‘Best since Philly?’ Ben Simmons’ epic rampage stuns NBA

Ben Simmons went connected an assists rampage.

The Aussie recorded 10 assists successful conscionable 12 minutes successful the archetypal fractional of Brooklyn’s 107-105 distant triumph implicit New Orleans connected Tuesday (all times AEDT), with respective item passes successful an elite playmaking display.

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It marked the 5th clip successful the 28-year old’s vocation — and 2nd clip for the Nets — he’s had 10 assists successful immoderate half.

He finished with six points connected 3-of-5 shooting, 12 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals with a +8 plus/minus — the second-best of immoderate Net — successful 22 minutes disconnected the bench.

Cam Thomas’ 17 points led 7 Nets successful treble digit scoring, portion Brandon Ingram topped each scorers with 24. It saw the Nets etch person to .500, improving to 5-6 connected the season.

Simmons, who’s been replaced successful the Nets’ starting line-up by Nic Claxton, checked into Tuesday’s crippled with 6:35 remaining successful the archetypal 4th and rapidly dished retired 2 assists successful nether a minute.

With 4:46 near successful the opening period, Simmons fed back-to-back triples via Cam Thomas and Noah Clowney to springiness the Nets their archetypal pb of the crippled astatine 16-14.

Simmons assisted connected 2 much threes to Clowney past Keon Johnson earlier nailing a layup to assistance Brooklyn instrumentality a 26-22 pb astatine the extremity of the archetypal 4th — with six assists to the Aussie’s sanction astatine that point.

Two of his 4 assists successful the 2nd word were to 3-pointers earlier helium checked retired of the crippled with 6:13 near successful the half.

“Ten assists successful conscionable implicit 12 minutes. A large reason, you look astatine the Nets numbers — 14 assists connected 15 made baskets. That’s an awesome looking stat,” Yes Network’s Sarah Kustok said.

Simmons enactment his high-level playmaking successful the archetypal fractional down to speechmaking the play and uncovering unfastened teammates.

“Just playing the travel of the game. My guys are getting open, making bully cuts and spacing the level and I was conscionable uncovering them,” helium told the Yes Network.

Simmons wasn’t arsenic effectual successful the 2nd fractional arsenic the undermanned Pelicans — missing the likes of Zion Williamson, CJ McCollum and Dejounte Murray — kept the Aussie much honest.

Simmons played six-straight minutes to adjacent retired the 3rd 4th past different three-minute agelong successful the 4th fourth earlier Nets manager Jordi Fernández closed with his regular starting line-up.

Back-to-back threes to Cameron Johnson and Cam Thomas gave Brooklyn a 106-105 pb with 32.2 near successful the 4th word arsenic the visiting squad was capable to clasp connected down the stretch.

It marked New Orleans’ fifth-straight nonaccomplishment to autumn to 3-8.

GIDDEY SHINES IN NARROW LOSS TO UNDEFEATED CAVS

Simmons wasn’t the lone Aussie to radiance connected Tuesday.

Josh Giddey produced 1 of his champion games yet for the Chicago Bulls, conscionable falling abbreviated of a double-double with 18 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists with 2 3-pointers and 4 turnovers.

But it wasn’t capable arsenic Chicago mislaid 119-113 to the inactive undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers, who ain the NBA’s champion grounds astatine 12-0, successful a crippled that went down to the wire.

Giddey, who changeable an businesslike 7-of-11 from the tract and 2-of-2 for the line, started the crippled peculiarly blistery with 10 points connected a cleanable 4-of-4 shooting, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

It marked Chicago’s 5th nonaccomplishment from its past six games to autumn to 4-7 overall

The Bulls stayed with Cleveland for the full crippled until Kenny Atkinson’s broadside started to interruption distant successful the 4th quarter.

The Cavs got retired by 100-92 aft a Georges Niang extremity changeable earlier Chicago responded with a 7-0 run.

Zach LaVine but the Bulls connected his backmost down the agelong successful a bid to usher them home, scoring a speedy 7 puts to necktie up the scored astatine 106 apiece with 5:06 connected the clock.

A Patrick Williams missed 3 that could’ve got Chicago backmost wrong a constituent with 47 seconds near was a important swing, with Darius Garland nailing a pugnacious layup astatine the different extremity to unopen the doorway connected the location side.

The Cavs’ 12-straight wins marks their champion ever commencement successful franchise history. If they tin amended to 13-0 erstwhile they sojourn Philadelphia connected Thursday, it’d beryllium Cleveland’s champion ever triumph streak.

ALL RESULTS

KINGS 96 SPURS 115

CLIPPERS 128 THUNDER 134

NETS 107 PELICANS 105

WIZARDS 92 ROCKETS 107

CAVALIERS 119 BULLS 113

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