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Nuggets pip Warriors as brawl trio banned
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JUANCHO Hernangomez came up with the game-saving block on Sunday as the Denver Nuggets held off the two-time NBA defending champions Golden State Warriors 100-98 in a thriller in Denver.
The unbeaten Nuggets handed the Warriors their first defeat of the young season, staking their claim to contender status in the Western Conference.
The Warriors weren’t the only Western power laid low on Sunday as the Los Angeles Clippers held on for a 115-112 victory over the Houston Rockets.
Less than a week into the season, the Nuggets top the West with a perfect 3-0 record.
Denver led by as many as 11 points in the fourth quarter, but the Warriors, led by 30 points from Stephen Curry, whittled the deficit, knotting the score at 97-97 with 1:29 remaining. Three missed free throws by the Nuggets in the final 1:18 opened the door for the Warriors, but the visitors couldn’t take advantage.
Draymond Green had a chance to tie the game when he missed one of two free throws with 10 seconds remaining and the Warriors trailed by two on their final possession. Curry drove to the rim, drawing two defenders, and passed to Damian Jones. As Jones rose for the shot, Hernangomez dived in to bat the ball away from behind.
A day after his impressive triple-double against Phoenix, Nikola Jokic scored 23 points with 11 rebounds and 6 assists for Denver. Gary Harris added 28 points.
Elsewhere, it was: Kings 131, Thunder 120; and Hawks 133, Cavaliers 111.
Meanwhile, the NBA came down hard on Los Angeles Lakers forward Brandon Ingram on Sunday, suspending him for four games while banning teammate Rajon Rondo for three games and Rockets guard Chris Paul for two for their roles in a fourth-quarter melee.
The league said in a statement that Ingram “has been suspended for aggressively returning to and escalating the altercation and throwing a punch in the direction of Paul, confronting a game official in a hostile manner, and instigating the overall incident by shoving Rockets guard James Harden.
“Rondo has been suspended for instigating a physical altercation with, and spitting and throwing multiple punches at, Paul,” the statement from executive vide president of basketball operations Kiki VanDeWeghe said. “Paul has been suspended for poking at and making contact with the face of Rondo, and throwing multiple punches at him.”
Paul began serving his suspension on Sunday, when the Rockets played again at Staples Center against the Clippers.
The fight erupted with 4:13 left to play and the Rockets leading 109-108.
The extraordinary scenes overshadowed LeBron James’s home debut with the Lakers, which ended in a 124-115 Rockets victory.
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