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Nikola Jokić with a board and a dime — with one hand — as he posts a box score never before seen in NBA history.
THE LINEUP 🏀
Nov. 11, 2024 | What’s inside today’s edition?
3 Streaks: Nuggets win 5th straight, Suns’ 7-game streak snapped, OKC’s home run ends
East Roundup: Mathurin shines in Indy, C’s best Giannis’ 43, Philly wins in OT, Magic win
West Roundup: Wolves edged by Heat, Rockets rise over Pistons, Lakers & Grizzlies roll
Tonight: Cavs look to be the 8th team to open a season 12-0, Clips go for 5th straight victory
Cup Countdown: West Group C wraps our group previews on the eve of the first Cup Night
BUT FIRST … ⏰
One more night before the race for the Cup begins…
Cleveland Goes For A Dozen: Before Group Play of the Emirates NBA Cup opens on Tuesday night, Monday features five games all tipping off at 8 ET, headlined by the Cavs going for their 12th straight win when they visit the Bulls on League Pass.
1. NUGGETS WIN 5TH STRAIGHT, DUBS TOP OKC, KINGS SNAP SUNS’ STREAK
Nuggets 122, Mavericks 120: In a game that included 22 lead changes and 15 ties, it was Michael Porter Jr. that hit the game-winning floater with 6.5 seconds left to lift the Nuggets over the Mavs for their fifth straight win.
Denver got another monster triple-double (37 pts, 18 reb, 15 ast) from Nikola Jokić as the Nuggets overcame a 43-point night from Kyrie Irving. | Recap | Watch The Jokić-Kyrie Duel | Watch The Final 4:44
One-Of-One: Jokić is the first player in NBA history
Joker, Russ & Big O: This was Jokić’s 10th career game with at
Joker, Luka & Big O: Jokić’s second career game with 35+
Four In A Row: During his four-game triple-double streak, Jokić
Kyrie & Luka: Irving (43 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast, 6 3s) joins Luka
Warriors 127, Thunder 116: The Warriors got 36 points and seven 3s from Steph Curry and used one of their trademark 3rd quarters – outscoring OKC 42-21 to build a 30-point lead – before holding off a late rally from the Thunder to hand OKC its first home loss and give both teams matching 8-2 records 10 games into the season. | Recap
Chipping In: Jonatha Kuminga scored 20 points off the
Double Loss: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (24) and Jalen Williams
Kings 127, Suns 118 (OT): The Kings outscored the Suns 16-7 in overtime to snap Phoenix’s seven-game win streak. Sacramento’s first eight points of OT were scored by DeMar DeRozan, the last eight were scored by De’Aaron Fox as two of the league’s top clutch players the past two seasons delivered with the game on the line. | Recap
King DeMar: DeRozan scored a game-high 34 points to give him
Triple Double-Doubles: Fox (21 pts, 11 reb, 8 ast), Domantas
2. MATHURIN SHINES, C’S OVERCOME GIANNIS, SIXERS WIN IN OT
Pacers 132, Knicks 121: In a game that saw four 30+ point scorers, Bennedict Mathurin (career highs of 38 pts, 7 3s) led the Pacers to the W in a battle of rivals.
Tyrese Haliburton (35 pts, 14 ast, 4 3s, 2 stl), Jalen Brunson (33 pts, 10 ast) and Karl-Anthony Towns (30 pts, 9 ast) each dropped 30+ in the scoring outburst. | Recap | Indy duo combines for 73
30+ PTS, 10+ AST: Haliburton posted his 10th 30-10 game as a
Celtics 113, Bucks 107: Jayson Tatum (31 pts, 12 reb, 6 ast, 4 3s, including this clutch bucket scored 23 points in the 2nd half as the Celtics overcame a nine-point halftime deficit and 43 points from Giannis Antetokounmpo to improve to 9-2, while dropping the Bucks to 2-8. | Recap
Group Effort: Payton Pritchard scored 18 points with five 3s
Elite Company: Giannis (43 pts, 13 reb, 5 ast) became the
Sixers 107, Hornets 105 (OT): Rookie Jared McClain scored 23 of his career-high 27 points in the 2nd half and OT, Guerschon Yabusele added a career-high 20 points, while Paul George had 15 points (including his first Sixers bucket in Philly) and a game-high nine assists as Philly overcame a 38-point effort from Charlotte’s LaMelo Ball. | Recap
LaMelo & Kyle: Ball became the fourth player in Hornets
Magic 121, Wizards 94: The Wagner brothers – Franz (23 pts, 7 ast) and Moritz (16 pts, 6 reb) – combined for 39 points to lead the Magic to the win over Jordan Poole (24 pts, 3 3s), Bilal Coulibaly (20 pts, 9-11 FG, 6 reb, 6 ast) and the Wizards. | Recap
3. JOVIĆ SEALS HEAT WIN, ROCKETS EDGE PISTONS, LAKERS & GRIZZLIES ROLL
Heat 95, Timberwolves 94: Nikola Jović hit the game-tying layup (with a flex) and the and-1 free throw with 7.8 seconds left to help Miami end a three-game losing streak while simultaneously snapping Minnesota’s three-game win streak.
