Croatian basketball player Ivica Zubac he played a great match, but despite that his 22 points and 14 rebounds Los Angeles Clippers were defeated on the road by Oklahoma City 128-134.
The home team recorded its ninth win of the season, and the LA Clippers now have six wins and five losses. With 22 points, Zubac was the second scorer of his team, and he achieved them in 34 minutes on the floor. Along with 14 rebounds, he also had three blocks and four turnovers. He shot 9-12 from the field and 4-6 from the free throw line.
In the end, the key turned out to be the second quarter in which Oklahoma City scored +12, but also the consistently great play of the best domestic player, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who scored 45 points and added nine assists. He had the best companion in Jalen Williams, who had 28 points, six assists and eight rebounds.
The first LA Clippers scorer was Norman Powell with 31 points, while James Harden had 17 points, nine assists and 11 rebounds.
Cleveland is still undefeated and beat Chicago 119-113 on Monday night. Donovan Mitchell was the first name of the best team in the league with 36 points, along with 7-16 for three-pointers. Darius Garland scored 17 with five assists, Evan Mobley scored 15 with 11 rebounds, and the Cavs are now 12-0.
At Chicago, Zach LaVine scored 26 points with six rebounds, and Nikola Vučević and Coby White with 20 points each.
The fifth victory of the season was achieved by Brooklyn, who won 107-105 at New Orleans. The Croatian basketball player still cannot play for Brooklyn due to injury Bojan Bogdanovćand in the last three and a half minutes of this meeting, New Orleans did not score a single point. He was leading 105-101, but he was just short of victory. Cam Thomas’ three-pointer half a minute before the end proved to be the key for the visitors, 106-105.
With 17 points, Thomas was Brooklyn’s top scorer, where the entire top five had double-digit points. The best was Nic Claxton with 13 points, nine rebounds, three assists and two blocks.
At New Orleans, Brandon Ingram was the professional best with 24 points, nine assists and five rebounds.
Houston beat Washington at home with 107-92 thanks to the excellent performance of Alperen Sengun who scored 27 points and 17 rebounds, while San Antonio was better than Sacramento with 116-96. In that duel, Victor Wembanyama was ahead of everyone with 34 points, 14 rebounds, six assists and three blocks.
NBA, results
NBA results:
- Chicago – Cleveland 113-119
- Houston – Washington 107-92
- New Orleans – Brooklyn 105-107
- Oklahoma City – LA Clippers 134-128 (Ivica Zubac 34 minutes for LA Clippers – 22 points, 14 rebounds, 4 turnovers, 3 blocks, 9-12 field goal, 4-6 from the line)
- San Antonio – Sacramento 116-96