Stephen Curry’s team blew a 19-point lead until falling 104-101 in overtime.
The Golden State Warriors and the Chicago Bulls suffered their first losses of the season on Thursday against the Memphis Grizzlies and the New York Knicks, respectively, leaving the Utah Jazz as the only undefeated in this season of the NBA.
The Warriors missed a 19 point advantage until falling on his court 104-101 against the Grizzlies in overtime.
Young Ja Morant, with 30 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, ended up leading Memphis to victory in the base duel with Stephen Curry.
The Warriors star was 36-7-8 but was unusually off the mark down the stretch of the game, including a final missed triple on the horn that would have prevented overtime.
Morant, one of the fittest players this season (30.5 points and 8.5 assists on average), put his team on his shoulders in the second half and finished off the victory with the last basket of the game in a spectacular tray around the corner.
The Warriors thus fall from the head of the Western Conference, which occupy the Utah Jazz alone with four wins and no losses.
The Jazz they wiped out 122-91 Houston Rockets with 16 points and 14 rebounds from the French Rudy Gobert and 15 points and 6 assists from Donovan Mitchell.
It’s Utah’s best start to the season since the 2008-09 season, in which they won the first five games.
In the Eastern Conference, the only undefeated team, the Chicago Bulls, fell 104-103 in another thrilling final against the New York Knicks.
With four wins and one loss, Bulls y Knicks They are located in an unexpected group of head of the conference next to the Charlotte Hornets y los Washington Wizards.
The New York figure, Julius Randle, was not successful in the launch (3/11 in field goals) but touched the triple double with 13 points, 16 rebounds and 9 assists.
For the Bulls, the shooting guard Zach Lavine finished with 25 points and the Montenegrin center Nikola Vucevic with 22.
The Knicks dominated by 13 points (104-91) with three minutes to go but the Bulls scored 10 points in a row to force a heart attack finish.
With a dunk Lavine brought the Bulls closer to just one point (104-103) and the team enjoyed the last possession, with 4.8 seconds left, but veteran DeMar DeRozan missed a long distance shot and the Knicks celebrated.
Embiid scores 30 with discomfort
In another of the matches of the day, the Philadelphia 76ers beat 110-102 Detroit Pistons with 30 points and 18 rebounds of Joel Embiid.
The Cameroonian pivot was doubtful until the last moment due to his discomfort in his right knee but finally the Doc Rivers technician decided to recruit him despite the fact that the Pistons are the worst team in the East, with four losses in two games.
“There are no excuses, I’m fine,” Embiid said of his decision to play. “Every year I come with the mentality of trying to play as many games as I can. I have to play more games than in the past ”.
Embiid seemed to resent his physical problems after a dunk in the first quarter but gradually found his rhythm to add his first double-double of the season.
Power forward Tobias Harris and the base Tyrese Maxey contributed 17 and 16 points, respectively, for a Sixers who continue to miss Ben Simmons.
The Australian guard has not made his debut this season after he rebelled against the franchise requesting to be traded.
In Washington, Wizards they beat 122-111 Atlanta Hawks confirming itself as one of the most fit teams in the East.
The Wizards have four wins and one loss for a 3-2 record for the Hawks, who reached the West final last season.
Listen to him Bradley Beal he played his best game of the season with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.
The Hawks suffered from a bad night at the pitch of Bring young, who finished with 15 points (6/17) and 13 assists.
The pivot John Collins signed his second consecutive double-double with 28 points and 12 rebounds.
Results of the day on Thursday:
Philadelphia 76ers – Detroit Pistons, 110-102
Washington Wizards – Atlanta Hawks, 122-111
Chicago Bulls – New York Knicks, 103-104
Houston Rockets – Utah Jazz, 91-122
Dallas Mavericks – San Antonio Spurs, 104-99
Golden State Warriors – Memphis Grizzlies 104-101 (overtime) (D)
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