westbrook triple double as thunder down jazz
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Westbrook triple double as Thunder down Jazz

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Westbrook triple double as Thunder down Jazz

Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City.
Los Angeles - Arab Today

Russell Westbrook bagged a second consecutive triple double as the Oklahoma City Thunder staged a late rally to sink the Utah Jazz on Tuesday.

Westbrook, who had guided the Thunder to a victory over San Antonio on Sunday with his seventh triple of the season, bagged his eighth of the campaign in a 100-94 win at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

The reigning NBA MVP finished with 34 points, 13 rebounds and 14 assists as OKC improved to 11-12 in the Western Conference standings.

Paul George had 21 points and New Zealand center Steven Adams 20 while Carmelo Anthony added 14 for the home side.

Donovan Mitchell led the scoring for Utah with 31 points while Joe Ingles had 16 points.

Westbrook's virtuoso performance helped dig the Thunder out of a hole after Utah raced into a 28-19 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Utah led 47-39 at half-time and jumped out to an 80-68 lead heading into the final quarter.

But with Utah seemingly poised for victory, the Thunder exploded in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Jazz 32-14 to win.

"Russell Westbrook, the MVP of the league, got going," Jazz coach Quin Snyder said.

"I thought in the third quarter he gave them a lot of energy and gave them points.

"I thought we ran out of steam a little bit just emotionally.

"We've got to be able to play through that, but I thought all in all, obviously you want to win, but there's a lot of good things that we did."

- Booker injured -

Elsewhere on Tuesday, Devin Booker's scintillating run of recent form came to an unhappy end as the Phoenix Suns prodigy was carried off the court in his team's defeat to the Toronto Raptors.

Booker, who had scored 46 points on Monday and 38 points on Saturday, was helped away at the end of the fourth quarter after bagging 19 points.

Toronto claimed a 126-113 win to improve to 15-7 as Phoenix fell to 9-17.

Kyle Lowry was the key figure for the Raptors, finishing with 20 points, 10 assists and six rebounds.

The Raptors were in control throughout, leading by 18 points heading into the fourth quarter.

Phoenix rallied to cut the lead to 10 with 8min 44sec to play, but Lowry pushed Toronto back in front by 14 with a three-pointer with just over five minutes left.

DeMar DeRozan was also influential for Toronto, bagging 20 points, eight assists and seven rebounds. Serge Ibaka had 19 points, while OG Anunoby (16), C.J. Miles had (15), Jakob Poeltl (13), Fred VanVleet (13) also made double figures.

"I think it makes it a lot easier, which makes it a lot more fun," DeRozan said. "Everybody gets a chance to touch the ball, you don't necessarily have to work so hard and it's fun. ... With that, we still missed a lot of shots but it's something we're still learning."

Phoenix team officials meanwhile later said Booker appeared to have suffered an adductor strain.

"I don't know how serious, or when we'll be able to evaluate," Suns interim coach Jay Triano said.

In Tuesday's other game, the Washington Wizards (13-11) defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 106-92 after a dazzling 51-point display from Bradley Beal.

Source: AFP

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

westbrook triple double as thunder down jazz westbrook triple double as thunder down jazz

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

westbrook triple double as thunder down jazz westbrook triple double as thunder down jazz

 



GMT 06:41 2017 Tuesday ,12 December

'The Shape of Water' leads Golden Globes nominations

GMT 18:57 2016 Friday ,04 November

Historic climate pact enters into force

GMT 15:49 2017 Monday ,27 March

Moroccan Economy to Improve in 2017

GMT 17:30 2017 Saturday ,18 March

Erdogan hits out at Dutch over Srebrenica massacre

GMT 16:40 2012 Wednesday ,16 May

Egyptian actors morph into characters

GMT 23:39 2017 Tuesday ,21 November

Mohamed bin Zayed receives artists participating

GMT 15:28 2017 Monday ,10 April

Bangladesh militants to be hanged soon

GMT 20:40 2017 Tuesday ,11 April

Gunmen storm house of Libyan CB governor

GMT 12:38 2017 Wednesday ,15 November

Bill Gates giving $50 million for Alzheimer's research

GMT 06:03 2015 Thursday ,13 August

NBCUniversal pumps $200m into Vox Media

GMT 08:43 2017 Wednesday ,27 December

Minister discusses electricity, water services with MP

GMT 10:58 2017 Wednesday ,08 November

Al-Azhar's imam meets pope, vows to fight terrorism

GMT 23:43 2017 Wednesday ,04 October

UN: Half a million Rohingya arrive in Bangladesh

GMT 04:40 2017 Thursday ,19 January

Masdar signs agreement with two Qatari power companies

GMT 06:09 2016 Wednesday ,28 September

Households' cash surplus in S.Korea drops on home purchase
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday