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Warriors, San Antonio Spurs and Cleveland Cavaliers were beaten in NBA upsets on Saturday

by February 4th, 2018

The Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs and Cleveland Cavaliers were beaten in NBA upsets on Saturday.

The Warriors, who have not played well at all this week, fell to the Denver Nuggets 115-108, the Spurs lost to the Utah Jazz 120-111, and the Cavaliers were outclassed by the Houston Rockets in a 120-88 thumping.

The Rockets are the one team whose win truly means something. With 19 made three-pointers and 28 assists on 44 field goals made, Houston are a well-oiled machine that are looking more and more like a team that could challenge the Warriors for the Western Conference title, especially with Chris Paul at his best. The former Clippers guard finished with 22 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds with a plus-47 differential when he was on the court.

Denver are always tough to beat on their home court. The Nuggets showed that this week with wins over both the Warriors and Thunder. No one dominated against Golden State on Saturday, but the complete team effort was more than enough to win. Will Barton had 25 points and five rebounds.

As for the Jazz, Ricky Rubio was a perfect nine for nine from the floor through three quarters and finished the night 11 for 14 with a season-high 34 points. Utah have a way to go before they fully recover from losing Gordon Hayward, but they have shown some good things this season especially with the addition of Rookie of the Year candidate Donovan Mitchell.

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