The current champions of the NBA League, the Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets away from home with 124:114 in the American NBA League match played last night.
Houston performed without its best player, James Harden, who was injured, but despite that, it was an equal rival for most of the match.
However, it should be noted that one of the best players, Kevin Durant, was not present in Golden State's ranks.
The Rokits had the biggest advantage in the third quarter (61:52), but the current champion at the end of this period took the lead with a 10:0 series, which they did not let go until the end.
The difference in favor of the Warriors was double-digit on several occasions in the last quarter, and the closest Houston managed to get to minus 5.
Draymond Green recorded a triple double in the ranks of the Warriors - 17 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, and Steph Curry and Klay Thompson were also effective. Curry scored 29 points (10/20 from the field) and grabbed nine rebounds, while Thompson scored 28 points (11/21 from the field, 6/10 from three). David West contributed to Golden State's victory with 12 points, and Nick Young with 11.
In the defeated team, Eric Gordon finished the match with 30 points (12/24 from the field, 2/9 from three), Chris Paul scored 28 (10/22 from the field) with seven rebounds and nine assists, while center Clint Capela had a double-double (15p, 10sk).
Gerald Green, who started the match off the bench, was also excellent, scoring 29 points (8/15 for threes).
After this victory, the Warriors have a record of 31-8 and are first in the West, while Houston is second and has 27 wins and 10 losses
In the second match of the evening, Oklahoma was better than the Los Angeles Clippers, and the match was marked by an injury to the foot of the Serbian representative Miloš Teodosić.
The Thunder won 127:117, and Teodosić spent only nine minutes on the floor and scored two points and had four assists.
Due to the same injury, Teodosić missed 22 games in the current season.
Jaun Evans played instead of him in the rest of the game.
Oklahoma came to victory thanks to a great fourth quarter, which it won with a score of 33:20, and the best was Russell Westbrook, who recorded his 13th triple-double this season, with 29 points (11-24 from the field), 12 rebounds and 11 assists.
Paul George was also excellent with 31 points (12-16 from the field, 5-8 for three) and six rebounds, and Carmelo Anthony scored 22 points.
For the Clippers, Deandre Jordan and Lou Williams had double-double effects. In addition to 26 points, Jordan also caught 17 balls, while Williams had 10 assists with the same number of points.
Oklahoma is now fifth in the West with 22 wins and 17 losses, while the Clippers, for whom this is their first loss after four victories, are ninth with a record of 17-20.
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