’s showdown between the Los Angeles Lakers and Indiana Pacers for the primary NBA Cup.

San Antonio rookie Victor Wembanyama notched one other milestone, scoring 21 factors and grabbing 20 rebounds, nevertheless it didn’t forestall the Spurs from falling to a franchise file-equalling sixteenth straight defeat, 121-112 to the Chicago Bulls.

The 19-yr-outdated French phenomenon grew to become the youngest participant in NBA historical past to file a 20-level, 20-rebound sport, surpassing Dwight Howard who was just a few days nearer to his twentieth birthday when he did it in 2005.

In different video games, Philadelphia’s reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid scored 38 factors and grabbed 14 rebounds to propel the 76ers to a 125-114 victory over the Atlanta Hawks regardless of a late damage scare.

The Cameroonian huge man appeared to injure his left knee, taking place laborious in the lane in the waning minutes.

He was slowed however stayed in the sport, draining a turnaround jumper to prolong the Sixers’ lead to 4 factors with two and a half minutes to go.

It was a part of a 15-0 scoring run that noticed the Sixers draw back. Tyrese Maxey, who completed with 30 factors, drilled a 3-pointer in the burst capped by De’Anthony Melton’s dunk.

Embiid downplayed the damage after the sport.

“I just twisted it,” Embiid stated. “So we are going to talk about it and see how it feels. But I don’t know. I should be fine.”

In Oklahoma City, Stephen Curry’s three-pointer put the Warriors up by three with 19 seconds left in regulation.

Holmgren, fouled on a 3-level try, calmly drained three free throws to tie it at 118-118 with 7.7 seconds left.

Turnovers and fouls

Curry missed a final-gasp three-pointer and so they went to the additional session. Curry scored 10 of his 34 factors in time beyond regulation, however the Warriors couldn’t overcome the 29 turnovers that led to 35 Thunder factors.

“It’s turnovers and fouls, that’s what it comes down to,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr stated. “We’re good enough to win the championship, I believe that. But if we’re going to just turn the ball over, throw the basketball to the other team, and foul, then we’re going to lose.”

In Boston, Derrick White scored 30 factors and Kristaps Porzingis returned from a 4-sport damage absence to add 21 in the Celtics’ 133-123 victory over the New York Knicks.

Jayson Tatum added 25 factors, six rebounds and 5 assists for the Celtics. Jaylen Brown scored 17 earlier than he was ejected after getting two fast technicals in the fourth quarter.

Brown, apparently irked by a foul name, stated one thing to draw a technical. Subbed out of the sport, he continued jawing and was handed a second technical and tossed for the primary time in his profession.

Karl-Anthony Towns scored 24 factors and Rudy Gobert added 16 factors and 20 rebounds in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 127-103 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.

In Orlando, Franz Wagner scored 27 factors and Paolo Banchero added 24 for the Magic, who handed the Detroit Pistons a nineteenth straight defeat 123-91.

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