Led by a Devin Booker of the big nights, the Suns dominated the defending champion Golden State (134-105). Summary of all results from the night.
The Phoenix Suns, carried by the 34 points of their star Devin Booker, brought down the defending champion Golden State (134-105) who finished without Klay Thompson, excluded for the first time from his NBA career, to his 651st game on Tuesday in Arizona. Perhaps annoyed by his poor performance of the day (2 points to 1 of 8 in shooting), the 32-year-old Californian shooter first received an unsportsmanlike for a foul on Booker in the middle of the third quarter. . It turned into an exclusion after a heated verbal exchange between the two men and Thompson’s invective against the referee.
«I’ve always loved Klay Thompson. From the draft, I said that I wanted to be like himBooker said of his seven-year senior after the encounter. “But that doesn’t stop us from being rivals and saying little things to each other from time to time!Added the scorer, who passed the 30 point mark for the third time in a row and has averaged 32 points since the start of the season.
The incident seems to have destabilized Californians. In any case, from an advantage of +6, they went to a deficit of -13 which they were never able to make up.
Behind Booker, the Suns’ leading scorers were Mikal Bridges (17 points), Deandre Ayton and Chris Paul (16 points each). For Golden State, Stephen Curry scored 21 points (missing his first free throw of the season on his 23rd attempt) and Jordan Poole 17.
37 points pour Doncic
In New Orleans, Luka Doncic ended the evening with mixed feelings. Admittedly, he continued the momentum of a thunderous start to the season by scoring 37 points (plus 11 rebounds and 7 assists), but that was not enough to avoid Dallas’ defeat against the Pelicans (113-111), however diminished by the absences (of the young Zion Williamson in particular). And it was he who missed the three-point shot of the win in the final seconds.
The Slovenian is nonetheless the first Maverick in history to start a season with three games above 30 points.
Thanks to this third victory in four games, the Pelicans of Trey Murphy III (22 points) and CJ McCollum (14 points, 11 assists) climb to second place in the Western Conference behind Portland.
In the east, Washington is in the same time frame (3-1) after its success at home against the Detroit Pistons (120-99) with 25 points from Kyle Kuzma and 20 from Kristaps Porzingis. Oklahoma City crushed the Los Angeles Clippers 108-94 thanks to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (33 points).