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[March 01, 2023]
 Keldon Johnson scored 25 points, including several big buckets down
the stretch, to help the San Antonio Spurs snap a 16-game losing
streak with a 102-94 win over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night in Salt
Lake City.
The outcome, which wrapped up San Antonio's nine-game Rodeo Road
Trip, gave the Spurs their first victory since they beat Brooklyn on
Jan. 17. It also ended an 18-game losing skid away from home.
Doug McDermott hit five 3-pointers and scored 19 points for San
Antonio. Jeremy Sochan added 13 points and Devonte' Graham had 12
for the Spurs, who got just their 15th win.
Lauri Markkanen scored 28 points with 10 rebounds for Utah, Talen
Horton-Tucker scored 16 points and Walker Kessler contributed 10
points and 15 boards.
Bucks 118, Nets 104
Giannis Antetokounmpo totaled 33 points and 15 rebounds as Milwaukee
extended its winning streak to 15 games by rallying past Brooklyn in
New York.
The Bucks are on their fifth 15-game winning streak in team history
and second in four seasons after winning 18 straight Nov. 10-Dec.
14, 2019. Antetokounmpo had missed Sunday's three-point win over
Phoenix due to a leg injury and played 15 combined minutes in his
previous two games due to injuries.
Mikal Bridges scored 31 points, helping the Nets build a 10-point
cushion early in the third before Milwaukee began its comeback.
Spencer Dinwiddie added 26 points, but Brooklyn scored only 19
points in the fourth and dropped its third straight.
Pacers 124, Mavericks 122
Tyrese Haliburton scored 32 points and Myles Turner added 24 as
visiting Indiana became the latest team to take down new-look
Dallas.
Jordan Nwora scored 16 points and Aaron Nesmith added 14 as the
Pacers won consecutive games for the first time since Jan. 6-8.
Luka Doncic logged 39 points, nine rebounds and six assists on his
24th birthday, and Kyrie Irving had 16 points and nine assists as
the duo fell to 1-4 while on the court together. Irving was acquired
by the Mavericks in a Feb. 6 trade with the Brooklyn Nets. Irving
missed a step-back 3-point attempt with 1.1 seconds remaining that
would have given Dallas the victory.
Nuggets 133, Rockets 112
Jamal Murray tallied 32 points and six assists, and Nikola Jokic
recorded his 100th career triple-double as Denver rolled to a
wire-to-wire victory over host Houston.
Jokic registered 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in three
quarters of action to become the sixth player in NBA history to
reach 100 triple-doubles. Russell Westbrook holds the NBA high mark
of 198, followed by Oscar Robertson (181), Magic Johnson (138),
Jason Kidd (107) and LeBron James (106).
The Rockets' Jalen Green had 17 points in 19 minutes in his return
from a two-game absence due to a groin injury. Tari Eason had 17
points and 12 rebounds off the bench for Houston, which has lost 10
straight games and 30 of its past 34.
Grizzlies 121, Lakers 109
Ja Morant had 39 points as part of a triple-double and host Memphis
took advantage of LeBron James' absence to pull away from Los
Angeles late.
Morant's triple-double included 10 rebounds and a game-high-tying 10
assists. The 39 points were his second most this season (he had 49
against the Houston Rockets in October), while the triple-double was
his sixth of the campaign.
The Lakers, who led by as many as six points in the third period,
saw a three-game winning streak end shortly after learning that
James is expected to miss at least two weeks with a foot injury that
occurred in a Sunday win at Dallas. With Anthony Davis (28 points,
19 rebounds) and Lonnie Walker IV (21 points) leading the way, the
Lakers played the Grizzlies to a 73-all tie before Memphis closed
the third quarter with a 20-11 burst to take the lead for good.
Wizards 119, Hawks 116
Bradley Beal scored a season-high 37 points, 12 in the fourth
quarter, to help short-handed Washington overtake host Atlanta and
ruin the debut of new head coach Quin Snyder.
