It was a high-scoring night in the NBA, with five games delivering impressive individual performances and several notable results. Chicago, Miami and Memphis stole the spotlight with double-digit victories, while Cleveland and Denver also came away with wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chicago Bulls<\/strong> earned a 117-106 road victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/strong>, relying on a balanced offense and excellent shooting efficiency. Norman Powell led Chicago with 24 points, matching Ayo Dosunmu’s total for Minnesota. Matas Buzelis also stood out with 18 points and 9 rebounds, while Buddy Hield and Tre Jones added 16 points apiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Miami Heat<\/strong> recorded an even more convincing win, defeating the Detroit Pistons<\/strong> 137-117. Giannis Antetokounmpo led the offense with 34 points, 14 rebounds and 8 assists on 13-of-17 shooting. Klay Thompson added 26 points, including six three-pointers, while Bam Adebayo finished with 20. Cade Cunningham’s 33 points were not enough to keep Detroit in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Memphis Grizzlies<\/strong> controlled their matchup against the Brooklyn Nets<\/strong>, securing a 129-110 victory after taking charge in the first quarter, which they won 38-23. Coward finished with 23 points and 12 rebounds, followed by Hendricks with 22 points and Small with 19. Julius Randle led Brooklyn with 22 points, while Day’Ron Sharpe recorded a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Cleveland Cavaliers<\/strong> defeated the Dallas Mavericks<\/strong> 127-117. Tyrese Proctor was the standout performer, recording a triple-double with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Hezonja added 22 points, Meleek Thomas scored 20, and Thomas Bryant posted a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Kyrie Irving’s 34 points were not enough for Dallas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rounding out the night, the Denver Nuggets<\/strong> earned a 116-108 road win over the New Orleans Pelicans<\/strong>. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists, while Jamal Murray contributed 23 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists. The two teammates also reached a significant milestone: they became the first pair of players since assists began being tracked in the 1997-98 season to record at least 1,000 assists to each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Bulls defeated Minnesota, the Heat got past Detroit and the Grizzlies dominated Brooklyn. Cleveland and Denver also picked up wins against Dallas and New Orleans, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":536003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[16775],"class_list":["post-564612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","posizionamento-stories"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/Logo-NBA.png","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564612"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564614,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564612\/revisions\/564614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564612"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=564612"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=564612"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=564612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}