Daily statistical milestones: Stephen Curry moves past Kevin Porter and more

Here’s your daily recap of movements in the all-time lists for scoring, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals and three-pointers after yesterday’s games.

Patrick Mills No. 48 in three-pointers now

Moved ahead of Brent Barry with 1,397 three-pointers. He’s now 4 away from Kevin Love

Stephen Curry No. 56 in assists now

Moved ahead of Kevin Porter with 5,318 assists. He’s now 53 away from Damon Stoudamire

Kyrie Irving No. 57 in three-pointers now

Moved ahead of Allan Houston and Mike Dunleavy with 1,306 three-pointers. He’s now 19 away from Ryan Anderson

DeMar DeRozan No. 59 in points now

Moved ahead of Eddie Johnson with 19,220 points. He’s now 28 away from Bob Lanier

JaVale McGee No. 64 in blocks now

Moved ahead of LaMarcus Aldridge with 1,180 blocks. He’s now 3 away from Elmore Smith

Terrence Ross No. 76 in three-pointers now

Moved ahead of John Starks with 1,225 three-pointers. He’s now 1 away from Hersey Hawkins

Jeff Green No. 114 in three-pointers now

Moved ahead of Lindsey Hunter with 1,076 three-pointers. He’s now 1 away from Andre Iguodala

Tobias Harris No. 150 in three-pointers now

Moved ahead of Raja Bell with 957 three-pointers. He’s now 5 away from Tim Thomas and Gerald Green

Devin Booker No. 158 in three-pointers now

Moved ahead of Darrell Armstrong with 925 three-pointers. He’s now tied with Raymond Felton

Jonas Valanciunas No. 159 in rebounds now

Moved ahead of Clifford Robinson with 6,307 rebounds. He’s now 8 away from Zaza Pachulia

Anthony Davis No. 166 in points now

Moved ahead of Blake Griffin with 14,301 points. He’s now 10 away from Alonzo Mourning

Terry Rozier No. 170 in three-pointers now

Moved ahead of Courtney Lee, Wilson Chandler and Joe Harris with 878 three-pointers. He’s now 3 away from Jim Jackson

Kyrie Irving No. 193 in points now

Moved ahead of Billy Cunningham, Orlando Woolridge and Xavier McDaniel with 13,631 points. He’s now 16 away from Predrag Stojakovic

Ben McLemore No. 193 in three-pointers now

Moved ahead of Anthony Morrow with 810 three-pointers. He’s now 1 away from Nate Robinson

Andrew Wiggins No. 197 in three-pointers now

Moved ahead of Matt Bonner with 799 three-pointers. He’s now tied with PJ Tucker and Patrick Beverley

Jeff Green No. 210 in points now

Moved ahead of Metta World Peace with 13,062 points. He’s now 65 away from Kevin Johnson

Fred VanVleet No. 213 in three-pointers now

Moved ahead of Caron Butler and Jalen Rose with 748 three-pointers. He’s now 2 away from Marcus Smart

Steven Adams No. 217 in blocks now

Moved ahead of Jamaal Magloire with 606 blocks. He’s now 1 away from Armen Gilliam

DeMar DeRozan No. 223 in steals now

Moved ahead of PJ Brown, John Long and Aaron McKie with 913 steals. He’s now 4 away from Christian Laettner, James Posey and Chris Morris

Taj Gibson No. 227 in rebounds now

Moved ahead of Joe Barry Carroll with 5,411 rebounds. He’s now 13 away from Jack Twyman

Doug McDermott No. 233 in three-pointers now

Moved ahead of Jeff Teague and Tony Snell with 709 three-pointers. He’s now 2 away from Dominique Wilkins

Ed Davis No. 234 in blocks now

Moved ahead of Nicolas Batum with 565 blocks. He’s now 4 away from Orlando Woolridge

Duncan Robinson No. 237 in three-pointers now

Moved ahead of Kerry Kittles and Rodney Rogers with 695 three-pointers. He’s now 7 away from Dennis Schroeder

