Luka Doncic had 27 points, recording another triple-double but failing to score 30 for the first time in seven games, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Chicago Bulls 127-92 on Monday night.
Doncic finished with 14 assists and 12 rebounds, but came out of the blowout midway through the fourth quarter to end his NBA record triple-double streak at 30 points at six.
Daniel Gafford made history by making 9 of 9, extending his shooting streak to 28. It’s the longest streak since the NBA began tracking play-by-play data in 1996-97 , according to the Elias Sports Bureau. He finished with 20 points.
Doncic set the tone as Dallas outscored Chicago by 28 in the first quarter. The Mavericks gave up a season low in points while handing the Bulls their most lopsided loss.
SUNS 117, HORSEMEN 111
CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 37 points and Devin Booker scored 27 in his return from a sprained right ankle, rallying Phoenix to injury-depleted Cleveland.
Durant also had eight rebounds and six assists for the Suns, who are one game ahead of Sacramento for sixth place in the Western Conference. Booker had missed four games due to his injury, but played a good 38 minutes and had seven assists and six rebounds.
Phoenix trailed 63-44 midway through the second quarter, but responded with a 43-15 run that ended deep in the third. Booker then put the Suns ahead for good at 106-104 by scoring in transition with seven minutes remaining.
Darius Garland scored 30 points and Caris LeVert had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Cavaliers. Cleveland trailed 113-111 with 51 seconds on the clock before Jarrett Allen and Isaac Okoro committed back-to-back turnovers to end its comeback hopes.
WARRIORS 112, SPURS 102
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Jonathan Kuminga scored 21 points, Klay Thompson added 20 and Golden State overcame a slow start to beat San Antonio.
San Antonio rookie Victor Wembanyama had 27 points and 14 rebounds in his return from a game absence after spraining his right ankle in the first half of Tuesday’s loss at Houston. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said he didn’t know if Wembanyama would play against Houston on Tuesday.
Devin Vassell added 17 points and Keldon Johnson added 16 points for the Spurs.
Warriors rookie Trayce Jackson-Davis added 13 points and 10 rebounds, including one one-handed dunk on Wembanyama in the final minute that dropped the 7-foot-4 rookie from San Antonio on the court.
PISTONS 114, HORNETS 97
DETROIT (AP) — Cade Cunningham scored 12 of his 22 points in the first quarter to help Detroit build a double-digit lead and he finished with eight assists in a win against Charlotte.
Cunningham reached 1,200 points and 400 assists in his 54th game, getting those totals in a season faster than any player in franchise history, a game faster than the Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas during the 1984-85 season.
The Pistons only won 11 games, but they swept the three-game series against Charlotte.
Hornets rookie Brandon Miller scored 19 points and Miles Bridges 24, but the Flint native and former Michigan State star missed 15 of 24 shots.
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