The possible MVP duel between Milwaukee and OKC will go significantly to Russell Westbrook, as he will receive more support. Devin Booker shoots the Nets, the Lakers make Detroit firewood. Indiana wins another victory.
The Pacers continue to be fun at the start of the season – the game against the Kings was decided even in the first half. The first 9 points went to Indiana and it should remain the same that only one team was really awake. Already at the break, the Pacers led with 55:30 (!), so the victory was never in danger and the second half almost completely went to the garbage time, in which the starters could pause.”We were allowed to play a little cheerleader today”, Victor Oladipo (14 points) was pleased afterwards.
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In addition to the Swingman, four other players scored double figures in the Pacers, with Bojan Bogdanovic top scoring 17 points.
The Kings didn’t meet very much, the best man was No. 5-Pick De’ Aaron Fox with 18 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds from the bank, otherwise only Zach Randolph (12) scored double-digit points. Fox has already lost as many kings as in his only college season in Kentucky (32-6),”It’s different,”the Guard said,”I’ve never really lost in my life. We simply have to overcome this hurdle.”
The duel between two young and not exactly defensive teams kept pretty much what it promised – running, shooting, going up and down. And some of the top talents showed that their teams are likely to rise again in the coming years. But first things first.
The Suns got off to a better start thanks to Devin Booker (32 points), but Brooklyn returned in the third quarter with a 17-0 run, boosted by D’ Angelo Russell (33). After an 18-point gap in the meantime, the Nets were even leading temporarily in the fourth quarter before Phoenix finally delivered the necessary lay-ups again. In addition to Booker, T. J. in particular drew for this purpose. Warren, who scored 14 of his 20 points in the last quarter (11 rebounds).
Booker was correspondingly euphoric:”We held together. Last year, our problem was that we had a domino effect when teams ran against us. We have been blaming each other and arguing.”
This time there was nothing to be seen of it, Phoenix showed a closed team performance, whereby Mike James also shone with 24 points as Starting Point Guard (Eric Bledsoe is known to be on leave). In the Nets, Russell Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (21) and Spencer Dinwiddie (15) drew attention to themselves.
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