Oklahoma and Memphis crush in the NBA, Washington hit Miami
10.08.2013
Oklahoma City and Memphis Grizzlies continue with their strong matches from the start of the NBA championship, leading respectively in the ranking of Northwest and Southwest Division. Oklahoma City with little effort beat Brooklyn Nets and although at one point trailing with 16 points, eventually won with 117:111. Memphis did get to win over Phoenix Suns with 108:98 after the extension.
Kevin Durant had 32 for Oklahoma, and Russell Westbrook added 25 in the victory, and nine assists. The team did record sixth consecutive victory and leads in the entire Western Conference with 15 wins and 4 defeats. Thunder made another record, they became the first team in 15 years, which has 100 or more points in 10 consecutive games.
The hosts from Brooklyn, who until today had a series of six consecutive wins, remain in second-place in the Atlantic Division with a balance of 11/6. Deron Williams realized for the winners 34 points, his best achievement since the beginning of the season.
The excellent performance of Zach Randolph in the extra time ensured the success of the Grizzlies. Today he made 38 points and 22 rebounds, his strongest performance since the beginning of the year. 15 of his 22 fights even were won in the standard situation, but not for penalties. After 94:94 in regular time, the hosts took victory with 14:4 in the overtime, as well as 4 points the Suns were realized by the penalties.
Washington Wizards threw the bomb on the day after they beat the star team of Miami with 105:101. This is only the second victory for the citizens of the capital since the start of the championship in 15 games, but despite that remain last in the entire league. Jordan Crawford scored 22 points, including three successful throws in the final 11 seconds of the match. LeBron James finished with a triple-double, 26 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, but he could not help his team to avoid the defeat. Miami and the Knicks lead with 12 wins and four defeats in the East.
Houston Rockets beat over Lakers with 107:105, who continues with a negative balance. Lakers have 8 wins and 10 defeats, while Kobe Bryant was the top scorer for his team with 39 points. Bryant scored a major triad 13.3 seconds before the end and cut the liability of his the team to 105:106, after which fouled Toney Douglas 8.8 seconds before the end. Douglas scored one of the free throws and the guests took the ball and with the buzzer tried to score three. Bryant's experience, however, was unsuccessful. Douglas finished the game with 22 points, and the team made 9th win in 17 games.
All results from the NBA:
Philadelphia - Minnesota 88:105
Washington - Miami 105:101
Brooklyn - Oklahoma City 111:117
Chicago - Indiana 76:80
Memphis - Phoenix 108:98 after extra time
Houston - Los Angeles Lakers 107:105
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