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Siakam produced the eighth 50-point effort in the NBA this
season. He was also the first player to score at least 50 points
at Madison Square Garden since James Harden had 61 points for
the Houston Rockets on Jan. 23, 2019.
Siakam also added nine rebounds and seven assists in helping the
Raptors snap the NBA's longest active losing streak. Fred
VanVleet had 28 points, including a 3-pointer on the possession
following Siakam's go-ahead free throw. OG Anunoby scored 15
points and had the block that led to VanVleet's 3-pointer.
Julius Randle and RJ Barrett scored 30 points apiece for the
Knicks, whose eight-game winning streak was the longest active
run in the NBA.
Bulls 110, Hawks 108
Ayo Dosunmu rebounded a missed shot and scored at the buzzer to
give visiting Chicago a win over Atlanta, the Bulls' second
victory in as many nights.
The game was tied 108-108 with four seconds left. DeMar DeRozan
shot an airball, but Dosunmu fielded the rebound and stuck it
back for the winning points. DeRozan scored 28 points to lead
Chicago, with Zach LaVine adding 22 and Nikola Vucevic getting
20 points and seven rebounds. Dosunmu scored nine.
Atlanta's Trae Young scored 34 points, his third straight game
with 30-plus points. The Hawks also got 18 points and 11
rebounds from Onyeka Okongwu, who tied the game with a basket
with four seconds left. Dejounte Murray had 15 points and 10
assists.
Clippers 126, Hornets 105
Paul George scored 22 points to lead seven Los Angeles players
in double figures as the Clippers dominated the first half en
route to a win over visiting Charlotte.
Nicolas Batum scored 21 points on seven 3-pointers for Los
Angeles, which led by as many as 36 in the first half. The
Clippers were at full strength for the first time all season
with several players returning to action, including Ivica Zubac,
who had four points and eight rebounds.
LaMelo Ball led Charlotte with a triple-double -- 25 points, 11
rebounds and 12 assists. Mason Plumlee added 18 points and Jalen
McDaniels finished with 16 as the Hornets lost for the ninth
time in 10 games.
76ers 113, Pistons 93
Joel Embiid had 22 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and four
blocked shots to lift host Philadelphia past Detroit.
Tobias Harris added 17 points and James Harden contributed 15
points and eight assists for the Sixers, who won their sixth in
a row on a seven-game homestand.
De'Anthony Melton scored 12, Georges Niang added 11 and Montrezl
Harrell had 10 for the Sixers, who continue to play without
Tyrese Maxey (fractured left foot). Jaden Ivey led the Pistons
with 18 points, while Killian Hayes added 12 and Saddiq Bey had
11.
Cavaliers 114, Bucks 106
A 15-0 run in the first quarter gave host Cleveland a lead it
never surrendered en route to a defeat of Milwaukee.
Donovan Mitchell finished with a team-high 36 points for the
Cavaliers. He got to the free-throw line for 16 attempts, making
15. Darius Garland added 23 points, while Jarrett Allen scored
19 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Cavaliers, who
earned their fifth straight win.
Milwaukee fell to 1-1 on its current, five-game road swing.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had a season-high 45 points and grabbed a
game-high 14 rebounds while Jrue Holiday flirted with a
triple-double at nine points, nine rebounds and eight assists.
Nets 143, Warriors 113
Kevin Durant scored 23 points in 29 minutes as Brooklyn seized
control early and easily extended its winning streak to seven
games with a wire-to-wire rout of short-handed Golden State in
New York.
Durant made 8 of 9 shots in the opening half, when the Nets
scored a team-record 91 points. It was the third-most points in
a first half in NBA history. Edmond Sumner added 16 points for
the game for the Nets, who played without Kyrie Irving. The star
guard tweaked his right calf in the team's walkthrough Wednesday
afternoon.
James Wiseman scored a career-high 30 points for Golden State,
which went 1-5 on a six-game road trip. Moses Moody and Patrick
Baldwin Jr. added 17 apiece, but Jordan Poole was held to 13 as
he shot 4 of 17 and missed 10 of 11 3-point tries.
Pacers 117, Celtics 112
Tyrese Haliburton scored 20 of his 33 points in the first half
to help Indiana beat host Boston.
Haliburton shot 12 of 24 from the field, hit six 3-pointers and
added eight assists and three rebounds as Indiana broke a
two-game skid. The Pacers led by 28 points at halftime and held
off a furious Boston comeback that included a 42-point third
quarter.
Jayson Tatum scored a game-high 41 points, Jaylen Brown added 19
points and 10 rebounds and Malcolm Brogdon had 18 and seven
assists as Boston fell to 0-3 on its seven-game homestand.
Magic 116, Rockets 110
Franz Wagner scored 25 points while rookie Paulo Banchero
recorded his sixth double-double as visiting Orlando erased a
15-point, second-half deficit to beat Houston.
Banchero posted 23 points and a game-high 13 rebounds in teaming
with Wagner to carry the Magic to a 3-1 road trip and its
seventh win in eight games.
Kevin Porter Jr. scored 31 points and Jalen Green had 21 for the
Rockets, who have dropped four consecutive games, all at home.
Houston collapsed late, committing eight of its 17 turnovers in
the fourth quarter.
Mavericks 104, Timberwolves 99
Luka Doncic collected 25 points, 10 assists, nine rebounds and
three steals to lift Dallas to a victory over Minnesota in
Minneapolis.
Doncic made 8 of 16 shots from the floor after being limited to
a season-low 19 points in Dallas' 116-106 setback to Minnesota
on Monday. His night was cut short in that contest after being
ejected in the third quarter. Tim Hardaway Jr. and Spencer
Dinwiddie each drained four 3-pointers on Wednesday to finish
with 21 and 19 points, respectively.
Minnesota's Anthony Edwards scored 23 points to fluster the Mavs
for the second time in three days. Rudy Gobert recorded 19
points and 15 rebounds in his return from a three-game absence
caused by to an ankle injury. The Timberwolves saw their
three-game winning streak come to a halt.
Kings 134, Lakers 120
Kevin Huerter, Keegan Murray, De'Aaron Fox and Harrison Barnes
combined for 91 points, Domantas Sabonis logged a triple-double
and Sacramento pulled away from visiting Los Angeles.
Huerter led the way with 26 points, followed by Murray with 23,
Fox with 22 and Barnes with 20, helping the Kings beat the
Lakers for the second straight time this season.
LeBron James produced 31 points and 11 assists for the Lakers,
who played without Anthony Davis (strained right foot) and
Russell Westbrook (sore left foot).
Thunder 101, Trail Blazers 98
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 27 points to lead Oklahoma City
to a victory over visiting Portland.
With the Thunder down by five and just less than three minutes
remaining, Gilgeous-Alexander hit a driving layup, then took the
ball away from Jerami Grant before finding Josh Giddey open for
a floater. The sequence began an 8-0 run to end the game.
Jerami Grant led the Trail Blazers with 17 points. Damian
Lillard added 16 points and eight assists as Portland lost at
Oklahoma City for the second time in three days.
--Field Level Media
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