The Warriors add their fifth consecutive victory
Curry finished with 28 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and five triples
A tray of Steph Curry with 0.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter, apparently touched by Draymond Green, gave the Golden State Warriors a vibrant 141-139 victory this Friday at the Oklahoma City Thunder field.
The Warriors added their fifth consecutive victory and the fourth in four games played away from home this year, in a match of enormous intensity ended with a long review by the referees in the decisive play.
With a 139-139 tie, Curry, who finished with 28 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and five triplesentered the paint and appeared to score two points, although the referees reviewed the play for possible interference by Draymond Green.
After several minutes, and seeing that Thunder’s Josh Giddey touched the basket net Before Green’s alleged touch at the rim, the referees awarded the two points to the Warriors.
The basket was finally officially delivered to Greenaccording to official NBA statistics.
The Warriors opened the new NBA Cup with a vibrant victoryon a night in which Curry had already given away a show by offering a no-look assist for an alley-oop by Gary Payton II.
The Thunder, who They could not count on their star Shai Gilgeous Alexanderfell despite shooting 60% from the field and 51% from the three-point line.
His best scorer was Lunguentz Dort with 29 points and a perfect six of six in triples. Chet Holmgren finished with 24 points and exchanged jerseys with Curry after the game.
The Warriors and the Thunder are in Group C of the West along with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Sacramento Kings and San Antonio Spurs.
The NBA Cup takes place from this Friday to December 9, with a group stage and a direct elimination that will take four from Las Vegas to the final.
In the group stage, The matches will have a double valuesince they will be counted for both the tournament and the regular season.
The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas will host the Final Four from December 7 to 9.
Is about an idea from the NBA to increase the competitive level during its long regular season, of 82 games, and avoid having games with little at stake.
To the sports competition An important economic incentive will also be addedsince each player on the winning team will take home half a million dollars.