MILWAUKEE (AP) — Damian Lillard had 31 points and 16 assists and Bobby Portis had 31 points and 10 rebounds to lead Milwaukee past the Phoenix Suns 140-129 on Sunday, as the Bucks made 24 3-pointers to win without star Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Antetokounmpo, averaging 30.8 points and 11.2 rebounds, was out because of left hamstring soreness. He missed only his fourth game of the season and first since March 4, when he was out with Achilles tendinitis.
Phoenix trailed 109-94 after three quarters, but closed to 122-115 on a Bradley Beal lay-in with 6:17 to play. Lillard’s 3-pointer from top left put Milwaukee up 134-120 with 3:18 left.
Khris Middleton added 22 points for Milwaukee in his first game back after missing 16 games with a sprained left ankle. The Bucks finished 24 of 41 from 3-point range, with Portis and Malik Beasley making five each.
Beal had 28 points, Grayson Allen had 25 points and Devin Booker scored 23 for Phoenix.
MAVERICKS 107, NUGGETS 105
DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving fired a left-handed shot at the buzzer, capping a wild final 26 seconds and giving Dallas a victory over Denver.
The Nuggets rallied from 13 points down midway through the fourth quarter and took the lead on Jamal Murray’s tiebreaker 3-pointer with 26 seconds left.
Luka Doncic responded almost immediately on the inside pass after a timeout, hitting from several yards behind the arc for a 105-105 tie.
After Murray missed an elbow in the final seconds, Dallas called a timeout. The right-handed Irving took the inside pass, dribbled with his left hand as Nikola Jokic chased and hit the shot from about 20 feet away.
Denver had a five-game road winning streak halted. The Nuggets had won all five games by double digits, a first in franchise history.
MAGIC 111, REPORTS 96
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Paolo Banchero scored 29 points and the Orlando Magic pulled away from Toronto, handing the Raptors their seventh straight loss.
Franz Wagner had 22 points, nine rebounds and five assists for Orlando, and his brother Moritz scored 14 points. The Magic improved to 8-2 in their last 10 games.
Jordan Nwora led the injury-ravaged Raptors with 18 points, including 12 in an impressive third-quarter outburst. Gary Trent Jr. scored 15 points, and Immanuel Quickley and Bruce Brown each had 12.
The Raptors, who lead the NBA in fast break points after scoring 37 in a loss to the Magic on Friday night, were held to just 16. They made 8 of 31 from 3-point range and committed 18 turnovers.
CELTS 130, WIZARDS 104
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sam Hauser had career highs of 30 points and 10 3-pointers to help short-handed Boston beat Washington.
Jayson Tatum also scored 30 points with six 3-pointers as the NBA-leading Celtics made 24 shots from beyond the arc in a game in which they never trailed despite missing of three holders.
In the first of back-to-back games — with a game against Detroit on Monday — Derrick White (left hand sprain) and Jaylen Brown (right ankle sprain) joined Kristaps Porzingis (right hamstring sprain) among the playing ranks wounded from Boston.
Tatum was also questionable with an ankle issue on Wednesday. Instead, he played in his 31st consecutive game and Hauser made his 16th career start to propel Boston to 81 points before halftime and a lead that grew to 36 points in the third quarter.
Hauser shot 10 for 13 from long range and Boston made 17 for 28 from 3-point range in the first half. The Celtics shot 48% from beyond the arc despite their starters being pulled midway through the third quarter.
HEAT 104, PISTONS 101
DETROIT (AP) — Bam Adebayo scored a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift Miami to a victory over Detroit.
Cade Cunningham missed a 3-pointer for Detroit with 9 seconds left and Terry Rozier sprinted up the court with the rebound. He couldn’t reach the basket, so he threw the ball to Adebayo, who made his third 3-pointer in the last three games.
Duncan Robinson scored a season-high 30 points for Miami on 10-of-15 shooting. Adebayo had 20 points and 17 rebounds as the Heat beat the Pistons for the second time in three days.
Robinson made his 1,000th career 3-pointer in the first quarter. He reached the 343-game mark, breaking the NBA record of 350 set by Buddy Hield.
SPURS 122, NETS 115, OT
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama had 33 points and 16 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs overcame Cam Thomas’ 31 points and beat Brooklyn in overtime.
Wembanyama added seven assists and seven blocks while collecting his 36th double-double in 60 games. The 7-foot-4 rookie center has five games of at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, five blocks and five assists.
Wembanyama made an alley-oop dunk and followed by blocking Dennis Schroder’s layup attempt, preserving San Antonio’s lead 116-115 with 38 seconds remaining.
Schroder finished with 19 points and Mikal Bridges added 14, including three in a low-scoring overtime.
Keldon Johnson’s 3-point basket with 64 seconds left in regulation gave the Spurs a 110-107 lead. Johnson’s 3 capped a 17-4 run, including four straight points from Wembanyama to tie the game.
