Giannis Antetokounmpo had his fourth triple-double of the season and Damian Lillard scored 25 factors to guide the Milwaukee Bucks to a 128-104 NBA victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday.
Antetokounmpo scored 11 factors, grabbed 12 rebounds and saved the Bucks’ offense going together with his season-high 13 assists because the Bucks ended a two-game skid.
Milwaukee had misplaced 4 of its final 5 video games, all of these losses in opposition to groups with dropping data. However they dealt with the Raptors 8-28 convincingly regardless of lacking Khris Middleton with an ankle harm.
Bucks coach Doc Rivers stated Antetokounmpo’s passing — together with 10 assists within the first half — “set the tone for our workforce.”
“When your greatest participant does that, it turns into contagious and the ball simply strikes,” Rivers stated.
The Bucks’ solely draw back was a minimize Antetokounmpo suffered on his proper pinky finger when he hit the rim on a block try late within the first half.
Rivers stated he wanted stitches to cease the bleeding, however Antetokounmpo needed to remain in a recreation through which he and Lillard had been capable of relaxation the complete fourth quarter anyway.
In Chicago, Zach LaVine scored 35 factors with 10 rebounds and eight assists because the Bulls rallied from a 19-point third-quarter deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 114-110.
Coby White added 23 factors, driving for a go-ahead layup then throwing down a dunk to present the Bulls a 113-110 lead with 15.9 seconds left, and LaVine including one last free throw to shut out the sport.
The Bulls held off one other stellar efficiency from San Antonio star Victor Wembanyama, who had 23 factors, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and eight blocked pictures.
In Detroit, Cade Cunningham scored 32 factors and dished out 9 assists because the Pistons erased a 22-point deficit to beat the Portland Path Blazers 118-115.
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 11 of his 26 factors within the fourth quarter for Detroit, together with two consecutive three-pointers that put the Pistons up 109-106 with lower than three minutes to play.
– The suns cease their slide –
Phoenix coach Mike Budenholzer’s choice to shake up his beginning lineup paid off in Philadelphia, the place Bradley Beal got here off the bench and scored 25 factors to guide the Suns to a 109-99 victory over the 76ers shorthanded.
With the Suns on a four-game dropping streak, Budenholzer moved Beal and Jusuf Nurkic to order roles. Phoenix trailed by 12 factors within the first quarter and 4 at halftime.
However Beal scored 20 factors within the second half and the Suns bench outscored the Sixers reserves 54-7 general.
Tyrese Maxey scored 31 factors and dished out 10 assists, and Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 26 factors with 11 rebounds for Philadelphia, which was with out Joel Embiid and Kyle Lowry.
The injury-ravaged Orlando Magic beat the all of a sudden struggling Knicks 103-94 in New York.
Cole Anthony scored 24 factors and Wendell Carter Jr. got here off the bench to attain 19 for Orlando, which stays with out its high 4 scorers, Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, Jalen Suggs and Moritz Wagner.
Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges scored 24 factors every for the Knicks, who misplaced their third straight recreation on the heels of a nine-game successful streak.
In Memphis, Jaren Jackson scored 35 factors and grabbed 13 rebounds to guide the Grizzlies to a 119-104 victory over the Dallas Mavericks, who had been with out Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving and misplaced their fifth straight recreation.
The Sacramento Kings, fueled by DeMar DeRozan’s 30 factors and a 21-point, 18-rebound, 11-assist triple-double from Domantas Sabonis, rallied to beat the Miami Warmth 123-118 in a double-overtime thriller.
Down 17 with 8:07 left in regulation, the Kings tied it at 102-102 on two Sabonis free throws with 51 seconds remaining.
Each groups got here up empty on their subsequent possessions and went to time beyond regulation. They traded the lead twice en path to a second further session – through which DeRozan scored the Kings’ last 9 factors.
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