Dyson Daniels has continued his scoring surge with 25 factors, equalling a formidable Michael Jordan streak as he helped Atlanta beat Washington 129-117 within the NBA Cup.
Coming off a career-high 28 factors in Tuesday evening’s 117-116 win at defending NBA champions Boston, Daniels made 10 of 14 pictures from the sector and paced the Wizards’ defence with six steals.
The Australian, recruited by New Orleans with decide No.8 within the 2022 draft, has gone from energy to energy in his first season with the Hawks.
Daniels is averaging a league-best 3.8 steals per recreation, with Washington’s Jordan Poole subsequent on that desk.
The Bendigo product has now tallied 15-plus factors and five-plus steals in 4 consecutive NBA video games.
No different NBA participant has achieved that feat since Jordan within the 1989-90 season.
Kyle Kuzma led Washington with 24 factors, Poole had 22 and rookie Alex Sarr added a career-high 20 factors.
Regardless of the trio’s scoring management, the Wizards’ NBA Cup opener was their seventh consecutive loss.
In the meantime, Australians Josh Giddey and Ben Simmons each had quiet video games whereas their sides suffered contrasting defeats on Saturday (AEDT).
Brooklyn misplaced 124-122 to the New York Knicks regardless of scoring 40 factors in a dramatic final-quarter comeback.
Simmons had seven rebounds, 5 assists and 4 factors for the Nets.
Jalen Brunson made a go-ahead three-pointer for the Knicks with 6.2 seconds left after his staff had blown a 21-point lead.
Chicago had been outclassed 144-126 by Cleveland, who are actually 14-0 for the season.
The Cavs are the sixth staff to go 14-0 and first because the Golden State Warriors opened 24-0 in 2015-16.
Cleveland’s 14-game profitable streak is the longest within the membership’s 55-year existence.
Giddey scored 5 factors and spent quarter-hour on court docket throughout the lopsided match.
In San Antonio, Anthony Davis had 40 factors and 12 rebounds and LeBron James had 15 factors, 16 rebounds and 12 assists because the LA Lakers opened the defence of their Emirates NBA Cup title with a 120-115 victory over the Spurs.
James had his career-high fourth straight triple-double for Los Angeles.
Davis shot 14 for 26, making two of 4 three-pointers, in his highest-scoring recreation of the season. Austin Reaves added 19 factors, Dalton Knecht had 14 and D’Angelo Russell 13.
Victor Wembanyama had 28 factors, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and two blocks for San Antonio. On Wednesday evening, he had a career-high 50 factors in a 139-130 house victory over Washington.
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