The Cavaliers won a tenth victory in ten matches this season, this time at the expense of Golden State (136-117).
Cleveland, which went to sign its tenth success in a row in ten matches since the opening of the season, Friday in Ohio against the Golden State Warriors (136-117), still goes it alone in the NBA. The Warriors concede their second defeat of the season, their first away. This setback makes them lose the leading position in the Western Conference, where they are now behind Oklahoma City, winner of Houston (126-107), and Phoenix, who snatched victory from Dallas (114-113).
His big victory is accompanied by several records for Cleveland: that of the greatest number of points scored by a franchise in a half, the first with 83, and that of the largest gap opened up on an opponent in a half: 41! This is the fifth time in ten matches that the Cavaliers have exceeded the 130-point mark, what's more in front of the second best defense in the championship, which they have shattered. “10-0 is a magic number”exclaimed coach Kenny Atkinson. “We can’t play better than during this first half”. During this memorable game against Stephen Curry's team, which was only able to score 12 points, six Cavaliers players scored a double-double.
In the other poster of this evening, the Boston Celtics managed to make the Brooklyn Nets, who had a lead of up to 14 points in the first period, give in in overtime (108-104). After this victory, to which Jayson Tatum largely contributed by scoring 33 points, the defending champion retains second place in the Eastern Conference standings, where the Nets are only fifth.
The Phoenix Suns were visiting Dallas, last season's finalist. They won by one point (114-113), on a final free throw from Jusuf Nurkic eight tenths of a second from the buzzer. After this meeting during which Kevin Durant scored 26 points for the Suns and Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving respectively 30 and 29 for the Mavericks, Phoenix is neck and neck at the top of the Western Conference: the two franchises have still only lost 'once this season. The Thunder, with Chet Holmgren and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander who scored 29 points each, made the difference in the second quarter, winning 44-20, against Houston.
