Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard combined for 25 points during a 47-point first quarter that propelled the Milwaukee Bucks to a 130-115 win over the visiting Kings on Tuesday night, snapping Sacramento’s seven-game winning streak.
Antetokounmpo finished with a game-high 33 points and Lillard totaled 24 for the Bucks, who rebounded from a 34-point loss against the New York Knicks on Sunday to earn their fourth win in the past five games. Antetokounmpo completed a triple-double with a game-high 13 assists and 11 rebounds.
DeMar DeRozan had a team-high 28 points and De’Aaron Fox recorded a 20-point, 11-rebound double-double for the Kings, who lost for just the second time in nine games since Doug Christie took over as interim coach after Mike Brown was fired.
Domantas Sabonis just missed a triple-double with 16 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.
Hawks 122, Suns 117
Trae Young scored a season-high 43 points for Atlanta, which ended Phoenix’s three-game winning streak and beat the Suns for the 11th straight time in Atlanta.
Young made 13 of 31 field goals, giving him 3,556 baskets for his career and pushing him past Al Horford for 10th most in franchise history. He was 6-for-12 on 3-pointers and 11 of 14 on free throws to go along with five assists. Atlanta also got 22 points and a career-high 21 rebounds from Onyeka Okongwu and 19 points from fellow reserve Garrison Mathews, who made five 3-pointers.
Phoenix was led by Devin Booker’s 35 points and Kevin Durant’s 31 points, nine rebounds and six assists.
Thunder 118, 76ers 102
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points on 12-of-15 shooting to guide visiting Oklahoma City over short-handed Philadelphia.
Gilgeous-Alexander also dished out nine assists, joining Isaiah Hartenstein (nine points, 16 rebounds) in barely missing a double-double. Jalen Williams contributed 24 points for the Thunder, while Cason Wallace notched 18 points.
Justin Edwards (25 points) and Jeff Dowtin Jr. (18) set new career highs for Philadelphia, which played without eight of its top 10 players in terms of minutes per game. Joel Embiid (foot), Tyrese Maxey (hand) and Paul George (ankle) were among the absent Sixers as the team lost for the sixth time in eight games. Guerschon Yabusele chipped in 17 points and seven rebounds.
Cavaliers 127, Pacers 117
Donovan Mitchell scored 27 of his game-high 35 points in the first half, helping Cleveland end host Indiana’s six-game winning streak.
Darius Garland added 24 points and seven assists, while Evan Mobley had 22 points and 13 rebounds for Cleveland, which avenged a 15-point home loss to the Pacers on Sunday. Jarrett Allen chipped in 16 points and nine rebounds, and Max Strus had 13 points off the bench.
Pascal Siakam led Indiana with 23 points, followed by 19 from Bennedict Mathurin and Myles Turner’s 17. Jarace Walker scored 11, while Andrew Nembhard, Obi Toppin and T.J. McConnell each had 10 for the Pacers. Nembhard added nine assists.
Nuggets 118, Mavericks 99
Jamal Murray scored a season-high 45 points on 18-of-26 shooting as Denver won at Dallas to finish off a two-game sweep.
Michael Porter Jr. added 13 points and six rebounds for Denver, which has won four straight games and eight of its past 10. Nikola Jokic added 10 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists for his 16th triple-double of the season.
Dallas star Kyrie Irving (back) returned from a five-game absence and scored 11 points in 30 minutes. His rust showed as he shot just 4 of 18. Daniel Gafford scored 13 points and Naji Marshall put up 11 as the Mavericks fell for the seventh time in nine games and lost big man Dereck Lively II to a sprained right ankle.
Pelicans 119, Bulls 113
Trey Murphy III scored a game-high 32 points and Zion Williamson added 21 points and nine assists to lift visiting New Orleans to a victory against Chicago.
New Orleans outscored Chicago 33-27 in the fourth quarter to close a 2-1 road trip. Dejounte Murray (15 points) and Jose Alvarado (12) also scored in double figures for New Orleans, with Alvarado putting up all of his points in the fourth quarter.
The Bulls used a 10-1 run to draw within four points with 33.4 seconds to go before the Pelicans sealed the game at the free-throw line. Zach LaVine paced Chicago with 25 points, Nikola Vucevic posted 22 points and a season-high 15 rebounds and Josh Giddey had seven points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists.
Nets 132, Trail Blazers 114
Brooklyn withstood a career-best 39 points from host Portland’s Scoot Henderson to snap a five-game losing streak.
Cameron Johnson, who entered the game with an ankle injury, scored 24 points for Brooklyn. Noah Clowney and Keon Johnson had 20 each.
Henderson, who also dished six assists, connected on 13 of 18 shots from the floor and 8 of 10 from 3-point range. Fellow second-year Blazer Toumani Camara also chalked up a career-high 23 points, and Shaedon Sharpe added 21.
–Field Level Media
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