Elfrid Payton No. 249 in assists now

Moved ahead of Dana Barros with 2,846 assists. He’s now tied with Bob Dandridge

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Kane Pitman @KanePitman Stay tuned for Jaylen Adams coming up on the Crossover on @ESPNAusNZ! That’s dunk of the year from Adams. Book it.
#NBL22 – 12:49 AM Darnell Mayberry @DarnellMayberry DeMar DeRozan stretches streak with 38 points, Nikola Vučević pitches in as Bulls top Thunder
via @TheAthletic theathletic.com/3127019/2022/0… – 12:48 AM Monte Poole @MontePooleNBCS ‘We are a lucky bunch to have No. 11 back.’
-Stephen Curry, after Klay Thompson’s 33 points, including 16 in a comeback fourth quarter, led the Warriors to victory over the Lakers. – 12:46 AM Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears Stephen Curry appears to be a Joe Burrow and picks the Bengals in the Super Bowl. pic.twitter.com/KSCvGlDqeJ – 12:42 AM Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis Kyrie Irving will miss the #Nets next four games – 3 at home and one at the #Knicks: “I still wish I could be out there at home. Some people say it’s as simple as go get this this, go get the shot. It’s not as simple as that…..I’m still praying for a better outcome.” #NBA #nyk – 12:22 AM Kyle Goon @kylegoon Anthony Davis said the trade deadline took weight off of everyone’s shoulders: “This is what we have, let’s go.”
At Friday’s practice, Davis said they realized this is their team, and they had a little more swagger in today’s game than they’ve had a while. – 12:20 AM Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears Lakers forward Anthony Davis said the trade deadline passing has, “lifted weight off the shoulders. This is our team, let’s go.” – 12:20 AM Mike Trudell @LakersReporter Russell Westbrook: “We lost the game but I’m optimistic … for the most part we played the right way.”
AD also felt the way they played tonight is sustainable moving forward, and that type of energy will clearly be needed based on where they are in the standings. – 12:16 AM Ryan Ward @RyanWardLA Anthony Davis on the team’s poor free-throw shooting: “Got to get in the gym and shoot more free throws. And it starts with me. I’ve been terrible from the line.” – 12:16 AM Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang Takeaways and postgame reaction from the Heat’s fifth straight win despite a big fourth-quarter push from Kyrie Irving and the Nets miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… – 12:10 AM Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin “The ball moves faster than people.” Devin Booker as #Suns have season-high 40 assists in win over #Magic pic.twitter.com/V5vhmBgv5W – 12:05 AM Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria Now on @njdotcom
Kyrie Irving ineligible to play for next 2 weeks, says ‘I don’t feel guilt’ over not getting vaccinated nj.com/nets/2022/02/k… – 11:56 PM Rob Schaefer @rob_schaef 10 observations: DeMar DeRozan continues mind-bendingly brilliant scoring stretch in scratch-and-claw win over OKC
nbcsports.com/chicago/bulls/… – 11:51 PM Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305 If you want to know how good Bam Adebayo is as a defender:
Watch Kyrie Irving go absolutely nuclear in the 4th quarter tonight, yet never have Bam’s man come set him a screen once
Teams scheme around Bam
(So next time this happens, counter with Bam shifting his match-up) pic.twitter.com/e80QofBceL – 11:49 PM Nick Friedell @NickFriedell Kyrie: “I still wish I could be out there at home. And some people say it’s as simple as, “Hey, go get this, go get the shot.” No, it’s not as simple as that for me in my life but ultimately, still praying for a better outcome.” – 11:48 PM KC Johnson @KCJHoop DeMar DeRozan: “Just because I have a good game, I always look at all the negative things that happened, things I could’ve did better. There hasn’t been a game where I walked away from it saying, ‘I did everything perfect.’ There’s always room for some type of improvement.” – 11:44 PM Julia Poe @byjuliapoe DeMar DeRozan struck a bit of a yearning tone while talking about the Bulls injuries tonight: “It’s like a dream. I dream about it every night. Being on a sunny, beautiful island — that’s how I picture it when we get back healthy.” – 11:42 PM Chris Palmer @ChrisPalmerNBA Nets are 4-10 with Kyrie. 25-17 without.
In the KD/Harden Era. Kyrie has more DNPs (60) then wins (40).
Nets have lost 8 straight with Kyrie. – 11:41 PM Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin Devin Booker said he’s looking to go to the #SuperBowl with Cam Johnson (Bengals) and Mikal Bridges (Rams, who have bet going.
