one of just 27 NBA players<\/a> to have registered 400+ drives this season. That puts the Aussie alongside renowned names including reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jaylen Brown, Cade Cunningham and Jalen Brunson. <\/p>\nImportantly, Daniels has made kickout passes on 14.1 per cent of those drives \u2014 behind only Russell Westbrook on that list of 27 \u2014 and committing a turnover just 6.1 per cent of the time. <\/p>\n
It means he\u2019s getting into dangerous spots with the ball and creating chances for his teammates while keeping ball security front of mind. <\/p>\n
The Hawks didn\u2019t look back in the second half, outscoring Golden State by 10 points in the third quarter to take a 16-point lead into the last that they never looked like relinquishing. <\/p>\n
Daniels falling three rebounds and one assist shy of a triple-double on Monday comes after he recorded his first career triple-double last time out against Denver. <\/p>\n
Curry finished with 31 points in 33 minutes but did it shooting just 3-11 from distance. <\/p>\n
NBA Wrap: Dyson milestone, Durant record | 01:12<\/p>\n
Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sparked defending champion Oklahoma City to victory on Monday while Anthony Edwards led Minnesota\u2019s last-minute fightback to beat San Antonio. <\/p>\n
Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points while adding eight assists and five rebounds in the Thunder\u2019s 124-112 home victory over Miami, improving the NBA\u2019s best record to 33-7 after outscoring the Heat 70-53 in the second half.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe locked in defensively. We were finally able to get some stops,\u201d Thunder guard Aaron Wiggins said. \u201cWe were able to get out in transition a little bit, get going offensively and find the flow.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hit some shots in the second half and that got us going.\u201d <\/p>\n
Jalen Williams scored 18 points and Chet Holmgren added 16 points and nine rebounds for the Thunder while Andrew Wiggins led the Heat (20-19) with 23 points.<\/p>\n
A day after losing at Cleveland, Minnesota edged the visiting Spurs 104-103 on a bank shot by Anthony Edwards with 16.8 seconds to play.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnt-Man\u201d had 23 points while Donte DiVincenzo scored 19, reserve Naz Reid added 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Rudy Gobert grabbed 14 rebounds.<\/p>\n
Victor Wembanyama, who scored five points in San Antonio\u2019s game-opening 16-0 run, led the Spurs with 29 points but the French star and De\u2019Aaron Fox each missed go-ahead shots in the dying seconds.<\/p>\n
Second-place San Antonio (27-12) fell 5.5 games behind the Thunder atop the Western Conference with the T-Wolves another 1.5 games back at 26-14.<\/p>\n
Another thriller came in Canada as Toronto\u2019s Scottie Barnes made the winning free throw with 0.8 of a second remaining in overtime as the Raptors edged Philadelphia 116-115, denying the 76ers a sixth win in seven games.<\/p>\n
Barnes led Toronto with 31 points while Tyrese Maxey scored a game-high 38 for the Sixers.<\/p>\n
Jamal Shead made a jumper for Toronto with 1.9 seconds to play in regulation to force overtime at 107-107.<\/p>\n
A three-pointer by V.J. Edgecombe lifted the Sixers level with 16.1 seconds remaining in overtime before Kelly Oubre\u2019s foul on Barnes set up the deciding free throw.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, New York\u2019s Jalen Brunson scored 26 points while O.G. Anunoby added 24 to lead the Knicks to a 123-114 triumph at Portland, snapping the Trail Blazers\u2019 five game win streak.<\/p>\n
Anunoby made two three-pointers in an 11-0 Knicks run to seize a 114-104 lead and Portland could not overtake New York again.<\/p>\n
Karl-Anthony Towns contributed 20 points and 11 rebounds for the Knicks while Deni Avdija led Portland with 25 points.<\/p>\n
Denver\u2019s Aaron Gordon scored 23 points and Tim Hardaway Jr. had 26 off the bench to lead the Nuggets over visiting Milwaukee 108-104.<\/p>\n
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 31 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds for the Bucks.<\/p>\n
Orlando\u2019s Desmond Bane scored 27 points as the host Magic rallied in the fourth quarter to beat New Orleans 128-118.<\/p>\n
Cedric Coward scored a game-high 21 points and sank two three-pointers in a game-ending 13-0 Memphis run as the Grizzlies defeated visiting Brooklyn 103-98.<\/p>\n
Royce O\u2019Neale\u2019s 19 points led host Phoenix over Washington 112-93. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dyson Daniels\u2019 playmaking was on full display as he flirted with a triple-double in a crucial win over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[3891,152301,216150,2095,20446,20453,216151,4131,7218,64,63,111106,19704,485,2065,174696,3894,3912,3897,7901,12840,800,2755,165019,22314,216144,5552,42251,7492,160868,3231,12836,216146,7216,216143,216145,12843,5140,5387,74679,590,1025,1666,12846,2041,2067,3371,5673,3797,2785,216147,216152,60872,10113,12837,6113,216149,216148,85,42307,7903,3370,3910,3920,7642,2614],"class_list":["post-407917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-aaron-gordon","tag-aaron-wiggins","tag-all-time-leading-scorer","tag-america","tag-andrew-wiggins","tag-anthony-edwards","tag-assist-shy","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball-game","tag-cade-cunningham","tag-california","tag-canada","tag-career-triple-double","tag-chet-holmgren","tag-colorado","tag-denver","tag-draymond-green","tag-dyson-daniels","tag-espn-inc","tag-florida","tag-french-star","tag-game-winner","tag-go-ahead-shots","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-hawks-coach","tag-hawthorn-hawks","tag-home-victory","tag-jack-jovanovski","tag-jalen-johnson","tag-keeping-ball-security","tag-kevin-durant","tag-kickout-passes","tag-last-minute-fightback","tag-luke-kennard","tag-miami","tag-minnesota","tag-naz-reid","tag-nba","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-nickeil-alexander-walker","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-oklahoma","tag-oklahoma-city","tag-ontario","tag-orlando","tag-points-led","tag-quinn-snyder","tag-rudy-gobert","tag-russell-westbrook","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-francisco","tag-signature-floater","tag-six-foot-seven-guard","tag-sports","tag-state-of-georgia","tag-stephen-curry","tag-texas","tag-tim-hardaway","tag-toronto","tag-trail-blazers","tag-united-states-of-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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