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The three-time All-Star also added eight rebounds and five
assists on 16-for-27 shooting to even the two-game season series
with the Suns. It was Phoenix's first loss on the road since
Feb. 3. Following their late-game rally against Chicago on
Friday night, the Bucks once again peaked late, outscoring the
Suns 14-4 over the final 3:32.
Jrue Holiday contributed 24 points, nine assists and four
steals. Giannis Antetokounmpo also chipped in 19 points and 13
rebounds to record his seventh consecutive double-double,
although he was held to just two points in the second half
before fouling out late in the fourth.
Deandre Ayton paced the Suns with a season-high 30 points and
eight rebounds on 14-of-19 shooting. Cameron Payne once again
stepped up in Chris Paul's absence with 23 points and eight
assists. Jae Crowder supplied 19 points, and Landry Shamet had
17.
Knicks 116, Clippers 93
New York pulled out of a seven-game tailspin while snapping host
Los Angeles' five-game winning streak in a rout.
The Knicks stifled Los Angeles defensively, holding the Clippers
to just 33-of-88 (37.5 percent) shooting from the floor and
11-of-34 from 3-point range. Amir Coffey's 16 points off the
bench led Los Angeles.
Six Knicks players scored in double figures, led by RJ Barrett's
24 points. He has scored at least 20 points in five straight
games. He also grabbed nine rebounds and dished four assists.
New York never trailed and built a lead of as many as 32 points.
Celtics 126, Nets 120
Jayson Tatum scored a season-high 54 points and Boston put
together a late run in the fourth quarter to defeat visiting
Brooklyn.
Tatum canned eight 3-pointers on the day and scored 34 points in
the second half. The effort lifted Boston to its third straight
win in a game that featured 28 lead changes and 19 ties. Jaylen
Brown added 21 points in his return after suffering a right
ankle sprain on Tuesday and missing one game.
Kevin Durant scored a team-high 37 for Brooklyn, in the fourth
quarter becoming the 23rd player in NBA history to reach 25,000
points. Former Celtic Kyrie Irving added 19, Bruce Brown scored
16, and LaMarcus Aldridge had 14 for the Nets, who have lost
four straight.
Jazz 116, Thunder 103
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 35 points, setting a franchise record
with 11 3-pointers, to lead Utah past host Oklahoma City for its
10th win in its last 12 games.
Bogdanovic was coming off his worst shooting game of the season
-- going 1 of 11 from the floor and missing five of six 3-point
attempts in Friday's blowout loss in New Orleans. Donovan
Mitchell added 24 points and 10 assists for Utah, while Jordan
Clarkson scored 20 off the bench.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 33 points -- along
with eight assists, seven rebounds and four steals -- while no
other Oklahoma City player scored more than Aleksej Pokusevski's
12. The Thunder have lost two consecutive games and 10 of their
last 13.
Wizards 133, Pacers 123
Kristaps Porzingis dazzled in his Washington debut with two late
dunks among 25 points in just 21 minutes, six teammates also
scored in double figures and the Wizards ran away from visiting
Indiana.
Acquired from the Dallas Mavericks at the trade deadline,
Porzingis had sat out 14 straight games -- including his first
eight for the Wizards -- with a sore right knee. He shot 7 for
12 overall, 3 for 4 on 3-pointers and 8 for 10 from the free
throw line in his 18th 20-point game of the season.
Indiana's Malcolm Brogdon was the game's leading scorer with 27
points. He, like Porzingis, did much of his damage at the foul
line, going 11 for 13.
Rockets 123, Grizzlies 112
Christian Wood recorded his 29th double-double and teammates
Kevin Porter Jr. and Jalen Green combined for 53 points as
Houston snapped its 12-game losing skid with a victory over
visiting Memphis.
Wood finished with 28 points and 13 rebounds and teamed with
Porter (29 points, five assists) and Green (24 points, eight
rebounds, four assists) to carry the Rockets offensively. Wood
scored 20 points in the first half before Porter and Green took
over in the third quarter, when the Rockets outscored the
Grizzlies 40-30.
Ja Morant finished with 22 points and six assists for the
Grizzlies, but he made only 7 of 20 attempts from the field.
Steven Adams posted 23 points, 12 rebounds and five assists,
while Desmond Bane scored a team-high 28 for the Grizzlies, who
are 3-4 over their last seven games.
Nuggets 138, Pelicans 130 (OT)
Nikola Jokic had 46 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists and four
blocks, Aaron Gordon scored 28 points, and Denver rallied to
beat New Orleans.
Jokic had 30 of his points in the fourth quarter and overtime in
his 17th triple-double of the season. Monte Morris had 18
points, Bones Hyland 11 and JaMychal Green 10 for the Nuggets,
who scored the last 12 points.
Brandon Ingram scored 38 points, CJ McCollum had 24, Jonas
Valanciunas finished with 19 points and 14 rebounds before
fouling out, and Devonte' Graham had 12 points for the Pelicans.
Cavaliers 104, Raptors 96
Lauri Markkanen had 22 points and 12 rebounds and Evan Mobley
added 20 points and 17 rebounds to help Cleveland snap a
three-game losing streak with a win over visiting Toronto.
Cleveland had five players score in double figures, including
Darius Garland with 17 points and a game-high 10 assists, Cedi
Osman with 17 points and Kevin Love with 15 points and nine
rebounds. The Cavs' bench outscored Toronto's 37-8.
Pascal Siakam had a game-high 24 points for Toronto, which also
got 21 points from Chris Boucher.
--Field Level Media
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