Video coming. #Suns – 11:33 PM Mike Trudell @LakersReporter Vogel cited two killer plays late, where a deflection from Bradley went straight into the hands of Klay for a 3 (LAL were up 6), and a Poole airball came off so hard that AD couldn’t corrall it.
“It’s disappointing we don’t get this W because there were a lot of positive signs.” – 11:31 PM Dave Early @DavidEarly “C’mon now puppeteers…there’s no guilt that I feel, I’m the only player that has to deal with this in NYC ‘because I play there. If I was anywhere else …then it probably wouldn’t be the same circumstances.”
-Kyrie Irving on vax mandates. pic.twitter.com/wx7PPMMVVd – 11:31 PM Nick Friedell @NickFriedell Kyrie says he doesn’t feel guilty when he’s away from Nets. “There’s no guilt that I feel. I’m the only player that has to deal with this in New York City because I play there. If I was anywhere else in another city then it probably wouldn’t be the same circumstances.” – 11:29 PM Micah Adams @MicahAdams13 Anthony Davis was 1-3 in the 4th quarter against a Warriors team without Draymond. – 11:23 PM Justin Kubatko @jkubatko Klay Thompson tonight:
33 PTS
5 REB
5-9 3P
It’s Thompson’s first 30-point game since Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals.
He and Stephen Curry (24) have each scored at least 20 points in the same game 187 times, the second-most such games in NBA history by a backcourt duo. pic.twitter.com/65L7A8aQTD – 11:23 PM Darnell Mayberry @DarnellMayberry DeMar DeRozan on his scoring streak pic.twitter.com/5EYDFRThzN – 11:21 PM KC Johnson @KCJHoop DeMar DeRozan, on scoring 30 or more points in 6 straight games for first time in his career: “I don’t know what roll I’m on. I’m just being myself.” – 11:20 PM Barbara Barker @meanbarb “There’s no guilt I feel.” Kyrie says about not being able to play. “I don’t feel guilt. I’m living my life like everything else.” – 11:19 PM Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU Lakers had a sequence late down one where AD missed a FT… Russ missed the putback, AD missed putback, AND Bron missed third putback?
And they never led again?
Then Bron missed first of 3 FTs down 3 to end it? – 11:17 PM Barbara Barker @meanbarb “It’s always tough” says Kyrie when asked what it’s like to watch the home games he can’t play in. – 11:16 PM Marcus Thompson @ThompsonScribe After going 24-for-51 from three over five games (47.1 percent), Curry is 9-for-32 (28.1 percent) over his last three. – 11:16 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer Kyrie Irving on what got him going in the second half: “Just being myself.” – 11:16 PM Barbara Barker @meanbarb Kyrie: “I still feel rusty out there. My moves weren’t as crisp as I wanted them to be.” – 11:16 PM Dave McMenamin @mcten Lakers lose a close one in GSW, 117-115, w/ LeBron missing the 1st of 3 FTs with 2.4 seconds left with a chance to tie if he hit them all. LeBron 26p on 9-of-27 15r 8a; Russ 10p on 7-of-13 7r 5a 1to; AD 16p on 5-of-13 7r 4a 3b; THT 17p on 5-of-9 7r; Reaves 13p on 5-of-5; Monk 12p – 11:14 PM Jon Hamm @JonMHamm LeBron and AD were 14-40 from the field and 11-19 from the line combined tonight pic.twitter.com/tUo5BXicxc – 11:14 PM Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater Warriors have now screwed up this exact late game situation up the past two times. Didn’t foul up three and gave up a Pacers game-tying 3. Tried to foul up three tonight, but Curry’s foul was too late, three LeBron free throws. Missed two, though. Warriors survive. – 11:12 PM Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA What a terrible call. Curry fouled him way before he was shooting. – 11:11 PM KC Johnson @KCJHoop Derrick Jones Jr., on why it’s so hard not to bite for DeMar DeRozan pump fakes: “I can’t stay down on it, so I can’t tell you.” – 11:08 PM Julia Poe @byjuliapoe Derrick Jones Jr. says his friends on opposing teams somehow always end up guarding DeMar DeRozan.
Since DeMar doesn’t talk trash, DJJ does it for him.
“I’m gonna let you know how bad of a night you’re gonna have guarding him.” – 11:08 PM Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet Final: PHX 132, ORL 105
Booker: 26-5-5, 10-24 FG
Ayton: 17 Pts, 10 Reb, 8-11 FG
Paul: 10 Pts, 15 Ast, 5 Reb
Craig: 14 Pts, 4 Ast, 6-8 FG
Holiday: 10 Pts, 4-5 FG
Suggs: 20-10-6 – 11:07 PM Mike Trudell @LakersReporter LAL have continued to score here, with an AD alley-oop, Reaves 2 FT’s, and AD 1of 2 FT’s, but Klay’s hit 3 straight 3’s, and GSW lead 115-114 with 1:05 left.
