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Vintage Curry erupts for 62 points as Warriors kill Trail Blazers
(Agence France-Presse) – January 4, 2021 – 13:57
LOS ANGELES – Two-time MVP Stephen Curry regained his arrogance Sunday night (Monday Manila time), scoring a career-high 62 points as the Golden State Warriors edged the Portland Trail Blazers by 137 -122.
It was like old times for Curry, possibly the best shooter in NBA history.
Curry, who played just five games in the coronavirus-shortened 2019-20 season due to a broken hand, drained eight of 16 from beyond the arc to score the most points by a Warrior since Rick Barry scored 64. in the 1970s.
The Warriors sought victory at the Chase Center in San Francisco and Curry entered the zone early, surrendering 21 points in the first quarter and crowning his night with 17 points and several late 3-pointers in the fourth.
Curry surpassed his previous record of 54 with two free throws with 2:23 to play and capped his night with a triple net with 42 seconds to go. It was the seventh 50-point game of his career.
“I just try to be humble and stay in the moment. As long as I remain aggressive and decisive, good things will happen,” he said.
“I want to make the right decisions. A lot of that is just not rushing things. I have to make sure I see everything right.”
The 50-point night was the first of the NBA season, while the 60-point night was the first for a Warrior since Klay Thompson had 60 in 2016.
Curry’s only flaw was that his free throw streak was broken to 80, the franchise record, in the first quarter. The race dates from March 2019.
On the other hand, Thomas Bryant filled in the lead dunk with 14.9 seconds left and the Washington Wizards held on for a 123-122 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.
Bradley Beal led the Wizards with 27 points and 10 rebounds and assisted in Bryant’s decisive basket, which held firm when Nets stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant missed on the final possession of the game.
It was a drama-filled finale at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot put the Nets ahead 122-121 with an open layup with 28.2 seconds left.
After a timeout, a double-team Beal managed to find Bryant under the basket.
Irving, who led all scorers with 30 points, missed a triple with less than six seconds remaining. Brooklyn cornered the rebound, but Durant’s latest effort also failed.
“We have two of the best players to ever touch a basketball on the other side, so it’s a tough task, man, but I think we did an excellent job accepting that challenge,” Beal said of the Los Angeles defense. Wizards.
Russell Westbrook finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds for the Wizards
In Memphis, reigning champions Los Angeles Lakers posted their third straight road win, with LeBron James scoring 13 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter of a 108-94 win over the Grizzlies in Memphis.
The Grizzlies, without reigning Rookie of the Year Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. due to injury, used a 17-0 scoring run to take an 11-point lead late in the first quarter and led by as many as 12 in the first. half.
But the Lakers closed the half on a 20-9 streak scoring to lead by two in the interval and with a determined James leading the way he finally walked away in the final period.
“We’ve been pushing a lot with Memphis,” James said. “At the beginning of the fourth, I wanted to try to implement myself and my scoring a little more. Put myself in attack mode a little more and see if I could open the game, and we were able to do that.”
Spanish big man Marc Gasol, who began his NBA career in Memphis, where he spent 11 seasons, played there for the first time since the Grizzlies traded him to the Toronto Raptors two seasons ago.
He finished with seven points, six rebounds for the Lakers, along with four points on a cut over his left eye received in a knockdown.
Jayson Tatum delivered the game win in the Boston Celtics’ 122-120 win over the Pistons in Detroit, his jump jump with 2.9 seconds left made the difference as the Celtics rallied from a narrow loss to the Pistons in the same court. on Friday.
Meanwhile, Denver’s Nikola Jokic posted his fourth triple-double of the season with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists and Jamal Murray scored 32 points for the Nuggets in a 124-109 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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