Oklahoma as a hurricane destroyed Memphis
Oklahoma City Thunder basketball players in the first game of the NBA League endings in the fight for four victories highly defeated Memphis Grizzlies by 131: 80, and the difference of 51 points was the highest in the history of the introductory matches of the season. With the victories, the playoffs were also opened by the champions from Boston, Cleveland and Golden State.
Oklahoma, the first holder in the Western Conference with the best joint joint in the league, reliably led in victories. Thunder’s celebration with 51 points of difference was all the more incredible as the first star had Shai Gilgeous-Lexander Statistically his worst performance in the season – he only collected 15 points, five passes and three rebounds.
But all members of the first five of the domestic have scored a two -digit number of points, Jalen Williams has contributed 20 points and six passes, Aaron Wiggins and 21 points with benches.
« We played our identity, » said Gilgeous-Alexander. « This will be the key to our success – let’s just be what we are and stick to our play. »
The star of the grizzly Yes Morant finished the match with 17 points. « We will never play so bad again, » Morant said.
Boston began the defense of the title reliably, Derrick White was the first champion scorer against Orlando. Photo: Bob Dechiara/Imagn Images Via Reuters Connect
In Boston, the guests from Orlando held contact with the champions in the first part of the match and still led tightly at halftime, and finally the defenders won the title by 103: 86.
He was the best scorer at home Derrick White with 30 points. The first star of the Celts Jayson Tatum He scored a modest 17 points for him and finished the match despite the frightening fall under the basket in the last quarter, which made him nourish his painful right wrist.
Tatum rose to score and crashed on the playground after it hit it Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. After the match, Tatum reassured home fans and said that everything was fine with his wrist.
Jaylen Brownwho returned after knee problems, scored 16 points, Payton Pritchard and he added 19 from the bench to the victory.
« Just a good answer in the second half, » White replied after the race when asked what was the main key to victory, who scored seven of the 16 triples of Boston.
Paolo Buchero He scored 36 points for Magic and collected 11 rebounds.
Cleveland’s first two Donovan Mitchell was an unsolvable puzzle for Miami’s basketball players. Photo: Jason Miller/Getty Images Via AFP
Cleveland Cavaliers also justified the role of the favorite. The first Eastern conference holders beat Miami Heat 121: 100 and have never been far behind since the middle of the first quarter. The best scorer was Donovan Mitchell with 30 points, Ty Jerome But he added 16 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter.
« We haven’t achieved anything yet, » Mitchell said after the match: « We just successfully did the first work at home. »
It was more tense in the Western Conference, where Houston Rockets reduced the backlog to Warriors in the middle of the last quarter from 23 points to three before the warriors escaped again and took the opening victory with 95:85 from Texas.
Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler were the best individuals Golden Stata. « We had a goal before our eyes, we wanted to win away, » said Butler, who scored 25 points after the match. “Although we gave up a little, we ended up winning.” Curry scored 31 points.
Stephen Curry was concerned in Houston in his style. Photo: Troy Taormina/Imagn Images Via Reuters Connect