Lakers just missed a series of put-backs of AD’s 2nd FTA. – 11:05 PM Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050 Fred VanVleet on the Thad Young-Dragic trade: “Great piece, great addition, especially when the other guy was sitting at home so it wasn’t like we were giving up much. That’s the situation we were in so it’s a +1 in my book. We’ll take that.” – 11:00 PM Vincent Goodwill @VinceGoodwill Beautiful play design from the Lakers. LeBron on the move, AD available for a lob if LeBron changed his pace. They need more of that – 10:58 PM Marcus Thompson @ThompsonScribe Curry set to come back in with 4:40 left – 10:56 PM Marcus Thompson @ThompsonScribe Still no Curry. Klay’s surge bought more rest time – 10:55 PM Evan Dunlap @BQRMagic JaVale McGee meets Franz Wagner at the rim. Love the aggressiveness from the rookie in challenging the shot-blocker. pic.twitter.com/6IzfunwSB7 – 10:51 PM KC Johnson @KCJHoop Billy Donovan on DeMar DeRozan: “He’s as good of a scorer as I’ve been around.”
This is a coach who coached Kevin Durant (who he also heaped praise on) – 10:50 PM Darnell Mayberry @DarnellMayberry Billy Donovan on DeMar DeRozan’s throwback, midrange scoring: “I’d rather take two points than no points.” – 10:50 PM Kellan Olson @KellanOlson JaVale McGee loves the people and the people love him back. – 10:49 PM Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet JaVale McGee gets a roaring ovation pumping up the crowd after that dunk, and now Aaron Holiday gets his first Suns minutes – 10:49 PM Marcus Thompson @ThompsonScribe Looks like Curry and Thompson will sit after the timeout. Wiggins, Poole, Looney, Lee and Otto Porter – 10:49 PM Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet JaVale McGee immediately signaled to the bench to challenge that foul call on his contest on Jalen Suggs’ bench, which was met with Booker and Ayton doing the same. Monty concedes and will challenge it – 10:45 PM Mike Trudell @LakersReporter Two straight fouls on GSW trying to deal with AD in the paint, and LAL will be in the bonus moving forward, with 7:43 left in the game. – 10:44 PM Khobi Price @khobi_price End of 3Q: Suns 100, Magic 78.
Devin Booker went off in the third, scoring 16 points on 7-of-13 shooting.
Magic’s defense is leaving a lot to be desired. – 10:43 PM Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang NEW: The Heat again dominated the third quarter, but then the Nets and Kyrie Irving made a fourth-quarter push.
Takeaways and details from the Heat’s fifth straight win miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… – 10:41 PM Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet End of 3Q: PHX 100, ORL 78
Booker: 26-5-5, 10-24 FG
Ayton: 17 Pts, 10 Reb, 8-11 FG
Paul: 10 Pts, 14 Ast, 5 Reb
Suggs: 16 Pts, 6 Ast – 10:39 PM Kevin Pelton @kpelton After the trade deadline, Phoenix could now plausibly put out a lineup of 00 (McGee), 0 (Craig), 1 (Booker), 2 (Payton) and 3 (Paul). – 10:39 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer Steve Nash said the Cam Thomas turnover was a set play for Irving. – 10:38 PM KC Johnson @KCJHoop DeMar DeRozan has shot 50% or better in 29 of 52 games. – 10:38 PM Allen Sliwa @AllenSliwa Need AD in these final 12 minutes… – 10:36 PM Jovan Buha @jovanbuha Third quarter: Warriors 95, Lakers 94
LeBron James has 23 points and has become the NBA’s all-time leading regular season and postseason scorer. The Lakers have moved the ball well tonight, with 23 assists and just 5 turnovers. Russ has 17 points. AD and THT have 13 each. – 10:35 PM Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305 That Kyle Lowry steal is the highlight
But I just watched him essentially match Kyrie Irving’s scoring punch in the 4th like it was nothing – 10:33 PM Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet Devin Booker started: 0-for-6
Devin Booker since: 9-for-14 – 10:32 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer Final: Nets fall to the Heat 115-111. The losing streak is 11. Brooklyn played well enough to battle back, but had a few issues down the stretch. Irving with 29, Thomas with 22, Sharpe with a double-double. Kings come to town on Monday. Enter Seth Curry and Andre Drummond. – 10:32 PM Marcus Thompson @ThompsonScribe Curry is at 27 minutes with the fourth quarter to play. He’s +10 in a two-point game, so taking him off the floor is going to be tough in the fourth. But we know Kerr likes to keep him around 36. Will he stretch to 39 if need be? Will Steph win tonight? – 10:31 PM Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet We need to find a way for Mikal’s shimmy, Booker’s pump fakes and Crowder’s salsa dance to exist in the same virtual space – 10:31 PM David Hardisty @clutchfans That’s 11 straight losses for the Brooklyn Nets. Their upcoming schedule:
