On October 25, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and there were 4 games today, the Nuggets lost to the Thunder 87-102 at home, the Timberwolves beat the Kings 117-115, the Mavericks defeated the Spurs 120-109, and the Celtics beat the Wizards 122-102 to usher in two consecutive wins.
The Nuggets feel cold to the touch
Let's take a look at the situation of the Western team first, the Nuggets hosted the Thunder, they played a 19-10 offensive in the opening game, but then the feeling declined, and the Thunder played a wave of 21-5 climax under the leadership of Alexander. Wei Shao came off the bench to usher in the Nuggets debut, scoring the first point of his Nuggets career through free throws, and sent steals and blocks on the defensive end, but the overall shooting was still too bad, and the Nuggets trailed by 7 points at 51-58 at halftime. Coming back in the second half, the Nuggets still couldn't find a smooth shooting feeling, Jokic struggled to support, the Thunder blossomed more, Holmgren scored a dunk in the air, Alexander counterattacked and made a layup, the Thunder opened the difference, and finally the Thunder defeated the Nuggets 102-87 to get off to a good start.
Wei Shao 10 in 2
The Thunder scored four double-doubles, with Holmgren finishing with 25 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists on 11-of-18 shooting; Alexander contributed 28 points, seven rebounds and eight assists on 11-of-24 shooting, while Wigginton had 15 points and six rebounds on 7-of-9 shooting. The Nuggets played very hard, the lineup seemed to have no chemistry, Jokic shot 6 of 13 and cut 16 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists, Gordon shot only 5 of 12, Murray shot 4 of 13, Porter Jr. shot 5 of 17, Wei Shao shot 2 of 10, 1 of 6 three-pointers, 1 of 4 free throws only 6 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks + 2 turnovers, plus/minus -24, the worst on the team.
Klay hit six three-pointers
The Mavericks beat the Spurs 120-109 at home, and the Mavericks scored 40 points in the third quarter. Doncic had 28 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists on 9-of-25 shooting and 6-of-8 free throws, Klay had a good hand and contributed 22 points on 7-of-13 shooting, 6-of-10 three-pointers, and Irving scored 15 points on 6-of-17 shooting. For the Spurs, Wembanyama had 17 points and 9 rebounds on 5-of-18 shooting and 1-of-8 three-pointers, while Paul made 1-of-6 shooting with 3 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists in his debut.
The Timberwolves won for the first time
The Timberwolves, who lost the opening game, returned home to narrow 117-115 victory over the Kings, and Edwards won with two crucial free throws. Randle contributed 33 points on 13-of-17 shooting, and Edwards had 32 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Kings DeRozan scored 26 points, Sabonis 24 and Murray had 23 points and 11 rebounds. The defending champion Celtics won 122-102 on the road to the Wizards to make it two straight wins, with Brown having 27 points and eight rebounds and Otters having 25 points, 11 rebounds and six assists.