Get Kayo now ><\/a><\/p>\nThe Lakers out-scored the Warriors 38-15 in the first quarter, the Warriors erasing the 23-point deficit by outscoring Los Angeles 38-15 in the second to knot it 53-53 at halftime.<\/p>\n
Doncic scored 37 points for the Lakers. <\/p>\n
The night\u2019s abiding image was of him crashing to the floor as he was wrong-footed by Curry — who fired over him for a three-pointer.<\/p>\n
Curry took his career points tally to 26,674, surpassing Dominique Wilkins (26,668) for 18th on the all-time scoring list.<\/p>\n
LEBRON \u2018MASTERCLASS\u2019 FOR SIXERS<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, LeBron James scored 20 points including a late tip-in to help seal the Philadelphia 76ers\u2019 98-93 victory over the NBA champion New York Knicks.<\/p>\n
The 76ers notched their second win of the young season over the Knicks after spoiling their championship banner-raising with a victory at Madison Square Garden on opening night.<\/p>\n
The win had a double edge as Saturday\u2019s games marked the start of the fourth edition of the NBA Cup, the NBA in-season tournament won by the Knicks before they went on to beat the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals for their first championship since 1973.<\/p>\n
Group-stage Cup games will be played throughout November, all counting in the regular-season standings. Quarter-finals will be played December 4-5 and semi-finals December 8-9 before the final on December 11 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.<\/p>\n
Tyrese Maxey scored 27 points to lead the Sixers, who took control early against the sloppy Knicks.<\/p>\n
They led by 14 in the third quarter and weathered a late Knicks surge. Jalen Brunson\u2019s step-back three-pointer put New York up 90-89 with 1:32 remaining.<\/p>\n
James, the NBA\u2019s all-time leading scorer, answered with a basket that put Philadelphia back in front and pushed the lead to 96-91 with a tip-in off a Maxey miss with 11.9 seconds left.<\/p>\n
James, 41, added nine rebounds, eight assists, one steal and a vintage chase-down block in what 76ers coach Nick Nurse called his best game since joining as a free agent in June.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought he was really good all the way through,\u201d Nurse said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we got some downhill stuff he used his size and knocked them around a little bit for some layups… kind of pushed and organized it.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been good, but that was his best game, for sure.\u201d <\/p>\n
Brunson led New York with 24 points and Karl-Anthony Towns added 22 points and 12 rebounds for the Knicks, who fell to 2-4.<\/p>\n
Maxey inspires 76ers to victory | 01:36<\/p>\n
MAVERICKS SEND STATEMENT AGAINST ROCKETS<\/p>\n
The Dallas Mavericks, fueled by 35 points from Kyrie Irving and 33 from Cooper Flagg, rallied to hand the Houston Rockets their first defeat of the season 116-111.<\/p>\n
The Rockets had emerged from a back-and-forth first half with a 51-44 lead, pushing the advantage to as many as 11 before taking an eight-point lead into the final frame.<\/p>\n
Irving\u2019s three-pointer with 7:01 remaining put Dallas back in front and they wouldn\u2019t trail again, the Mavs finding an answer when Houston twice pulled level in the final stretch.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt felt good,\u201d Irving said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe came in at halftime, we weren\u2019t proud of our effort. We looked each other in the eye and we were just like, we\u2019ve got to do better.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t bring it in the first half, but the second half we definitely brought it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miami poor start continues: NBA Wrap | 02:26<\/p>\n
GIDDEY\u2019S STRUGGLES CONTINUE, GIANNIS FIRES<\/p>\n
In Miami, Giannis Antetokounmpo delivered a triple-double of 31 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists to propel the Heat to a 145-125 victory over the Indiana Pacers.<\/p>\n
In Boston, the Celtics romped to a 125-111 victory over the Chicago Bulls. Payton Pritchard scored 30 points off the bench and Jayson Tatum scored 26 for the Celtics, who led by as many as 32 points.<\/p>\n
Josh Giddey, meanwhile, struggled again as he battles through a wrist injury. The Australian finished with a respectable 13 points, five assists and four rebounds but had a number of poor turnovers.<\/p>\n
The Orlando Magic drained 18 three-pointers and withstood a career-high 41-point performance from Toronto\u2019s Scottie Barnes.<\/p>\n
Detroit shook off a slow start to hand the winless Nets a fifth straight defeat in Brooklyn, where Cade Cunningham scored 20 points and Ron Holland added 18 off the bench in a 110-94 Pistons victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Golden State star Stephen Curry embarrassed Luka Doncic as he scored 31 points to lead the Warriors to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-947437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947437","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=947437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}