SAC *
at NYK *
WAS *
— All-Star Break —
BOS *
at MIL
TOR *
at TOR *
MIA *
at BOS
at CHA
at PHI
* = without Kyrie Irving (if vaccine mandate still in place) – 10:30 PM Justin Kubatko @jkubatko DeMar DeRozan tonight:
38 PTS
6 REB
5 AST
12-24 FG
DeRozan has scored at least 35 points while shooting 50% from the field in each of his last five games, breaking a tie with Michael Jordan for the longest such streak in @Chicago Bulls history. pic.twitter.com/PsdN0QofwF – 10:30 PM Nick Friedell @NickFriedell That’s 11 straight losses for the Nets.
Kyrie had 20 points in the 4th and it still wasn’t enough. – 10:30 PM Nick Friedell @NickFriedell P.J. Tucker and Kyle Lowry were all over Kyrie on that last possession. They weren’t going to let him touch the ball. – 10:29 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer Cam Thomas turns it over on a pass to Irving. That should do it. – 10:28 PM StatMuse @statmuse DeMar DeRozan last 5 games:
45 PTS
38 PTS
36 PTS
35 PTS
38 PTS
Only MJ has a longer streak of 35-point games in Bulls franchise history (10). pic.twitter.com/x6HNg1imDE – 10:28 PM Julia Poe @byjuliapoe It looked dicey for awhile, but the Bulls pull out the 106-101 win over Oklahoma City.
DeMar DeRozan becomes the first Bull since Michael Jordan in 1996 to score 35+ points in five straight games. – 10:28 PM Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305 Put Bam Adebayo on Kyrie Irving here – 10:27 PM Darnell Mayberry @DarnellMayberry Final: Bulls 106, Thunder 101
DeMar DeRozan: 38/6//5
Nikola Vučević: 31/15
Coby White: 16/9/5
Ayo Dosunmu: 12/8/9
Troy Brown: 0/11/0
The Bulls are now 36-21. – 10:27 PM Rob Schaefer @rob_schaef Troy Brown Jr. is going to finish this game scoreless on 0-9 shooting, 0-5 from 3. He was largely bad
But his 10th rebound was all-important: An offensive board after a missed Ayo 3 that led to DeMar DeRozan free throws to put Bulls up 5 with 8 seconds left – 10:27 PM Rob Perez @WorldWideWob 20 points for Kyrie in the 4th and counting. – 10:25 PM Jamal Collier @JamalCollier DeMar DeRozan has scored 35 points in five straight games.
The last Bulls player to pull that off? Michael Jordan in 1996 – 10:22 PM Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin Booker has hit his last four shots. #Suns up 81-63 as Paul hits 3.
Timeout #Magic. 8:26 left in 3rd. – 10:19 PM Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet Devin Booker started 0-for-6, but he’s 7-for-10 since then. Quietly up to a game-high 19 points just like that – 10:18 PM Monte Poole @MontePooleNBCS Curry drains his first 3 of the evening. Midway Q3 – 10:16 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer Kyrie with 18 points in the fourth quarter. If that Kessler Edwards corner 3 goes down, the Nets are just down one. – 10:15 PM Nick Friedell @NickFriedell Kyrie has 18 points so far in the 4th — and it still likely won’t be enough. Nets just haven’t made enough defensive stops when they’ve needed one. – 10:15 PM Anthony Puccio @APOOCH Kyrie straight going 1 v 5
🎥 @YESNetwork pic.twitter.com/d8KhoXnTjf – 10:13 PM Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin #Suns 67 #Magic 53 H.
PHX: Ayton 14 and 7. Crowder 11. Booker 10. Paul 10 assists, 7 pts. Team: 51.9% FG (6-of-15 on 3s) Paint pts: 40. Turnovers: 2 (Led to zero Magic pts)
ORL: Suggs 16. Anthony 10. Team: 45.2% FG (8-of-21 on 3s) Paint pts: 20. Turnovers: 8 (led to 14 PHX pts) – 10:12 PM Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305 Watching Kyrie dissect the Heat’s defense by just never having the guy Bam is defending set the screen is hilarious
But genius
Lowry carving things up on the other end – 10:08 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer Patty Mills, who never complains, is having an extended conversation with the officials after Nash called timeout. Thought he got pulled to the ground it appears. – 10:08 PM Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305 Butler set to check in
