{"id":766365,"date":"2022-11-21T15:16:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T20:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?p=766365"},"modified":"2022-11-21T15:16:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T20:16:50","slug":"icymi-heres-what-happened-across-the-league-over-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/news\/nba\/icymi-heres-what-happened-across-the-league-over-the-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Here&#8217;s What Happened Across the League Over the Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In case you missed it, SLAM&#8217;s got your back with the things you might&#8217;ve missed over a weekend packed with great NBA moments. The Splash Bros, Anthony Davis, Anthony Edwards, and Bol Bol all had some insane moments showing off their unique skills, especially Klay Thompson, who erupted for a season-best outing that could help jumpstart the young 2022-23 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ICYMI<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Stephen+Curry\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Stephen+Curry\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Curry<\/a> dropped an impressive 33 points and a season-high 15 assists (one shy of his career-high) on 11-12 shooting from the field, 7-14 from long distance. Curry hit the below triple to give the Warriors an insurmountable nine-point lead and gave the Toyota Center his signature GTS celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI surprised myself with that shot,\u201d Curry said, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/recap\/_\/gameId\/401468400\" target=\"_blank\">per ESPN<\/a>. \u201cMe and Draymond put our hands above our heads like we really won something, kind of making fun of ourselves for our slow start.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lol Stephen really different. (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nba<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hFcJv1N1F1\">pic.twitter.com\/hFcJv1N1F1<\/a><\/p>\u2014 SLAM (@SLAMonline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SLAMonline\/status\/1594518614601785347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Anthony+Davis+\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Anthony+Davis+\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Davis<\/a> became the Laker in franchise history to record 30+ points and 15+ rebounds in three consecutive games, joining Elgin Baylor (17 streaks) and Shaquille O&#8217;Neale (two streaks). The Lakers also secured their fifth win of the season after dispatching the Spurs 123-92.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAD, he has to be the focal point,\u201d Lakers coach Darvin Ham said, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/recap\/_\/gameId\/401468402\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/recap\/_\/gameId\/401468402\" target=\"_blank\">per ESPN<\/a>. \u201cHe has to spearhead the charge. That&#8217;s the way we&#8217;re built. He&#8217;s embraced it. When Bron gets back, if AD can sustain that level, we&#8217;re going to be as good as our preparation makes us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcaa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AntDavis23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AntDavis23<\/a> put up another MONSTER double-double in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lakers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Lakers<\/a> win!<br><br>\ud83d\udd25 30 PTS | 18 REB | 3 STL \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0seK32EUc2\">pic.twitter.com\/0seK32EUc2<\/a><\/p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1594688329689227266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Trae+Young\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Trae+Young\" target=\"_blank\">Trae Young<\/a> (33 points and 12 assists) and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=AJ+Griffin\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=AJ+Griffin\" target=\"_blank\">AJ Griffin<\/a> (17 points and five board) executed one of the more creative game-winning buckets in recent memory with this ally-oop game-winner to beat the Toronto Raptors on Sunday 124-122.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was in the right place at the right time,&#8221; Griffin said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/recap\/_\/gameId\/401468390\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/recap\/_\/gameId\/401468390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">per ESPN<\/a>. \u201cI had a feeling they were going to pressure up. I saw it and broke early. I said, \u2018I\u2019ll just sneak up behind them.\u2019 That\u2019s exactly what happened.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is one of the best ran plays to win the game I\u2019ve seen in a minute. (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATLHawks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ATLHawks<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/af4bUCchaL\">pic.twitter.com\/af4bUCchaL<\/a><\/p>\u2014 SLAM (@SLAMonline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SLAMonline\/status\/1594358445469302785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Anthony+Edwards\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Anthony+Edwards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anthony Edwards<\/a> dropped a stunning 25 points, five rebounds, and five assists in a 112-109 win over the 76ers. The three-point win is Minnesota&#8217;s third consecutive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe took a lot of bad shots, I definitely did, but we got the win, though,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BallySportsNOR\/status\/1594168265017810945?s=20&amp;t=WY6w17F7kngmbRxXPOyFfw\">Edwards said<\/a>&nbsp;of a 7-of-21 effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anthony Edwards vs Philly last night: <br><br>25 points<br>5 rebounds<br>5 assists. <br><br>Too good. (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Timberwolves?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Timberwolves<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oHZAJE44Bn\">pic.twitter.com\/oHZAJE44Bn<\/a><\/p>\u2014 SLAM (@SLAMonline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SLAMonline\/status\/1594357228311658496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Bol+Bol\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Bol+Bol\" target=\"_blank\">Bol Bol<\/a> posted 22 points, 11 boards, and two blocks during Orlando&#8217;s 114-113 loss to the Pacers on Saturday. During the second quarter, Bol went into his bag tricks to score a tough layup over Pacers defensive anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Myles+Turner\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Myles+Turner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Myles Turner<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How do you even stop this? (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrlandoMagic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OrlandoMagic<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EXIdRfJfAH\">pic.twitter.com\/EXIdRfJfAH<\/a><\/p>\u2014 SLAM (@SLAMonline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SLAMonline\/status\/1594141893117579266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quote of the Weekend<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Klay+Thompson+\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Klay+Thompson+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Klay Thompson<\/a> pulled up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/klay-thompsons-big-night-helps-golden-state-secure-their-first-road-win\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/klay-thompsons-big-night-helps-golden-state-secure-their-first-road-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Houston with some bad intentions<\/a> after dropping a season-high 41 points on 10 triples to help Golden State secure their first road game of the season. The Warriors lost eight road games in a row heading into Sunday&#8217;s contest, a first during the most successful era in franchise history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thompson exorcised some demons hanging around during a slow start to the season that has led to many around the League saying Thompson&#8217;s best days are behind him. On Sunday, he proved that wrong and let it be known that &#8220;it&#8217;s only up from here.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt feels amazing. I\u2019m hard on myself, so I\u2019ve been wanting one of these. And to get one and kind of open the floodgates, it\u2019s only up from here. I promise you,\u201d Thompson said in his postgame interview. \u201cI finally feel like myself. My legs feel great. I\u2019m cutting to the rim, taking great shots, and I\u2019m just excited for what\u2019s to come. Man, I\u2019m not gonna lie, guys, that felt amazing. Wow. I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s a mid-November game. That felt great.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KlayThompson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KlayThompson<\/a> WENT WILD in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/warriors?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@warriors<\/a> win! He went off for 20 PTS in Q1 on his way to a season-high 41 PTS and 10 triples! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DubNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DubNation<\/a><br><br>\ud83d\udca6 41 PTS<br>\ud83d\udca6 10 3PM (10-13) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qHWVlFTE9d\">pic.twitter.com\/qHWVlFTE9d<\/a><\/p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1594521121797197825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, SLAM&#8217;s got your back with the things you might&#8217;ve missed over a weekend packed with great NBA moments. The Splash Bros, Anthony Davis, Anthony Edwards, and Bol Bol all had some insane moments showing off their unique skills, especially Klay Thompson, who erupted for a season-best outing that could help [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":447,"featured_media":766380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,63826,62493],"tags":[64786,4602,59331,101,11705,111,116,1707,149,112,254,12524],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-766365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-news","category-newswire","tag-aj-griffin","tag-anthony-davis","tag-anthony-edwards","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-bol-bol","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-klay-thompson","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-stephen-curry","tag-trae-young"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766365"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":766382,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766365\/revisions\/766382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766365"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=766365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}