Damian Lillard Shines In Portland Trail Blazers Win Over Golden State Warriors; Washington Wizards claim first win of the season | NBA news

Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum contributed 62 points between them as the Portland Trail Blazers dominated the Golden State Warriors, while Bradley Beal made franchise history to lead the Washington Wizards to their first win of the season.

The Phoenix Suns extended their winning streak to four, Giannis Antetokounmpo was in dominant form for the Milwaukee Bucks against the Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons held off the Boston Celtics in their first win of the season.

Portland Trail Blazers 123-98 Golden State Warriors

CJ McCollum led an initial barrage of triples with four in the first nine minutes, helping the Blazers build a huge opening lead en route to a 123-98 victory over the Warriors in San Francisco, and the teams will meet again on Sunday night. .

Damian Lillard led all scorers with 34 points, along with eight assists, a game-high, and McCollum totaled 28, helping the Trail Blazers improve to 2-1 on their four-game road trip to California. Stephen Curry had a team-high 26 points and finished four of 12 on 3-pointers for the Warriors, who made their home debut of the season.

McCollum had four of the team’s seven triples in the opening 8:12, during which the Trail Blazers were up 29-9. Golden State went 76-67 after a three-point play by Juan Toscano-Anderson in the fifth minute of the third quarter, but that’s when Lillard caught fire.

The 30-year-old scored three 3s among 13 points in a 22-7 run that created a 98-74 band with 2:45 remaining in the third period. Lillard finished six of 10 from three-point range and McCollum was four of 11 as the Trail Blazers were 20 of 43 from beyond the arc (46.5 percent).

Carmelo Anthony contributed three 3s to the long-distance round to account for half of his 18 points. Anfernee Simons also fell by three for all but two of her 11 points.

Chicago Bulls 96-126 Milwaukee Bucks

Giannis Antetokounmpo produced 29 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists, while Bryn Forbes scored 18 points when the Bucks defeated the Bulls 126-96.

Milwaukee led by up to 32 points with an accuracy of 22 of 45 from three-point range to break the Bulls’ two-game winning streak.

Seven Bucks finished in double figures, with Khris Middleton (14 points), Bobby Portis (13), Pat Connaughton (11), Donte DiVincenzo (11) and Jrue Holiday (11) completing a balanced attack. Portis added 12 rebounds.

The Bucks, who hit an NBA-record 29 3-pointers Tuesday in a win in Miami, have hit a league-leading 108 3-pointers in six games.

One night, after racking up 34 assists in a 133-130 win at Washington, the Bulls were unable to channel similar fluidity by moving the ball. Chicago had eight turnovers and seven assists in the first half, a trend that continued the rest of the way as they finished with 20 turnovers and 18 assists on 38 shots from the field.

Zach LaVine had 16 points and six rebounds for Chicago. He was joined in double figures by Denzel Valentine (14 points), as well as Wendell Carter Jr. and Coby White (12 points each).

Phoenix Suns 106-103 Denver Nuggets

Deandre Ayton had 22 points and 11 rebounds, Devin Booker also had 22 and the visiting Suns beat the Nuggets 106-103. Chris Paul added 21 points and Mikal Bridges scored 14 for the Suns, who have won four in a row.

Jamal Murray had 31 points on his return to the lineup, Nikola Jokic had 17 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds for Denver, with Paul Millsap adding 15 and Monte Morris 10 off the bench.

The Nuggets played without Michael Porter Jr. and will not have their third leading scorer in multiple games due to NBA health and safety protocols regarding contact tracing.

Phoenix took the lead in the last minute of the first quarter and held it for most of the game. It was 94-84 when Jokic hit a layup, Murray scored seven points, Jokic scored on an offensive rebound and Morris hit a triple from the wing to give the Nuggets a 98-97 lead.

Paul’s two free throws and Booker’s triple put Phoenix back in front, but Denver had a chance to tie it with 31 seconds to go only for Gary Harris to fumble as he dived for a dunk.

Paul fadeawayed from outside the lane to give the Suns a four-point lead with 7.1 seconds left. Jokic hit a 3-pointer, Paul hit two free throws and Murray missed a 3-pointer on the horn.

Washington Wizards 130-109 Minnesota Timberwolves

Bradley Beal scored 31 points to lead the Wizards to their first win of the season by beating the Timberwolves 130-109, becoming the first player in franchise history to start a season with at least 25 points in the first six. team games.

Beal, who made 12 of 20 shots from the ground, tormented the Timberwolves in their last two games. He scored 30 points in Washington’s 131-109 loss to Minnesota on November 2, 2019, and added 44 points and 10 assists in a 137-116 win over the Timberwolves later that month.

Thomas Bryant finished with 18 points after making his seven shots from the ground. The sharp shooting performance came a day after Bryant hit 10 of 11 shots from the field for 28 points in the Wizards’ 133-130 loss to the Chicago Bulls.

Jerome Robinson scored 13 points off the bench for Washington, who took control of the game after beating Minnesota by a 40-14 margin in the third quarter.

Raúl Neto scored 12 points while starting in place of Russell Westbrook (rest), who missed the second of consecutive games for the Wizards. The former NBA MVP also missed out on Sunday, which was the last time Washington competed on consecutive nights.

Malik Beasley scored 12 of his 21 points in the first quarter for the Timberwolves, who have lost three in a row playing without star Karl-Anthony Towns (dislocated left wrist).

Boston Celtics 93-96 Detroit Pistons

Jerami Grant had 24 points and the Pistons scored the last eight points as they posted their first win of the season by beating the Celtics 96-93.

Saddiq Bey had 17 points and seven rebounds, Derrick Rose contributed 17 points, five rebounds and four assists, and Josh Jackson added 11 points for Detroit.

Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 28 points and Jaylen Brown threw 25 with nine rebounds. Marcus Smart added 13 points.

Boston started the second half on a 15-7 streak to reduce the Pistons’ 15-point halftime lead to 62-55, Brown was the spark plug with eight of those points.

Bey extended Detroit’s lead to 13 with a triple with 4:22 left in the fourth, before Boston went on a 10-2 run, with Tatum scoring eight of those Celtics points on a triple, dunk and a short jump. and a free throw.

Detroit led 79-73 going into the fourth, but Brown had a 7-0 career run to give his team the lead until Svi Mykhailiuk’s 3-pointer with 7:16 left gave the Pistons an 86 lead. -83.

Tatum’s 3-pointer about two minutes later put Boston back on top, and he rushed another with 4:15 remaining to make it 93-88 in what would prove Boston’s final points of the game.

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