Vucevic (24+17) broke Indiana, Jokic as Lebron and the Kid, and Doncic as Robertson and Westbrook

Great night by the Montenegrin center who led Chicago to their second triumph of the season in Indianapolis

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Vucevic during the match with Indiana, Photo: Reuters
Vucevic during the match with Indiana, Photo: Reuters
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Another NBA night in his career and a new game in which he confirmed his class - Nikola Vucevic "smashed" Indiana (24:17) away with a powerful double-double (112 points, 105 rebounds) and brought his Chicago team another triumph at the start of the new season. season.

What is particularly important is that "Vuč" scored nine of its 24 points in the last quarter.

"It was a tall guys game -- we're going to have to learn from it," Indiana coach Rick Carlisle said.

Apart from Vucevic, Zak Lavin (23 points) and Demar Derozan (20) also played a good game for the Bulls.

The night in the strongest league in the world was marked in a unique way by players from the area of ​​the former Yugoslavia, besides our basketball player, also Nikola Jokić and Luka Dončić.

MVP from Denver recorded his 110th triple-double in the NBA league (102 points, 107 rebounds, 27 assists) in the victory over Utah (10:11) and thus tied with LeBron James and Jason Kidd on the all-time list. In front of him are Irvin Magic Johnson with 138, Oscar Robertson with 181 and Russell Westbrook with 198.

On the other hand, the maestro from Slovenia is only the third player in history to open the first three matches of the season with a "30+ points triple-double" - before him, the legendary Robertson (1961/62) and Westbrook (2016) did it. /17). He led Dallas to victory over Memphis (35:12) last night with 125 points and 110 rebounds and assists.

Boston confirmed once again that it is one of the main favorites for the title - the Celts defeated Washington (126:107) on the wings of the super tandem Jaylen Brown - Jason Tatum. Together, the two scored more than half of their team's points (69) - Brown 36 and Tatum 33.

Why he is one of the best basketball players of all time, Steph Curry reminded him once again - with 42 points (seven three-pointers from 13 attempts) he led Golden State to a triumph over New Orleans - 130:102.

Results

Charlotte - Brooklyn 121: 133

Indiana - Chicago 105:112

Washington – Boston 107:126

Atlanta - Minnesota 127:113

Toronto - Portland 91: 99

Memphis - Dallas 110:125

Milwaukee - Miami 122: 114

New Orleans - Golden State 102:130

Oklahoma - Detroit 124:112

Denver – Utah 110:102

LA Lakers – Orlando 106:103

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