Watching Kyrie cook makes me think Strus and Duncan shouldn’t have been on the floor this long together – 10:06 PM Marcus Thompson @ThompsonScribe AD is just not guarding Looney, confident he can recover. – 10:05 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer Kyrie Irving with a deep 3 and suddenly the deficit is down to five. – 10:04 PM Evan Dunlap @BQRMagic big three from Devin Booker on the Suns’ penultimate poss. of 1st half to stake Suns to a 67-53 halftime lead over Orlando. The Magic had been chipping into what had been a 21-point lead over the past few mins. I thought an eight-point deficit at half would be a good target – 10:03 PM Justin Grasso @JGrasso_ Doc Rivers praised Joel Embiid for his big night but he considered Tobias Harris the unsung hero of the night #Sixers – 10:00 PM Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire Warriors Wire celebrates the brilliance of Stephen Curry with a photo gallery of his 50-point games. warriorswire.usatoday.com/gallery/stephe… – 10:00 PM TJ McBride @TJMcBrideNBA Jeff Green had a very underrated game, but he was fantstic.
19 points
5 rebonds
5 assists
He was attacking all night and gave Toronto fits. – 9:54 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer End of the third quarter: Heat have opened this up and lead 91-76. Interested to see what Steve Nash does here. No point in playing Kyrie Irving if the deficit grows, but given this is his last game until the Bucks on Feb. 26 do you give him a little extra run? – 9:52 PM Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305 We may be able to pick out some similarities between the 1 seed in the West — Suns — and the 1 seed in the East – Heat
But a main one is the solidity of the back-up big spot
Dedmon and McGee just give such solid minutes for great teams – 9:51 PM Monte Poole @MontePooleNBCS At the half: Warriors 65, Lakers 62
-D springs massive leak in Q2 (LA 36 pts, 63.6% FG)
-Curry 17, Kuminga 16, Thompson 10
-15 assists, 5 turnovers
-Rebs: GSW 25, LA 19 – 9:47 PM Jovan Buha @jovanbuha Halftime: Warriors 65, Lakers 62
LeBron James has 18 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists — he’s one point away from becoming the NBA’s all-time leading scorer across the regular season and postseason combined. Russ and THT each have 10 points. AD has 9 points and 3 blocks. – 9:46 PM Marcus Thompson @ThompsonScribe Curry crossed up himself and Horton-Tucker at the same time lol – 9:44 PM Monte Poole @MontePooleNBCS Curry drives, gets fouled, hits the deck, comes up rubbing R knee area. Makes 2 FTs – 9:43 PM Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet Monty Williams described Terrence Ross as a guy who’s “been a thorn in our side” before the game.
That 3 he just nailed was extra thorny – 9:42 PM Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin Joel Embiid gets his triple-double on that Tobias Harris slam. It’s the 2nd triple-double of the season for the big fella. He has 33, 12, and 10. #Sixers – 9:37 PM Nick Friedell @NickFriedell Kyrie and Patty Mills are a combined 3-for-18 from the field tonight. The Nets’ 11th straight loss is about 19 minutes away. – 9:34 PM Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang Nets looking to get Duncan Robinson switched on to Kyrie Irving. But the Heat’s help defense continues to swarm.
Brooklyn shooting 1 of 8 in the third quarter. – 9:32 PM Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin #Suns current lineup: Payton, Booker, Bridges, Johnson and McGee. #Suns up 24-18. – 9:30 PM Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis Brooklyn has coughed up 57.5% shooting to trail by six at the half. They’ll need to defend better, and get more out of Kyrie Irving (four points on 2-of-8 from the floor). #Nets #Heat – 9:14 PM Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin Booker headband gets his first two on FTs. #Suns down 4-2. – 9:13 PM Nick Friedell @NickFriedell KD doesn’t believe Harden owes him an explanation — and said he “wasn’t looking for one.”
He also said it was “hard to gauge” just how much of an impact Kyrie’s decision not to get vaccinated has had on the Nets.
espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 9:10 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer Halftime: Nets trail the Heat 64-58. Cam Thomas with a game-high 15 points on 7-for-11 shooting. He’s grown up lately. Irving with just four points. Bruce Brown playing well in his college town. Has 11 points and a 3. Just two turnovers, too. Nets can use some more 3s. – 9:08 PM Mike Trudell @LakersReporter Lakers are just 4 for 10 at the FT line after Ariza missed a pair, the 3rd Laker (LeBron, AD) to miss both this quarter.
Warriors are 7 for 8 at the line, and lead 26-18. – 9:07 PM Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin Figuring this out for home games.
See the black curtain.
