NBA roundup: Nets stun Celts with NBA's biggest comeback of season
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[March 04, 2023]
Mikal Bridges led all scorers with 38 points and the visiting
Brooklyn Nets overcame a 28-point deficit, the biggest comeback in
the NBA this season, to defeat the Boston Celtics 115-105 on Friday
night.
Bridges made 13 of 22 field goals, including four 3-pointers. He
also had 10 rebounds and four assists.
Cam Johnson added 20 points for the Nets, who also received 17
points apiece from Spencer Dinwiddie and Dorian Finney-Smith. Center
Nic Claxton had a team-high 12 rebounds.
Jaylen Brown scored 35 points to lead Boston, which was held to 41
points in the second half. Jayson Tatum, who turned 25 on Friday,
finished with 22 points and 13 rebounds, but he missed all eight of
his 3-point attempts.
Knicks 122, Heat 120
Julius Randle scored a game-high 43 points -- including a go-ahead,
off-balance 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds left -- as visiting New York
won its eighth straight game, defeating Miami.
Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson, the reigning Eastern Conference
Player of the Month, had 25 points and a game-high eight assists.
Immanuel Quickley scored 21 points off the bench for New York.
Jimmy Butler scored 33 points to lead Miami, which has lost six of
its past seven games. New York matched its longest win streak of the
season, which ran from Dec. 4 to 20.
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Magic 117, Hornets 106
Paolo Banchero poured in 31 points and visiting Orlando scored in
bunches in the first three quarters on the way to defeating
Charlotte.
The Magic's next three top scorers were reserves: Cole Anthony with
16 points, Jalen Suggs with 15 and Moritz Wagner with 13. Wendell
Carter Jr. added 12 points and a team-high nine rebounds.
Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 29 points to go with 10 rebounds, but the
Hornets lost their second game in a row since losing point guard
LaMelo Ball to an ankle fracture earlier in the week. Terry Rozier
posted 22 points, Gordon Hayward 17 and Mark Williams 13 points for
Charlotte, which was hurt by 21 turnovers.
Hawks 129, Trail Blazers 111
Dejounte Murray scored a career-high 41 points to lead Atlanta to a
win over visiting Portland, handing coach Quin Snyder his first
victory with his new team.
Murray, who produced his previous high of 40 at Portland on Jan. 30,
scored 23 in the first half on Friday. He finished 17-for-22 from
the field, including 5-for-5 from 3-point range, and added six
assists and five rebounds.
Portland was led by Damian Lillard, who had 33 points and eight
assists. Cam Reddish added 25 points, one shy of his season high,
and Jeremi Grant scored 14. The Blazers have lost three in a row and
dropped five of their past six.
Suns 125, Bulls 104
Devin Booker scored 35 points and Josh Okogie added 25 to lift over
host Chicago for its 14th win in 19 games.
Booker made 12 of 24 shots from the floor -- including 6 of 10 from
3-point range. He also torched Chicago for scored 51 points on Nov.
30. Kevin Durant, playing his second game with the Suns, scored 20
points to increase his career total to 26,727 and move past Hall of
Famer Oscar Robertson (26,710) into 13th place in NBA history.
Durant added nine rebounds and six assists.
Chicago's DeMar DeRozan sank 13 of 18 shots from the floor to finish
with 31 points. Zach LaVine added 27 points and Nikola Vucevic
recorded 13 points and nine rebounds for the Bulls, who have lost
eight of their last 11 games.
Nuggets 113, Grizzlies 97
Nikola Jokic had 18 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists for his 25th
triple-double of the season as host Denver beat Memphis.
Jamal Murray had 22 points and nine assists and sparked a big fourth
quarter for the first-place Nuggets, who increased their lead in the
Western Conference to six games over the second-place Grizzlies.
Michael Porter Jr. amassed 26 points and eight rebounds, Bruce Brown
had 15 points and Aaron Gordon scored 13 as Denver won for the
seventh time in eight games.
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Mar 3, 2023; Boston, Massachusetts, USA;
Brooklyn Nets forward Mikal Bridges (1) shoots the ball against
Boston Celtics center Al Horford (42) during the first half at TD
Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports
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Ja Morant produced 27 points and 10 assists,
Desmond Bane scored 19 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. added 15 points and
Xavier Tillman finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds for the
Grizzlies. Memphis saw its three-game winning streak end.
Timberwolves 110, Lakers 102
Rudy Gobert had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Anthony Edwards added 19
points and visiting Minnesota beat Los Angeles.
Naz Reid contributed 15 points and eight rebounds for Minnesota,
which has won two straight following a three-game skid. Mike Conley
scored five of his 14 points in the final 1:13 to help secure the
victory.
Anthony Davis led the Lakers with 38 points on 12-of-22 shooting,
and he went 12 of 14 from the foul line. Davis made a pair of
3-pointers and grabbed five rebounds.
Thunder 130, Jazz 103
Aaron Wiggins scored a season-high 27 points, 17 in the fourth
quarter, to help Oklahoma City beat visiting Utah.
Josh Giddey added 18 points, 13 assists and six rebounds for the
Thunder while Jalen Williams scored 20. Five different Oklahoma City
players scored at least 17 points.
The Jazz, who have dropped back-to-back games, never led. Lauri
Markkanen led Utah with 20 points and added 10 rebounds.
Kings 128, Clippers 127
De'Aaron Fox recorded 33 points, seven rebounds and seven assists
and Sacramento won its fifth straight game by prevailing over
visiting Los Angeles.
Domantas Sabonis added 23 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists and
made two free throws with seven seconds remaining to put the Kings
ahead. Paul George of the Clippers missed a 3-pointer as time
expired in a contest in which 96 fewer points were scored than in
last Friday's matchup between the two teams.
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George scored 28 points and Russell Westbrook had 27 points and 10
assists as the Los Angeles lost its fifth consecutive game. Eric
Gordon scored 21 points, Robert Covington added 15 and Mason Plumlee
had 13.
Warriors 108, Pelicans 99
Klay Thompson scored a game-high 27 points and Golden State worked
its come-from-behind magic once again to outlast New Orleans in San
Francisco.
Donte DiVincenzo came through with three big plays down the stretch
as the Warriors, playing without Stephen Curry and Andrew Wiggins,
completed a 5-0 homestand to continue a push up the Western
Conference standings.
Jonathan Kuminga, coming off the Golden State bench, chipped in with
19 points, seven rebounds and four steals. CJ McCollum had a
team-high 25 points and Brandon Ingram added 17 for the Pelicans,
who lost for the fifth time in six games as they also deal with
injuries to several key players, including Zion Williamson.
--Field Level Media
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