Damian Lillard matched his season-high with 39 factors and the Milwaukee Bucks took down the Houston Rockets 128-119 to win their fourth recreation in a row and enhance to 19-7 general.
Lillard shot 11-of-19 from the sphere with 5 triples and 12-of-13 from the free throw line, including 11 assists and three steals in a masterful efficiency.
In the meantime Giannis Antetokounmpo handed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to maneuver into first all-time in Bucks whole rebounds (7,165) after racking up 26 factors with 17 boards within the win.
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The Bucks remained in charge of this one from the opening tip, by no means permitting the Rockets to get nearer than 5 factors within the second and third quarters.
Houston chipped away on the scoreboard within the final time period, however every time they acquired shut, Lillard or Antetokounmpo responded on the different finish of the ground.
Contained in the final 38 seconds of the sport, Dillon Brooks was issued a technical foul by the referee for allegedly flopping when flying for a free ball earlier than he went off on the official.
It resulted in Brooks and each Rockets coach Ime Udoaka being ejected from the sport for arguing the decision.
Fred Valvleet’s 22 factors led all 5 Rockets in double figures, however they fell to 13-10 general.
ELSEWHERE …
The Golden State Warriors could be struggling this season, however Steph Curry continues to be the identical wonderful Steph Curry.
In the course of the second quarter of the Warriors’116-114 win over the Portland Path Blazers, Curry reached into his bag of methods with an epic close to full courtroom behind-the-back help.
The Warriors compelled a turnover earlier than Curry gathered the ball at Portland’s three-point line and dished it behind his again previous to DeAndre Ayton to Moses Moody on the different finish of the ground for a simple slam.
Regardless of the win, Curry was held to a season-low seven factors together with capturing 0-of-8 past the arc within the recreation. It marked Curry’s first common season recreation with no three-pointer since November 2018, snapping a 268-game streak – the longest in NBA historical past.
With the sharpshooter down on kind, Klay Thompson (28 factors on 11-of-16 capturing, 5-of-10 from downtown) and Andrew Wiggins (25 factors on 9-of-12 capturing, 4-of-6 from three) stepped up because the Warriors crept nearer to .500 at 12-14 and improved to 2-1 since Draymond Inexperienced’s suspension.
Earlier, Boston improved their excellent NBA house file to 14-0 as Jaylen Brown keyed a fourth-quarter surge that noticed the Celtics draw back for a 114-97 victory over the Orlando Magic.
Brown scored 17 of his 31 factors within the last interval to assist the Celtics, who led by 9 by means of three quarters, push their result in as many as 23.
Jayson Tatum scored 23 factors, and Kristaps Porzingis added 15 factors and 10 rebounds in his return from a one-game absence.
The Celtics withstood a 36-point, 10-rebound efficiency from Orlando’s Paolo Banchero to beat the Magic for the second time in three days.
Stung by that defeat on Saturday, the Magic raced to an early 10-point lead, however the Celtics turned the tide within the second quarter and by no means trailed after the break.
The Celtics had dropped 4 straight to the Magic earlier than beating them on Saturday in a win Brown known as their greatest of the 12 months.
“We will’t skip no steps,” he stated.
“Orlando has been a type of groups that has had our quantity within the final 12 months and a half… We take the best mentality and we come out on high, and I like that.” Brown, who added 5 rebounds, six assists, one steal and one block, stated his fourth-quarter burst was only a matter of falling right into a rhythm.
“I’m a do no matter our workforce wants form of man,” he stated. “First quarter, fourth quarter, it don’t matter, I simply make the most of the alternatives I get.”
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In different early motion, the New Orleans Pelicans drilled a franchise file 22 three-pointers in a dominant 146-110 victory over the Spurs in San Antonio.
CJ McCollum made six of his seven three-point makes an attempt on the best way to 29 factors. Brandon Ingram was five-of-seven from past the arc and scored 26 factors for the Pelicans, who threw some chilly water on the Spurs’ halftime ceremony honouring Tony Parker’s induction into the Corridor of Fame in August.
Rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama scored 17 factors and grabbed 13 rebounds underneath the attention of fellow Frenchman Parker, his childhood idol.
The Spurs, who snapped their 18-game shedding streak with a victory over LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday, took a 6-0 lead on Wembanyama’s alley-oop dunk within the opening minutes however had little to have fun the remainder of the best way.
After lacking their first 5 pictures, the Pelicans discovered their vary. They led by 13 after the primary quarter and by no means appeared again.
Zion Williamson completed with 15 factors, Jonas Valanciunas added 15 with 15 rebounds and Jose Alvarado added 16 factors off the bench for New Orleans.
ALL RESULTS
MAGIC 97 CELTICS 114
PELICANS 146 SPURS 110
ROCKETS 119 BUCKS 128
WIZARDS 108 SUNS 112
WARRIORS 116 TRAIL BLAZERS 114