Players are behind that.
Security pulled it back right before JaVale McGee’s “Hey MFs!”
Still hear woofs down the hall.
Talked with security. Worked out logistics to get footage Tuesday for #Suns vs. #ClipperNation. pic.twitter.com/1mqzj2Vmce – 9:05 PM Monte Poole @MontePooleNBCS Kuminga with the clever move: Transition drive toward rim, sees AD waiting, decides not to test the vet, goes with lefty (away from AD) layup
Timeout LA
Warriors 19, Lakers 11, 5:22 Q1 – 8:59 PM Kyle Goon @kylegoon Don’t hate the looks the Lakers have gotten themselves — they’ve just been cold from the field. Anthony Davis starting out searching for his shot. – 8:53 PM Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed Kyrie Irving is set to to check back in. The Nets just dodged a bullet. – 8:45 PM Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed The Nets are tied with the Heat, 28-26, entering the second quarter, but two days after trading James Harden to Philly, Kyrie Irving heads to the locker room after an awkward slip on a drive to the rim. – 8:39 PM Duvalier Johnson @DuvalierJohnson The Nuggets come out strong and bring some fight on the 2nd night of a b2b.
Denver trails 57-56 against Toronto at the half.
Jokic dominated inside and got to the FT line. He’s up to 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.
Jeff Green added 11 and Hyland has 8. – 8:39 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer End of the first quarter: Nets and Heat tied at 26. James Johnson with seven points. Brooklyn holding its own so far and getting to the basket fairly well. They could use some perimeter scoring, but slow starts for Cam Thomas and Patty Mills. – 8:37 PM Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar Darius Bazley swats DeMar DeRozan at the 1st quarter buzzer and DeMar got so frustrated he launched the ball to the rafters Rumble t-shirt cannon style. – 8:37 PM Joe Mussatto @joe_mussatto Darius Bazley just blocked DeMar DeRozan’s jumper to end the first quarter. A frustrated DeRozan heaved the ball and was t’d up. Bazley continues to impress defensively. – 8:36 PM Julia Poe @byjuliapoe DeMar DeRozan chucks the ball skyward (and receives a technical) after being blocked at the buzzer of the first quarter.
The Bulls trail the Thunder 29-22, visibly struggling without LaVine and Green. – 8:35 PM KC Johnson @KCJHoop DeMar DeRozan got a T at quarter buzzer because he threw the ball skyward in frustration.
The crazy part is it was just before horn so it could be argued it was an errant shot. – 8:35 PM Anthony Puccio @APOOCH Kyrie Irving walking to the locker room. Doesn’t look serious, but he came up gimpy after a fall. – 8:35 PM Nick Friedell @NickFriedell Kyrie just took a fall and appears to be grabbing his right quad. He pointed to the bench and asked for a sub. He’s headed back to the locker room — likely to get looked at. Still appears to be moving all right — but he’s in some discomfort. – 8:35 PM Vincent Goodwill @VinceGoodwill New for @YahooSports: Russell Westbrook’s words to LeBron and Anthony Davis hit like a brick—a bricked layup, or 3, or wayward jumper. But it seems the Lakers, and LeBron, have to live with the bed they made: yhoo.it/3uLU57V – 8:34 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer Nets are getting outrebounded 14-8 and shooting just 2-for-10 from 3. They could use Seth Curry and Andre Drummond tonight. Alas… – 8:33 PM Michael Singer @msinger Jeff Green now up to 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Related: He’s also about the size of Toronto’s biggest player. – 8:33 PM TJ McBride @TJMcBrideNBA Jeff Green is getting the ball and attacking the rim over and over again. He is creating great looks. – 8:33 PM Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn Aggressive Jeff Green. Interesting. – 8:32 PM Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis Seth Curry hopes to bring much-missed shooting ability to #Nets nypost.com/2022/02/12/set… via @nypostsports – 8:23 PM Eric Koreen @ekoreen The Nuggets should only be able to substitute JaMychal Green for Jeff Green and vice versa. – 8:18 PM Mike Trudell @LakersReporter Starters: Westbrook, Bradley, LeBron, Johnson and Davis.
Vogel has said that for certain opposing guards, like Steph Curry, he’d go to Bradley and bring Monk off the bench. – 8:03 PM Jovan Buha @jovanbuha The Lakers’ starters vs. the Warriors:
Anthony Davis
LeBron James
Stanley Johnson
Avery Bradley
