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Phoenix has won four straight games, all on the road, to improve
on the league's best record away from home (17-4). The Suns have
won seven of their past eight games overall after defeating San
Antonio for the third time in three meetings this year.
Booker hit 18 of 33 shots, including 5 of 13 from 3-point range.
Bismack Biyombo scored 17 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for the
Suns, with Chris Paul adding 15 points and 12 assists. Deandre
Ayton was out with a right ankle injury.
Jakob Poeltl paced the Spurs with 23 points and 14 rebounds.
Dejounte Murray added 18 points and Doug McDermott scored 15.
Lakers 101, Jazz 95
LeBron James scored 25 points and Stanley Johnson added a
season-high 15 as host Los Angeles rallied to knock off Utah and
end a three-game losing streak.
Russell Westbrook also had 15 points and Malik Monk added 14
points for the Lakers, who won for the first time since Jan. 7
despite facing a 10-point deficit late in the third quarter.
James contributed seven rebounds and seven assists.
Utah's Rudy Gobert scored 19 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in
his second game back from a five-game COVID-19 absence, and Mike
Conley added 20 points. The Jazz fell for the fifth time in
their past six games.
Hornets 97, Knicks 87
Miles Bridges scored a career-high 38 points as Charlotte
drubbed host New York.
Bridges shot 14 of 20 from the field, making five 3-pointers.
Terry Rozier added 22 points and seven assists as the Hornets
won for the fifth time in their last six games. Charlotte won
without star guard LaMelo Ball (non-COVID illness).
Julius Randle and RJ Barrett both notched 18 points for the
Knicks, who made the final score respectable by finishing the
game on a 16-3 run. Randle grabbed 10 boards and Barrett
corralled 12.
Mavericks 104, Thunder 102
Luka Doncic had 20 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists as host
Dallas held off a spirited comeback attempt by Oklahoma City,
which trailed by 22 in the third quarter.
The Thunder had a chance to tie or take the lead in the final
seconds after the Mavericks' Josh Green missed two free throws
with 2.6 seconds left. However, Dallas' Tim Hardaway Jr.
wrestled the inbounds pass away from Mike Muscala.
Dorian Finney-Smith added 17 points and 10 rebounds for the
Mavericks. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led Oklahoma City with 34
points, while Luguentz Dort added 18 points and seven rebounds.
The Thunder lost for the seventh time in eight games.
Trail Blazers 98, Magic 88
Jusuf Nurkic had 21 points and a season-high 22 rebounds, CJ
McCollum scored 16 points in a successful return to the lineup,
and Portland won at Orlando.
Back after missing 18 games recovering from a collapsed lung,
McCollum went 7-for-13 from the field in 28 minutes as the Trail
Blazers improved to 2-1 on a six-game road trip. Franz Wagner
and Moritz Wagner paced the Magic with 14 points apiece.
The Magic announced prior to tipoff that head coach Jamahl
Mosley and assistant coach Nate Tibbetts had entered the
league's health and safety protocol. Assistant coach Jesse
Mermuys ran the team as Orlando lost its eighth straight home
game and its 12th in its past 13 overall.
Heat 104, Raptors 99
Jimmy Butler had a triple-double and Bam Adebayo returned after
missing 22 games, leading host Miami past Toronto.
Butler had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Adebayo, who
underwent surgery on his right thumb, posted 14 points and nine
rebounds in 32 minutes. Tyler Herro added a team-high 23 points
for Miami, which improved to 14-5 at home.
Chris Boucher scored 23 points to lead the Raptors, who are 7-3
in their past 10 games. Fred VanVleet added 22 points. Toronto's
Pascal Siakam, who had a triple-double in his previous game,
finished with 18 points, 10 assists, six rebounds and five
steals.
Hawks 121, Bucks 114
Trae Young scored 15 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter to
spark the Atlanta to a win over Milwaukee, snapping a five-game
overall losing streak and a 10-game home losing streak.
De'Andre Hunter added 20 points and nine rebounds and John
Collins had 16 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks for the
Hawks, who trailed by 11 points early in the fourth quarter.
Khris Middleton scored a season-high 34 points while added seven
rebounds and four assists for the Bucks, who have dropped six of
their past eight games. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 27 points, six
rebounds and six assists.
Wizards 117, 76ers 98
Montrezl Harrell scored 18 points and Kyle Kuzma added 15 points
and 16 rebounds as host Washington defeated Philadelphia.
Joel Embiid led the 76ers with 32 points and eight rebounds. It
was the 11th consecutive road game in which Embiid produced at
least 30 points. The Sixers played without several key injured
players, including Matisse Thybulle, Danny Green and Shake
Milton.
Washington's Bradley Beal, who cleared the COVID-19 protocol
before the game, scored 11 of his 13 points in the first half.
Celtis 104, Pelicans 92
Jayson Tatum scored 27 points and grabbed eight rebounds as
Boston rallied from 18 points down to beat visiting New Orleans.
Dennis Schroder added 23 points with nine assists and five
boards as the Celtics earned a second straight win and their
fifth victory in six games overall.
Jonas Valanciunas posted 22 points and 14 boards to pace the
Pelicans, who took a second straight loss after winning three of
their previous four contests.
Cavaliers 114, Nets 107
Darius Garland collected 22 points and 12 assists as the host
Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Brooklyn Nets to extend their
winning streak to five games.
Brooklyn scored just two points over the final 3:43 of the
contest. It was the Nets' first game since announcing Kevin
Durant was sidelined with a sprained medial collateral ligament
in his left knee.
Kyrie Irving led all scorers with 27 points, but he shot 2 of 7
in the fourth quarter after scoring 14 points in the third
quarter.
Grizzlies 119, Bulls 106
Desmond Bane and Ja Morant scored 25 points apiece as Memphis
routed visiting Chicago.
The Grizzlies led by as many as 28 and never trailed in the
final three quarters. Steven Adams finished with 10 rebounds,
six assists and two points for Memphis, which held Bulls center
Nikola Vucevic scoreless in the first half.
The Bulls lost their fourth straight and played without several
key players, including Lonzo Ball (left knee), Zach LaVine (left
knee) and Alex Caruso (health and safety protocol). DeMar
DeRozan scored 24 points to lead Chicago.
Clippers 139, Pacers 133
Nicolas Batum scored a season-high 32 points to help Los Angeles
hold off visiting Indiana.
Batum made 7 of 10 from 3-point range to lead the Clippers, who
hit 18 of 36 from beyond the arc. Marcus Morris Sr. scored 21
points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds, and Reggie
Jackson added 26 points with five rebounds, three assists and
three steals.
Caris LeVert led the Pacers with 26 points and Chris Duarte
scored 24 points off the bench. Goga Bitadze added 17 points on
7-of-9 shooting off the bench.
--Field Level Media
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