‘Been bad’: Giddey delivers brutal honesty; Warriors suffer season-worst smashing – NBA Wrap

Josh Giddey spoke candidly after the Thunder suffered one other loss.

Plus it was a recreation to neglect for the Warriors because the reigning champions had been on the fallacious finish of a season-worst smashing.

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GIDDEY SPEAKS CANDIDLY AFTER THUNDER’S LOSS TO KNICKS

The Knicks left New York instantly following an embarrassing loss to the Thunder on the Garden ground barely one week in the past.

They headed again house Tuesday (all instances AEDT) after sealing a profitable file on a frightening five-game highway journey with a redemptive victory over the crew that smashed them for 145 factors on Nov. 13 at MSG.

Jalen Brunson poured in 23 of his season-high 34 factors within the second half — and Julius Randle and RJ Barrett bounced again from poor taking pictures performances Sunday in Phoenix to attain 25 factors apiece — because the Knicks seized a 129-119 victory at Paycom Center.

Randle, who scored a season-low 9 factors towards the Suns, completed with 25 and 11 rebounds, whereas Barrett busted out of a five-game droop with 25 on 10-for-16 taking pictures, together with 3-for-4 from 3-point vary. Brunson linked on 14 of 20 field-goal makes an attempt and in addition registered 9 assists.

Mitchell Robinson performed 13 minutes after returning to the line-up Sunday towards the Suns following a nine-game damage absence, however the Knicks introduced within the fourth quarter that their beginning centre was dominated out once more with right-knee soreness.

Immanuel Quickley added 18 factors, together with 4 3-pointers, and Quentin Grimes had eight in 33 minutes in his second straight begin because the Knicks evened their file at 9-9. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder (7-10) with 30 factors and 7 assists, and Lu Dort scored 24 factors.

Aussie star Josh Giddey, who had 18 factors, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, was spoke candidly after the loss because the Thunder dropped their third recreation from their final 4 to fall to 7-9 whereas giving up over 120 factors in every contest.

The Knicks had cut up the primary 4 video games of the journey — wins over the Jazz and Nuggets adopted by losses to the Warriors and the Suns. Those 4 groups entered Tuesday’s motion with a mixed file of 25-4 on their house courts, with the lone losses for Utah and Denver coming final week towards the Knicks.

“To me, it’s like every game is a game by itself. So you don’t come onto the trip looking at five games,” Tom Thibodeau stated. “The first game we’re in Utah, they’re undefeated at home. We knew we’d have to play a great game. We did. The next night, back-to-back, going to be a challenge, undefeated Denver team at home. Played well enough to win the game. Obviously, that’s good.

“You’re coming out, you’re playing Golden State, the team that’s been a dominant home team. We knew we were going to get their best shot. And [Phoenix] is a terrific team, great team at home. … So your margin of error is very small.”

To salvage a profitable file on the five-in-seven-days tour, Thibodeau definitely wanted a greater effort defensively towards Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder than the Knicks put forth after they had been smacked for essentially the most factors they’ve allowed in any recreation this season in a 145-135 house loss on the Garden eight days earlier.

“Just a well-balanced team. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is just a monster, so is Giddey, and they’re really starting to shoot the ball well,” Thibodeau stated.

Barrett, who inked a four-year extension price a assured $107 million over the summer time, hardly might say the identical over his earlier 5 video games. He’d missed 23 of 25 makes an attempt from 3-point vary whereas connecting on simply 26.3 per cent from the ground general (20-for-76) over his earlier 5 appearances.

After totalling simply 21 factors on 7-for-22 taking pictures towards the Suns, Barrett and Randle mixed for 16 within the first quarter alone because the Knicks constructed a 38-34 lead by way of one.

Randle pushed his first-half scoring whole to 16 because the Knicks prolonged their result in 69-58 by intermission. The second quarter featured a 13-2 Knicks splurge halfway by way of the interval and an alley-oop dunk by Jericho Sims from a Barrett feed within the closing minutes. Quickley additionally tossed in 9 factors within the stanza, and Obi Toppin drilled a late 3-pointer after going 1-for-10 from lengthy distance over the earlier three video games.

