Duop Reath posted a number of NBA career-highs as Portland took down Brooklyn in extra time 134-127 on Monday (all instances AEDT).
Reath, who’s been beginning at centre for the Blazers rather than the injured DeAndre Ayton, posted private bests in rebounds (13), blocks (three) and minutes performed (41), whereas he shot an environment friendly 5-of-10 from the sector for his 15 factors with three triples.
It additionally marked Reath’s first double-double within the NBA, per Path Blazers PR.
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It continued a powerful first NBA season from the 27-year previous Aussie, who was coming off one other sturdy efficiency in opposition to Dallas on Saturday with 16 factors and 7 boards in 27 minutes.
Reath was a part of the Boomers squad that received Bronze on the Tokyo Olympics, and following his strong first stint within the NBA, now figures to have a much bigger function for Brian Goorjian’s squad on the 2024 Paris marketing campaign.
After the sport, Reath and Blazers teammate Matisse Thybulle embraced with fellow Aussie Ben Simmons, who’s been sidelined for Brooklyn since early November with a again difficulty.
Elsewhere, Portland guard Anfernee Simons scored 19 of his 38 factors within the fourth quarter and extra time to assist the Path Blazers face up to a 42-point efficiency from Brooklyn’s Mikal Bridges.
Bridges’s fadeaway jumper with 1.5 seconds left within the fourth pressured extra time, and Brooklyn took a fast lead earlier than the Blazers stormed again within the additional session, connecting on six of seven pictures from the ground.
That included back-to-back three-pointers from Malcolm Brogdon that put the Blazers — who trailed by 10 within the second half — up for good.
Jerami Grant added 27 factors for the Path Blazers, Shaedon Sharpe scored 21 and Brogdon 18.
ELSEWHERE …
The Lakers snapped their four-game dropping streak after edging the in-form Clippers 106-103 at Crypto.com Enviornment after Norman Powell’s three-point try and power extra time went in then out.
LeBron James racked up 25 factors, eight rebounds and 7 assists – together with a rim-rattling poster dunk – and Anthony Davis added 22 factors, 10 rebounds and three steals as and the Lakers bought a giant carry from their reserves, together with 13 factors from D’Angelo Russell.
The Lakers seized the primary double-digit lead of the competition on Russell’s three-pointer early within the fourth quarter.
The Clippers, profiting from a spate of Lakers turnovers, pulled degree on three free throws from Norman Powell with 2:19 remaining.
Taurean Prince drained a three-pointer to place the Lakers again up for good, Powell lacking a possible game-tying three-pointer within the ultimate second.
Paul George and Ivica Zubac scored 22 factors apiece for the Clippers, who had been using a five-game profitable streak and got here into the competition with one of the best report within the league since December 1.
“We nonetheless slipped in some element issues,” James stated. “If we may proceed to get higher with our particulars we could possibly be a very good crew.
“Tonight was a superb step in the fitting path.”
Elsewhere, Kyrie Irving scored 35 factors and Luka Doncic added 34 because the Dallas Mavericks thwarted a Minnesota rally to beat the Western Convention main Timberwolves 115-108.
The Timberwolves, house owners of the second-best report within the league, trailed by 9 going into the fourth quarter however took a 106-100 lead on an Anthony Edwards basket with 3:53 to play.
Mavs coach Jason Kidd referred to as being down by six “an awesome check of character and belief” and Dallas handed it with flying colors.
The Mavs responded with a 13-0 scoring run. Irving drained a three-pointer to tie it at 106-106, then poked the ball away from Rudy Gobert for a steal and delivered one other three-pointer from the nook and the Mavs held on for the win.
“I used to be simply letting him prepare dinner,” Doncic stated of Irving. “When he stays aggressive he’s a tremendous participant.”
Different tight finishes included extra time victories for Portland and Orlando, and Cleveland’s 117-115 victory over San Antonio.
There have been blowout wins for the New Orleans Pelicans and the Toronto Raptors, who took full benefit of an off-night for Stephen Curry in a victory over the Golden State Warriors.
RJ Barrett scored a season-high 37 factors for the Raptors, who led wire-to-wire in a 133-118 victory over the Warriors in San Francisco.
Warriors’ star Curry made simply two of his 14 pictures from the sector, lacking all 9 of his three-point makes an attempt on the way in which to 9 factors.
Klay Thompson scored 25 factors for Golden State, whose greatest information on the day was the looks of Draymond Inexperienced on the pre-game walkthrough as he prepares to return from an NBA suspension that lasted 12 video games.
New Orleans’ CJ McCollum scored 30 factors to steer seven Pelicans gamers in double figures in a 133-100 rout of the Kings in Sacramento.
The Pelicans pushed their result in as many as 50 factors within the fourth quarter, each groups resting their starters for many or the entire ultimate interval.
“I really feel sorry for the followers that spent their cash coming to observe the sport in the present day,” Kings coach Mike Brown stated.
Earlier, the Cleveland Cavaliers, fuelled by 29 factors from Jarrett Allen, held off a late cost from Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs for a 117-115 NBA victory.
Allen added 16 rebounds and Caris LeVert scored 23 factors off the bench for the Cavs, who handed the Spurs a fifth straight defeat.
French prodigy Wembanyama scored 24 factors, pulled down 10 rebounds and blocked 5 pictures in lower than 25 minutes on courtroom.
With it, Wembanyama, who’s already damaged a number of report in his phenomenal rookie season, grew to become the sixth participant in NBA historical past to rack up no less than 100 blocks of their first 35 video games.
The No. 1 draft decide made an impression on seven-year veteran Allen.
“He’s proficient,” Allen stated. “He can take folks off the dribble, wonderful shot-blocker, post-up – he’s bought all of it.”
However Wembanyama, enjoying underneath a minutes restriction as he recovers from an ankle harm, couldn’t get the Spurs over the hump, though they gave it a run after Cleveland pushed their result in 16 factors on an Allen dunk with lower than six minutes to play.
San Antonio closed the competition on an 11-0 run.
“You understand how we do it down right here, we prefer to preserve the followers engaged,” Allen joked.
Within the later sport,
ALL RESULTS
SPURS 115 CAVALIERS 117
TRAIL BLAZERS 134 NETS 127 (OT)
PELICANS 133 KINGS 100
HAWKS 110 MAGIC 117 (OT)
TIMBERWOLVES 108 MAVERICKS 115
GRIZZLIES 121 SUNS 115
PISTONS 114 NUGGETS 131
RAPTORS 133 WARRIORS 118
CLIPPERS 103 LAKERS 106