The Oklahoma City Thunder have exploded in a historically offensive domination of the Boston Celtics and huge boilover at Paycom Centre on Wednesday (all times AEDT), winning 150-117 behind a big outing from Josh Giddey.
Donovan Mitchell is everything the Cleveland Cavaliers could’ve hoped for they traded for him and more – and this solidifies it – in one of the NBA’s greatest ever scoring performances.
Klay Thompson dropped a season-high 54 points and Kevon Looney made a game-winning tip-in to lead the Golden State Warriors past the Atlanta Hawks 143-141 in double overtime on Tuesday (all times AEDT).
Nikola Jokic made a massive MVP statement in a 123-11 win for Denver over Boston in a blockbuster battle of two NBA conference leaders – but there were wild scenes as a broken rim saw the game halted for around 35 minutes.
Before facing the Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich promised with a laugh that his team would hold Luka Doncic to under 50 points.
“I’m a winner, and I want to win,” a 37-year-old LeBron James told reporters in a cryptic response after the Los Angeles Lakers’ 112-98 loss to his former team, the Miami Heat.
Australian Josh Giddey scored 21 points and had 10 rebounds in an impressive double-double for the Oklahoma City Thunder, but couldn’t help his team to victory in a 113-121 defeat to the Charlotte Hornets.