By Johnny Askounis/ [email protected]
With Stephen Curry up six triples and 31 points, the Warriors of the Golden State delivered the Utah Jazz134-117, at Chase Center. Also starting for Steve Kerr’s team, Dutchman Quinten Post recorded nine points, five assists, four rebounds, a block and an interception in 27:33. Three European starters for the team coached by Will Robustthe Finn Lauri Markkanen with 17 points, the Bosnian Jusuf Nurkic with eight points and the Ukrainian Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk with two points.
After leaving the top of the Golden 1 Center, the Kings of Sacramento forced overtime and defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves117-112. The Lithuanian Domantas Sabonis (partial tear of the meniscus of the left knee) was absent, the German Dennis Schroder scored six points, the French Maxime Raynaud one point and the Croatian Dario Saric did not play. For the Wolvesthe French Rudy Gobert achieved a double-double of 11 points and 13 rebounds, the Italian Donte DiVincenzo scored 17 points and the French Joan Beringer did not fit into the rotation.
“It felt like we didn’t play very connected, and then I feel like we let frustration get to us. You can’t do that if you want to be a championship team.” Gobert, 33, described his team’s second straight late collapse in the 2025-26 NBA regular season. “We all know talking is great, but let’s see if we care about doing the things we need to do to win and putting our teammates before ourselves.”
Tyler Herro scored 24 points in his season debut, pushing the Miami Heat to a 106-102 victory against the Dallas Mavericks at the Kaseya Center. Swede Pelle Larsson added nine points and Italian Simone Fontecchio eight points, but Lithuanian Kasparas Jakucionis did not play, with Serbian Nikola Jovic (right hip impingement) unavailable, as was inactive Russian Vladislav Goldin.
Without the Montenegrin Nikola Vucevic (right knee pain) for Monday evening, the Chicago Bulls fell, 143-130, against the New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center. Lithuanian Matas Buzelis scored ten points, but Frenchman Noa Essengue did not score. Croatian Karlo Matkovic (right calf) remained absent for the Pelicans.
Meanwhile, the Detroit Pistons tied a franchise record with a 13th straight victory by beating the Indiana Pacers122-117, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The only European option, Swede Bobi Klintman (sprained left ankle), remained on the injured list.
Serbian Darko Rajakovic guided the Toronto Raptors to an eighth consecutive victory by mastering the Cleveland Cavaliers110-99, at the Scotiabank Arena. Georgian Sandro Mamukelashvili contributed 12 points and Austrian Jakob Poeltl added seven points with 13 rebounds.
In Mortgage Matchup Center, the Houston Rockets won a comfortable victory, 114-92, against the Phoenix Suns. Turkey’s Alperen Sengun scored 18 points and Switzerland’s Clint Capela added two more points.
Monday results
Indiana Pacers – Detroit Pistons 117-122
Toronto Raptors – Cleveland Cavaliers 110-99
Brooklyn fillets – New York Knicks 100-113
Miami Heat – Dallas Mavericks 106-102
Memphis Grizzlies – Denver Nuggets 115-125
Milwaukee Bucks – Portland Trail Blazers 103-115
New Orleans Pelicans – Chicago Bulls 143-130
Phoenix Suns – Houston Rockets 92-114
Warriors of the Golden State – Utah Jazz 134-117
Kings of Sacramento – Minnesota Timberwolves 117-112 overtime (101-101)
Ranking
Eastern Conference
1. Detroit Pistons 15-2
2. Toronto Raptors 13-5
3. Miami Heat 12-6
4. Cleveland Cavaliers 12-7
5. New York Knicks 10-6
6. Atlanta Falcons 11-7
7. Philadelphia 76ers 9-7
8. Magic of Orlando 10-8
9. Boston Celtics 9-8
10. Chicago Bulls 9-8
11. Milwaukee Bucks 8-10
12. Charlotte Frelons 4-13
13. Brooklyn fillets 3-14
14. Indiana Pacers 2-15
15. Wizards of Washington 1-15
Western Conference
1. Oklahoma City Thunder 17-1
2. Denver Nuggets 13-4
3. Los Angeles Lakers 12-4
4. Houston Rockets 11-4
5. San Antonio Spurs 11-5
6. Phoenix Suns 11-7
7. Minnesota Wolves 10-7
8. Golden State Warriors 10-9
9. Portland Trail Blazers 8-10
10. Memphis Grizzlies 6-12
11. Los Angeles Clippers 5-12
12. Utah Jazz 5-12
13. Sacramento Kings 5-13
14. Dallas Mavericks 5-14
15. New Orleans Pelicans 3-15
-The top 6 teams in each conference advance directly to the Playoffs
-Teams seventh through tenth in each conference advance to the Play-Ins