Jović finished with 15 points off the bench, while Tyler Herro had 26 points and four 3s to lead the Heat. | Recap | Watch The Final 3:37
Lakers 123, Raptors 103: LeBron James posted his second straight triple-double (19 pts, 10 reb, 16 ast), Austin Reaves scored a game-high 27 points and Anthony Davis added 22 (before leaving in the 3rd quarter with an eye injury) as the Lakers swept the season series with the Raptors and improved to 6-4 on the season. | Recap
Jalen Green Rockets 101, Pistons 99: After surrendering a 13-point 4th-quarter lead, the Rockets outscored the Pistons 7-4 in the final three minutes to come away with the win.
Alperen Şengün (27 pts, 10 reb), Tari Eason (18 pts, 9 reb, including this clutch hustle play) and Jalen Green (15 pts, 5 reb, this huge slam) led the way for Houston, while Cade Cunningham (26 pts, 8 reb, 9 ast) had his triple-double streak snapped for Detroit. | Recap
2nd-Highest Dunk Score Of The Season: Green’s
Grizzlies 134, Blazers 89: Jaren Jackson Jr. (20 pts, 7 reb, 3 stl, 3 3s) led seven Grizzlies with at least 12 points as the Grizzlies took the lead for good four minutes and four seconds into the game and never looked back, posting the fourth-largest win in franchise history (45 pts). | Recap
4. TONIGHT: CAVS GO FOR 12-0, CLIPPERS GO FOR 5TH STRAIGHT W
Cavaliers at Bulls (8 ET, League Pass): On Saturday, the Cavaliers overcame a 14-point deficit against Brooklyn to extend their perfect start to the season, becoming the 12th team to ever open a season 11-0.
Tonight in Chicago, they’ll look to join an even more exclusive club as only seven teams have ever began a season with a dozen straight wins.
Golden State Warriors (2015): 24 games
Houston Rockets (1993): 15
Washington Capitols (1948): 15
Dallas Mavericks (2002): 14
Boston Celtics (1957): 14
Chicago Bulls (1996): 12
Seattle SuperSonics (1982): 12
The last time these teams met – on Feb. 28 – the Bulls prevailed in double overtime to snap a seven-game losing streak to the Cavs that dated back to the start of the 2022-23 season. Can Chicago make it two in a row over Cleveland and spoil the Cavs’ historic start?
Clippers at Thunder (8 ET, NBA TV): When these teams met in Los Angeles on Nov. 2, the Thunder held the Clippers to a season-low 92 points, kept the Clippers winless at the Intuit Dome (0-4) and handed the Clippers their third straight loss (2-4).
The Clippers have not lost since – embarking on a four-game win streak, including their first three wins at their new home arena. Tonight in OKC, the Clippers look to extend their win streak to five in a row against a Thunder team coming off a 127-116 loss to Golden State on Sunday night.
Powell Power: Over LA’s last four games, Norm Powell is
Three more games tip off at 8 ET on League Pass: Kings at Spurs; Nets at Pelicans, Wizards at Rockets.
5. EMIRATES NBA CUP COUNTDOWN: WEST GROUP C PREVIEW
The Emirates NBA Cup 2024 tips off tomorrow, with the first eight games of Group Play on the first of seven Cup Nights – all games played on Tuesdays and Friday from Nov. 12-Dec. 3 will all count toward the Emirates NBA Cup group standings.
Our countdown previewing every group in the competition wraps up today with West Group C – a group that features the past three teams to represent the West in the NBA Finals: Golden State (2022, won title). Denver (2023, won title) and Dallas (2024).
Here are the five teams in West Group C, ranked in order of win percentage in head-to-head matchups from last season against the other teams within the group.
Denver Nuggets: 12-2 (.857)
New Orleans Pelicans: 7-7 (.500)
Memphis Grizzlies: 5-10 (.333)
Golden State Warriors: 4-10 (.286)
The full 10-game Group Play schedule is above. Here are three matchups to circle:
Mavs at Warriors (Nov. 12, 10 ET, TNT): Klay Thompson returns
Mavs at Nuggets (Nov. 22, 10 ET, ESPN): A clash of the past two
Warriors at Nuggets (Dec. 3, 10 ET, TNT): Both teams have
In case you missed any of the other group previews, they can all be found here.