The Thunder slashed a 17-point Knicks cushion to seven halfway by way of the third, however Brunson netted 12 within the quarter for a 98-87 recreation coming into the ultimate interval.

-Originally revealed by Peter Botte within the New York Post

WARRIORS SUFFER SEASON-WORST BLOWOUT

An undermanned Golden State Warriors have suffered a large 128-83 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans in a season-worst exhibiting from the reigning champions.

The 45-point differential marked the best level differential within the league this season, whereas the Warriors’ 26 turnovers are tied for essentially the most in a recreation this season with the Houston Rockets, in response to StatMuse.

Playing with out 4 of their starters in Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green (all rested), the Warriors went down early, trailing 35-16 on the finish of the primary quarter and happening to lose each different time period.

Thompson was coming off a 41-point efficiency in Houston and was anticipated to overlook the second finish of the back-to-back. He hasn’t performed each video games in a back-to-back since returning in January from Achilles and knee ligament surgical procedures.

Curry, who had 33 factors in Houston, was listed as out with proper elbow soreness and Green for decrease again damage administration, whereas Kevon Looney was the one common starter within the Warriors line-up and performed simply 5 minutes.

Brandon Ingram led New Orleans with 34 factors on 12-of-19 taking pictures, six rebounds and three steals, Jonas Valanciunas had a 10-point, 13-rebound double-double and Aussie Dyson Daniels was productive off the bench with 9 factors, 5 rebounds, two assists and two steals in 20 minutes.

CJ McCollum added 15 factors for the Pelicans, who welcomed star ahead Zion Williamson again after a three-game absence with a foot contusion.

For the Warriors, Jordan Poole poured in a team-high 26 factors and Jonathan Kuminga added 18.

It marked New Orleans’ fourth win from its final 5 to enhance to 10-7, wile Golden State fell to 8-10.

Ingram stated the Pelicans tried to not let the late announcement that they wouldn’t face the Warriors’ prime gamers unsettle them.

“That’s one of those messages where we say worry about ourselves,” he stated. “Having Zion back in the line-up, we haven’t had much minutes with the starting group so it was important for us to try to get back and try to get our institution together for later games.”

ELSEWHERE …

The Chicago Bulls, led by 28 factors from DeMar DeRozan, ended the Boston Celtics’ nine-game NBA profitable streak with a 121-107 victory on Tuesday.

Zach LaVine, who was annoyed to be pulled from the waning minutes of the Bulls’ loss to Orlando on Saturday, scored 22 factors.

Nikola Vucevic added 12 factors and 13 rebounds for Chicago – who had additionally overwhelmed the Celtics at house in October however fell to them in Boston on November 4 within the recreation that launched the Celtics’ streak.

At 13-4, the Celtics nonetheless personal the very best file in NBA basketball. Down by as many as 21 within the third quarter, Boston sliced the deficit to 10 with 4:49 to play, however couldn’t recover from the hump.

LaVine drained a three-pointer and DeRozan handed to Alex Caruso for a reverse layup that pushed the Bulls’ result in 116-101 with lower than three minutes to go.

Jayson Tatum, scored 28 factors, pulled down 11 rebounds and handed out seven assists within the defeat. Jaylen Brown added 25 factors and 7 rebounds for Boston.

In Milwaukee, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 37 factors to steer the Bucks to a 119-111 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, who had been with out star Damian Lillard due to a calf pressure.

In Cleveland, Donovan Mitchell scored 29 factors and Darius Garland added 26 because the Cavaliers beat the Atlanta Hawks 114-102.

Cedi Osman added 24 factors off the bench and the Cavs drained 10 three-pointers as they gained just a little payback for his or her loss to the Hawks in final season’s play-in match.

Trae Young led the Hawks with 25 factors, however he scored simply 4 within the fourth quarter because the Cavs – who led by three going into the ultimate interval – pulled away for the win.

ALL RESULTS

HAWKS 102 CAVALIERS 114

MAGIC 102 PACERS 123

CELTICS 107 BULLS 121

TRAIL BLAZERS 111 BUCKS 119

HEAT 101 TIMBERWOLVES 105

WARRIORS 83 PELICANS 128

KNICKS 129 THUNDER 119

JAZZ – CLIPPERS