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Bobby Portis added 23 points for Milwaukee, which shot 54.2
percent and led by as many as 30 points in the third quarter.
Khris Middleton scored 21 points, Jrue Holiday had 15 points and
10 assists and Grayson Allen added 12 points. Antetokounmpo made
his first 11 shots and finished 17 of 20 on field-goal attempts.
LeBron James led the Lakers with 27 points and eight assists.
Anthony Davis had 22 points and nine rebounds, Malik Monk scored
20 points and Stanley Johnson added 16. Russell Westbrook scored
10 and pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds.
Los Angeles lost for the fifth time in the past seven games,
while Milwaukee moved a season-high 14 games over .500.
Magic 113, Trail Blazers 95
Cole Anthony produced 23 points, nine assists and seven rebounds
as visiting Orlando snapped a string of 10 straight losses
against Portland.
Wendell Carter Jr. contributed 18 points, eight rebounds, five
assists and three blocked shots for Orlando. Chuma Okeke also
scored 18; Gary Harris scored 15; Franz Wagner added 13 points,
nine rebounds and seven assists; and Mo Bamba recorded 13 points
and nine rebounds as Orlando defeated Portland for the first
time since 2017.
Anfernee Simons scored 19 points for the Trail Blazers, who have
lost six straight games and eight of their past nine. Greg Brown
III registered 15 points and eight rebounds, Jusuf Nurkic added
14 points and 11 rebounds, and Ben McLemore scored 13 points for
Portland, which made just 35.2 percent of its shots.
Pelicans 110, Rockets 97
Brandon Ingram scored 26 points and host New Orleans won a
fourth straight game by defeating Houston for the second time in
three days.
Jaxson Hayes and Naji Marshall scored 14 each and Jonas
Valanciunas added 13 before fouling out for the Pelicans, who
were short-handed after starting guard Josh Hart and backup
Nickeil Alexander-Walker were part of a seven-player trade
earlier in the day. CJ McCollum and others are coming to the
Pelicans.
Kevin Porter Jr. scored 27 points, Christian Wood had 19, Jalen
Green had 12 and Alperen Sengun and Garrison Mathews 11 each for
the Rockets, who lost for the seventh time in their last eight
games.
Suns 114, 76ers 109
Devin Booker scored 35 points, Mikal Bridges added 23 and
Phoenix claimed its league-best 22nd road win by beating host
Philadelphia.
Chris Paul had 16 points and 12 assists, JaVale McGee
contributed 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Jae Crowder swept 14
rebounds for the Suns, who won their third in a row. DeAndre
Ayton scored 10 points.
Joel Embiid led the Sixers with 34 points and 12 rebounds. It
was Embiid's 21st straight game with at least 25 points. Tobias
Harris added 30 points and Tyrese Maxey had 14.
Celtics 126, Nets 91
Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart scored 22 points apiece as Boston
extended its season-high winning streak to six games in New York
with a 35-point rout of skidding Brooklyn, whose losing streak
reached nine games.
Brown scored eight points in Boston's game-opening 14-0 run and
had 12 in the opening quarter when the Celtics built a 28-2 lead
with five minutes left in the quarter and held a 35-16 edge
going into the second quarter.
Jayson Tatum added 19 points as Boston won for the eighth time
in nine games and pushed the Nets into eighth place in the
Eastern Conference. The Nets dropped to 2-10 since Kevin Durant
sprained his medial collateral ligament in his left knee on Jan.
15. They also played without James Harden (left hamstring
tightness).
Grizzlies 135, Clippers 109
Ja Morant scored 30 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. recorded 26 points
and 11 rebounds, and host Memphis cruised to a season sweep of
Los Angeles.
Morant shot 12 of 19 to pace the Grizzlies to a 51.5 percent
shooting night (53 of 103), and he extended his run of 30-point
games to nine in the last 10 outings. Six Grizzlies scored in
double figures.
Isaiah Hartenstein shot 7 of 11 and led the Clippers with 19
points. Norman Powell scored 16 points, but he made just one
field goal in the second half.
Timberwolves 134, Kings 114
Minnesota matched a season high with its sixth straight win,
riding 25 points from Karl-Anthony Towns and 21 from reserve
Malik Beasley to a shellacking of host Sacramento.
The action was the first for the Kings since they dealt star
second-year guard Tyrese Haliburton and long-distance-shooting
standout Buddy Hield to the Indiana Pacers in a six-player deal
focused on Sacramento acquiring Domantas Sabonis.
Returning from an eight-game absence caused by a sore left
ankle, De'Aaron Fox paced Sacramento with a game-high 29 points.
He also found time for seven rebounds and a team-high six
assists. Harrison Barnes totaled 21 points for the Kings.
Nuggets 132, Knicks 115
Nikola Jokic logged 21 points and 11 rebounds, Bones Hyland
scored 22 points and host Denver beat New York for the 14th
straight time on its home court and ninth straight time overall.
Will Barton and JaMychal Green had 20 points each and Aaron
Gordon contributed 19 for the Nuggets, who have won two in a row
following a three-game losing streak.
Julius Randle had 28 points and 10 rebounds, Evan Fournier
scored 21 points and RJ Barrett had 18 for New York, which has
lost four straight and seven of the past eight.
Mavericks 116, Pistons 86
Luka Doncic racked up 33 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds
in 33 minutes and host Dallas sent Detroit to its fifth straight
loss and ninth in 10 games.
Doncic has reached the 10-assist mark in seven consecutive
games. Jalen Brunson scored 21 points and Trey Burke supplied 18
off the bench as the Mavericks won their third straight. They
shot 50.6 percent and made half of their 36 3-point attempts.
Hamidou Diallo led the Pistons with 18 points and five rebounds.
Jerami Grant tossed in 15 points and Isaiah Stewart had 14
points and 15 rebounds.
Hawks 133, Pacers 112
Trae Young and John Collins combined for 54 points to help host
Atlanta break a two-game losing streak by beating short-handed
Indiana.
Young had 34 points and 11 assists, his 26th double-double, and
Collins put up 20 points -- his third straight game with at
least 20. Indiana was led by rookie Chris Duarte, who scored 25
points, and Lance Stephenson, who tallied 24 points, nine
rebounds and eight assists.
The Pacers, who already were missing Malcolm Brogdon and Myles
Turner with injuries, had just eight available players after an
earlier trade sent Domantas Sabonis, Justin Holiday and Jeremy
Lamb to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Tyrese Haliburton,
Tristan Thompson and Buddy Hield.
--Field Level Media
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