Washington trailed by eight points with 6:03 remaining. Beal led the
comeback and put the Wizards ahead to stay with a drive with 2:30
left, then had two more baskets to preserve the lead. Atlanta's Trae
Young had two chances to tie the game in the final 4.7 seconds but
missed a pair of 3-pointers.
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Feb 28, 2023; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;
San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson (3) dribbles the ball
against Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen (23) in the second half at
Vivint Arena. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports
Kyle Kuzma added 28 points for Washington. The
Wizards played without Kristaps Porzingis (left knee soreness) and
Monte Morris (lower back soreness) for the second straight game.
Young had 31 points and seven assists to lead the Hawks.
Raptors 104, Bulls 98
Pascal Siakam had 20 points and eight rebounds, and host Toronto
defeated Chicago.
Gary Trent Jr. added 19 points off the bench for the Raptors, who
have won eight of their past 10 games. O.G. Anunoby scored 17
points, Jakob Poeltl had 14, Scottie Barnes scored 11 and Fred
VanVleet tallied just three points on 1-of-11 shooting but added
nine assists.
Nikola Vucevic scored 23 points for the Bulls, who had won their two
previous games. Zach LaVine added 17 points, DeMar DeRozan scored 13
points and Ayo Dosunmu scored 10.
Kings 123, Thunder 117
Harrison Barnes scored 29 points to lead five players in double
figures as visiting Sacramento extended its winning streak to four
games with a victory over Oklahoma City.
Domantas Sabonis had 22 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists for
Sacramento, which improved to a season-high 11 games over .500 after
beating Oklahoma City for the second time in three days. Jalen
Williams led Oklahoma City with 27 points and eight assists, while
Dario Saric added 21 points.
Oklahoma City, which lost its fourth straight, battled back from a
17-point deficit to tie the game at 98 with 8:50 remaining. Barnes
scored eight points during a 12-2 run to help Sacramento regain
control. Davion Mitchell, who started in place of injured point
guard De'Aaron Fox (left wrist soreness), sealed the victory with
four points in the final minute.
Warriors 123, Trail Blazers 105
Jordan Poole and Klay Thompson combined for 24 points in a
third-quarter flurry that rallied Golden State from a huge deficit
and into a victory over Portland in San Francisco.
Poole finished with a game-high 29 points and Thompson 23 for the
Warriors, who welcomed back Draymond Green from a knee injury and
won a third straight in part due to his 12 points, nine rebounds,
eight assists and two blocks. Oakland native Damian Lillard, coming
off a 71-point explosion in a home win over the Houston Rockets, had
a team-high 25 points, and Jerami Grant 24 for Portland, which led
by 23 points at one point.
Grant's jumper had the Trail Blazers in front 74-58 four minutes
into the third quarter before the Warriors took charge. First, Poole
contributed eight points to a 14-0 run that got Golden State back
into the thick of things, down just 74-72 with 4:59 remaining in the
period. The Warriors went into the fourth with an 87-82 advantage,
and the Blazers never led again.
Timberwolves 108, Clippers 101
Jaden McDaniels scored 20 points and Anthony Edwards added 18 as
visiting Minnesota ended a three-game losing streak with a victory
over Los Angeles.
Rudy Gobert scored 16 points and Kyle Anderson added 12 points and
10 rebounds as the Timberwolves helped their playoff prospects by
winning during the second game of a four-game visit to California.
Paul George scored 25 points and Kawhi Leonard added 23 as the
Clippers lost their third consecutive game, all with Russell
Westbrook on the roster after he was acquired following a trade by
the Los Angeles Lakers and a buyout by the Utah Jazz.
A 5-0 burst from George brought the Clippers within 103-98 before
Anderson scored inside as the Timberwolves went up 105-98 with 1:01
left in the game. An off-balance 3-pointer from Westbrook cut the
Minnesota advantage to 105-101 with 42 seconds left before a Gobert
dunk put the Wolves up by six with 23 seconds remaining.
--Field Level Media
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