The leadership of point guard Trae Young was felt again in the game by the Atlanta Hawks, who maintained their undefeated condition since the new season began with another consistent performance of his attack.
Meanwhile, Brooklyn Nets were the cross of the coin by suffering their second straight loss.
Combining Young and the Serbian escort Bogdan Bogdanovic with the sum of 46 points he was the key that allowed the Hawks to win 128-120 over the Detroit Pistons.
Young He was the Hawks’ leading scorer again, scoring 29 points, while Bogdanovic, the star signing during the offseason break, brought in another 17 that made a difference for the Atlanta team.
Power forward John Collins finished with 15 points and the Hawks, who are 3-0 for the first time since 2016-17, hit 20 3s while shooting 47.6% more on shots from outside the perimeter.
The Detroit team, which is 0-3, did not have the power forwardt Blake Griffin and the base reserves Derrick Rose, who were given the night off to rest.
The Memphis Grizzlies suffered the loss of starting point guard Ja Morant before the end of the first half, but in the end, in extra time, they won as visitors by 111-116 before the decimated Nets, in what was his first win of the season.
Morant, NBA Rookie of the Year, sprained his left ankle when his team was up 47-51, and held the lead until he reached victory in the extra five minutes after regulation time ended in a tie. to 106.
The morant injury occurred when he tried to defend a shot made by the French forward Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot and fell on one foot of the Nets player.
The eaves Kyle Anderson scored 28 points, the best mark of his career – the previous one was 20 – and guard Dillon Brooks reached 24 with the Grizzlies (1-2), who had lost their first two games and started a trip of three away from your field.
The eaves Caris LeVert got a double-double of 28 points and 11 assists as the leader of the Nets (2-2), which gave rest to their stars, the forward Kevin Durant and point guard Kyrie Irving.Luwawu-Cabarrot scored 21 points, but only two after the break.
The escort Donovan Mitchell he went to the basket and with seven seconds left until regulation time ended, he scored the two points that allowed the Utah Jazz to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 109-110 at home.
The Croatian forward Bogan Bogdanovich scored 23 points and point guard Mike Conley he added a double-double of 20 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists. They were the key players in the Jazz attack.
The victory allowed the Jazz break a 17-game losing streak in regular-season games against the Thunder, including those played in the NBA bubble in Orlando last season. The Utah team’s last win in Oklahoma City was on October 31, 2010.
Utah was Oklahoma City’s scheduled opponent on March 11, when its starting center, Frenchman Rudy Gobert, tested positive for coronavirus and the game was postponed moments before kickoff and the NBA season was temporarily closed for four months until which resumed in the Orlando ‘bubble’.
The Canadian escort Luguentz Dort With 26 points, his best mark as a professional, he was the leader of the Thunder’s attack, while his compatriot Shai Gilgeous-Alexander lhe reached 23 goals and distributed seven assists, but failed in the last basket attempt of the game.
The Denver Nuggets easily beat Housto’s decimated Rockets 124-111ny achieved their first victory of the season thanks to the triple double contributed by the Serbian center Nikola Jokic (19 points, 12 rebounds and 18 assists).
Meanwhile, the Lakers of Los Angeles (2-2) were surprised in their field, the Staples Center, by the Portland Trail Blazers, who beat them 107-115 in what was the second loss for the reigning NBA champions.
