AARON Gordon scored a season-high 38 points, Russell Westbrook recorded a triple-double and the Denver Nuggets, playing without Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, stunned the Golden State Warriors 114-105 in San Francisco on Monday (Tuesday in Manila).
With Jokic nursing a sore elbow and ankle and Murray dealing with a sprained right ankle, the Nuggets rode Gordon, Westbrook and a double-double from Michael Porter Jr. to their second straight win over the Warriors this season and ninth in a row dating back to 2022.
Westbrook, the NBA’s all-time leader in triple-doubles, secured his 203rd by amassing 12 points, 11 rebounds and 16 assists. Porter chipped with 21 points and 10 rebounds as Denver improved to 3-3 in its past six games.
Jimmy Butler III had 23 points and Stephen Curry 20 for the Warriors, who saw a seven-game winning streak come to an end.
In other games, it was the Rockets 144, Sixers 137 (OT); Bulls 111, Jazz 97;
Pacers 132, Wolves 130 (OT); Lakers 125, Spurs 109; Suns 129, Raptors 89
Kings 132, Grizzlies 122; Pistons 127, Pelicans 81; Knicks 116, Heat 95; and Blazers 112, Wizards 97.
Rockets 144, Sixers 137 (OT)
Jalen Green had 30 points and 13 assists, helping Houston stage the largest comeback in franchise history to defeat visiting Philadelphia in overtime.
Jabari Smith Jr. also scored 30 points for Houston, which won its seventh straight game and did so despite trailing by 25 points early in the third quarter. Dillon Brooks scored 25 points and Tari Eason added 21, while AlperenSengun chipped in 13 points, 11 rebounds and five assists.
Philadelphia lost for the seventh time in nine games, despite Quentin Grimes’ career-high 46 points, which he paired with 13 boards. Jared Butler scored 21 points and Justin Edwards had 18.
Bulls 111, Jazz 97
Coby White scored 26 points and Chicago held Utah scoreless for a 5 1/2-minute stretch of the fourth quarter to earn a victory in Salt Lake City.
Tre Jones added 18 points, 12 assists and three steals, Kevin Huerter and MatasBuzelis each totaled 17 points and nine rebounds, and Nikola Vucevic had 10 points and 10 boards to lift the Bulls to their fifth win in six games.
Former Bulls player Lauri Markkanen and Keyonte George each scored 16 for Utah, but the Jazz saw their losing streak increase to 10. Utah, which fell at Minnesota on Sunday, had a particularly rough night shooting from 3-point range. The Jazz only made 9 of 42 beyond the arc (21.4 percent), with Markkanen hitting just 1 of 8. – Field Level Media
