NBA roundup: Suns beat Jazz in OT in duel of NBA's best
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[April 08, 2021]
Devin Booker and Chris Paul led
the Phoenix Suns to a 117-113 overtime win over the visiting Utah
Jazz on Wednesday night in a game between the NBA's two best teams
that lived up to its billing.
Booker scored 35 points and Chris Paul contributed 29 points and
nine assists as the Suns, who have the NBA's second-best record,
held on for their seventh victory in a row.
Booker got the Suns off to a quick start in OT with a layup, and
Paul finished it off with free throws late in the extra session.
Utah never led in overtime. Deandre Ayton also had a strong showing
with 18 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks for Phoenix, which
picked up its second win in two meetings with the Jazz this season.
Donovan Mitchell registered 41 points and eight rebounds for the
NBA-leading Jazz, and he forced overtime with a clutch 3-pointer
late in regulation. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 20 and Rudy Gobert
tallied 16 points and 18 rebounds for the Jazz, who have lost two in
a row on the road after a nine-game win streak.
Nets 139, Pelicans 111
Kevin Durant played for the first time in nearly two months and was
one of seven Brooklyn players to score in double figures in a rout
of visiting New Orleans.
Durant, who last played on Feb. 13 and missed 23 consecutive games
because of a hamstring injury, didn't enter the game until the
second quarter was nearly halfway over. He scored 17 points, making
5 of 5 field-goal attempts, 2 of 2 from 3-point range and 5 of 5
free throws in 19 minutes.
Kyrie Irving led Brooklyn with 24 points, and LaMarcus Aldridge had
22. Eric Bledsoe led New Orleans with 26 points despite being
ejected late in the third quarter. Zion Williamson scored 16 points
on 4-of-12 shooting to end his streak of 25 consecutive games with
20-plus points on 50 percent shooting or better.
Rockets 102, Mavericks 93
Kelly Olynyk scored 10 points and pulled down a career-high 18
rebounds to help host Houston snap its five-game losing streak by
beating Dallas.
Olynyk grabbed two critical boards down the stretch after his
three-point play gave the Rockets an 89-84 lead with 3:38 to play.
John Wall finished with 31 points, seven assists and four steals for
Houston, and Christian Wood added 22 points -- including the team's
opening 12 points of the third quarter -- and 10 rebounds.
Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis scored 23 points apiece for the
Mavericks, who saw their season-best, five-game winning streak come
to an end. Doncic missed 17 of 26 field-goal attempts and committed
five turnovers. Tim Hardaway Jr. added 18 points.
Celtics 101, Knicks 99
Marcus Smart hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 36.4 seconds left,
and he scored 14 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter as host
Boston snapped a seventh-place tie in the Eastern Conference by
coming back to beat New York.
Smart was just 1-for-7 from the field before he teamed up with
Jaylen Brown (seven points) and Jayson Tatum (seven points) to score
the final 28 points for the Celtics, who trailed by seven early in
the fourth before winning for the third time in four games.
Brown wound up with 32 points and 10 rebounds while Tatum finished
with 25 points and 10 rebounds. RJ Barrett was 6 of 6 from 3-point
range and scored 29 points for the Knicks, who lost for the fifth
time in six games. Julius Randle had 22 points and nine rebounds.
Nuggets 106, Spurs 96
Nikola Jokic finished with 25 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds
to help surging Denver to a victory over visiting San Antonio in the
first of a two-games-in-three-days mini-series between the teams.
The game was the second of a home back-to-back for the Nuggets, who
rolled past Detroit on Tuesday. Michael Porter Jr. added 18 points
and 10 rebounds and Will Barton hit for 14 points for Denver.
Dejounte Murray and Derrick White led the Spurs with 18 points each,
with DeMar DeRozan scoring 14 and Patty Mills adding 12 off the
bench. San Antonio has lost four consecutive games and nine of its
past 11.
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Phoenix Suns guard Devin
Booker (1) reacts as he drives to the basket against Utah Jazz guard
Donovan Mitchell during the first half at Phoenix Suns Arena.
Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Grizzlies 131, Hawks 113
Grayson Allen poured in a season-high 30 points to help Memphis roll
over host Atlanta.
Jonas Valanciunas recorded 19 points and 11 rebounds and Ja Morant
added 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists as Memphis won its
fourth straight contest. The Grizzlies shot 53.9 percent from the
field and hit 17 of 40 from 3-point range.
Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 24 points and Trae Young had 14 points and
11 assists for the Hawks, who saw a four-game winning streak
snapped. The Hawks played without John Collins (ankle), Clint Capela
(Achilles) and Danilo Gallinari (ankle).
Wizards 131, Magic 116
Bradley Beal scored 26 points on 11-of-19 shooting and Russell
Westbrook posted his fifth triple-double in the past six games to
lead Washington past host Orlando.
Beal, who also had five assists, returned to the Wizards' lineup
after missing the previous five games with a right hip contusion.
Westbrook finished with 23 points, 15 assists and 14 rebounds for
his 20th triple-double of the season.
Terrence Ross led Orlando with 24 points on 9-for-16 shooting, and
Mo Bamba had 19 points and eight rebounds. The Magic lost their
third straight, while the Wizards ended a four-game skid.
Pacers 141, Timberwolves 137
Aaron Holiday scored 22 points off the bench and his brother Justin
Holiday added 21 to fuel Indiana to a victory over Minnesota in
Indianapolis.
The Pacers' T.J. McConnell collected 19 points and 15 assists, both
season-high-tying totals. Indiana scored a season high in points
despite playing without All-Star forward Domantas Sabonis (ankle),
Malcolm Brogdon (hip) and Myles Turner (ankle).
Karl-Anthony Towns recorded 32 points and 12 rebounds and rookie
Anthony Edwards added 27 points for Minnesota, which failed in its
bid to win back-to-back games for the first time since emerging
victorious in its first two contests of the season.
Hornets 113, Thunder 102
Jalen McDaniels scored a career-high 21 points to lead visiting
Charlotte over Oklahoma City.
McDaniels took advantage of his second career start as Hornets coach
James Borrego tinkered with his starting lineup in search of more
consistency on the offensive end. McDaniels, who hadn't scored more
than 11 points in any of his first 40 NBA games over the past two
seasons, finished 9 of 14 from the floor.
Nearly half of the Thunder's scoring came from their two teenagers
as Aleksej Pokusevski and Theo Maledon each finished with 25 points.
--Field Level Media
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