Russell Westbrook – 8:02 PM Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire To shake free from the defense of Julius Randle, Steph Curry showed off a crafty set of handles on Thursday against the Knicks. warriorswire.usatoday.com/2022/02/11/wat… – 8:00 PM Stephen Curry @StephenCurry30 Lock in! #dubnation – 7:56 PM Katy Winge @katywinge Jeff Green just turned and gave the Nuggets bench the goggles after Nikola Jokić caught that…pass…in the lane 😂😂👀👀 – 7:54 PM TJ McBride @TJMcBrideNBA No idea how that Jeff Green pass got through. – 7:53 PM Jeff Eisenband @JeffEisenband Sam Ryder’s hole-in-one, TPC Scottsdale shaking, Sahith hanging in with Brooks and Xander, Scottie, Patty and Hideki making their moves.
This was an absolutely awesome golf day. And it’s set up for non-stop drama tomorrow. 🏟 @WMPhoenixOpen – 7:31 PM Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin “They play hard.” #Suns coach Monty Williams about #Magic, saying they have young talent to start and come off the bench with veterans like Gary Harris and Terrence Ross. pic.twitter.com/aVTKR9HNzP – 7:29 PM Nick Friedell @NickFriedell Do you think Kyrie’s decision not to get vax had an impact on Harden wanting to leave?
KD “I can’t speculate on that, I wouldn’t know. There’s obviously going to be rumors about that. Kyrie has always been an easy scapegoat for everybody, especially for the media and the fans.” – 7:15 PM Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind Nuggets starters tonight in Toronto
Bones Hyland
Will Barton
Aaron Gordon
Jeff Green
Nikola Jokic – 7:01 PM Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater Warriors starters tonight vs Lakers
Steph Curry
Klay Thompson
Andrew Wiggins
Jonathan Kuminga
Kevon Looney – 6:47 PM Will Guillory @WillGuillory Pelicans starters tonight:
CJ McCollum
Devonte’ Graham
Brandon Ingram
Herb Jones
Jonas Valanciunas – 6:31 PM Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn Starters:
Spurs: Murray, Vassell, Johnson, McDermott, Poeltl.
Pelicans: Devonte’ Graham, CJ McCollum, Brandon Ingram, Herbert Jones, Jonas Valanciunas. – 6:25 PM Christian Clark @cclark_13 Starters:
Devonte’ Graham
CJ McCollum
Herb Jones
Brandon Ingram
Jonas Valanciunas – 6:20 PM Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat Per Nets vs. Heat tonight:
Seth Curry (trade pending) – OUT
Andre Drummond (trade pending) – OUT – 6:11 PM Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis Seth Curry (trade pending) and Andre Drummond (trade pending) are both out tonight for the #Nets vs the #Heat. #NBA – 6:10 PM Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang Nets ruled out Seth Curry and Andre Drummond for tonight’s game because the trade is still pending. So Nets without Durant, Simmons, Curry and Drummond. – 6:10 PM Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire Before All-Star weekend in Cleveland, LeBron James selected Steph Curry with the No. 3 overall pick in the NBA All-Star draft. warriorswire.usatoday.com/2022/02/10/leb… – 6:07 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer Nets rule Seth Curry and Andre Drummond out tonight against Miami. Trade still pending apparently. – 6:06 PM Nick DePaula @NickDePaula Stephen Curry gifted the Howard Golf Women’s & Men’s teams with the #BHM edition of his new Curry 9, along with an alternate BHM PE pair.
@HUBison_Golf 🤝 @Stephen Curry pic.twitter.com/csE0Mepflq – 4:57 PM Mike McGraw @McGrawDHSports DeMar DeRozan last 12 games:
33.5 pts
.583 FG
5.9 asts
6.2 rebs
9.2 FTA
#Bulls – 2:36 PM Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin Tobias Harris was moved to Philly at the deadline in 2019. He recalled his own trade in regards to building chemistry with James Harden in a short amount of time. #Sixers sixerswire.usatoday.com/2022/02/12/tob… via @SixersWire – 1:51 PM Jorge Sierra @hoopshype DeMar DeRozan is the fourth-best player in the NBA this season, per HoospHype’s Global Rating.
He just passed Stephen Curry in the ranking, which puts him as the No. 1 American player on the list this year.
hoopshype.com/lists/global-r… – 1:42 PM Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet Torrey Craig said it’s good to be back. Obviously it helps being on the No. 1 team in the NBA, but also being with a group of guys he likes being around.
Craig said Devin Booker, Chris Paul and Jae Crowder got him on a Group FaceTime call when they found out to welcome him back – 1:11 PM Kellan Olson @KellanOlson Torrey Craig said that once the news came down he was traded he got a group facetime call from Chris Paul, Devin Booker and Jae Crowder. As you can imagine, they were excited to have him back. – 1:09 PM