Nikola Jokic had 35 factors, 22 rebounds and a season-high 17 assists for his fifth straight triple-double, and the host Denver Nuggets held on to beat the Sacramento Kings 132-123 on Thursday night time.
Jokic, who was voted an All-Star starter on Thursday, has secured every triple-double throughout his present streak earlier than the top of the third quarter. He’s the primary participant since 1996-97 to have 5 straight triple-doubles earlier than the fourth quarter, and 14 of his NBA-leading 20 have are available in that vogue.
Christian Braun had 21 factors, Michael Porter Jr. scored 20 and Russell Westbrook and Jamal Murray contributed 18 factors every for Denver, which has received 4 straight.
Domantas Sabonis had 23 factors and 19 rebounds, DeMar DeRozan scored 24 and De’Aaron Fox completed with 17 factors for Sacramento, which is now 10-3 underneath interim head coach Doug Christie.
Clippers 110, Wizards 93
James Harden recorded his second triple-double of the season and host Los Angeles despatched Washington to a twelfth consecutive loss.
On his method to an 83rd profession triple-double, Harden scored 17 factors, dished 13 assists and grabbed 12 rebounds. Norman Powell scored a team-high 22 factors, Derrick Jones Jr. added 19 and Kawhi Leonard tallied 15 factors and 7 rebounds.
Jordan Poole led Washington with 24 factors and 9 assists. Bilal Coulibaly added 15 factors, Alex Sarr recorded 14 factors and 10 rebounds, and Jonas Valanciunas had 12 factors and 10 rebounds.
Bucks 125, Warmth 96
Damian Lillard got here up one rebound in need of a triple-double, scoring 29 factors and dishing 11 assists to steer Milwaukee to a win over visiting Miami.
Milwaukee was in a position to make it house in time after not having the ability to depart New Orleans till 3 p.m. Central time, with the sport being delayed by one hour. Regardless of not having a standard pregame, Milwaukee received its fifth in a row. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 25 factors and Gary Trent Jr. added 21 off the bench, all off 3-pointers.
With out Jimmy Butler on account of a two-game suspension, Kel’el Ware led Miami with 22 factors and Tyler Herro added 21.
Raptors 122, Hawks 119
RJ Barrett sank a tiebreaking 3-pointer to place Toronto forward for good with 2:51 remaining, and the visiting Raptors defeated Atlanta.
Scottie Barnes scored a team-high 25 factors, Bruce Brown had 18 factors off the bench and Chris Boucher and Jakob Poeltl contributed 17 apiece as Toronto received its fourth sport in 5 tries and improved to 2-19 on the highway.
Bogdan Bogdanovic led Atlanta with 23 factors, whereas Dyson Daniels added 22 factors and Onyeka Okongwu collected 19 factors and 12 rebounds. Trae Younger tallied 18 factors and 13 assists for the Hawks, who dropped their third straight sport.
Lakers 117, Celtics 96
Anthony Davis recorded 24 factors, eight rebounds and three blocked photographs to assist Los Angeles hand visiting Boston its worst lack of the season.
Austin Reaves had 23 factors and 6 assists and LeBron James added 20 factors, 14 rebounds and 6 assists for Los Angeles, which received for the fourth time prior to now 5 video games.
Kristaps Porzingis had 22 factors and 7 rebounds for the Celtics, who’ve break up their previous 10 video games after starting the season with 26 wins in 35 video games. Jaylen Brown had 17 factors and eight rebounds and Jayson Tatum added 16 factors, six rebounds and 5 assists.
Mavericks 121, Thunder 115
Spencer Dinwiddie scored 28 factors and Kyrie Irving added 24 as visiting Dallas beat Oklahoma Metropolis, which misplaced at house for the primary time since Nov. 17, snapping a 12-game win streak.
P.J. Washington added 22 factors and 19 rebounds as Dallas shot 52.7 p.c. Olivier-Maxence Prosper chipped in 14 factors off the bench for the Mavericks, who completed 3-1 this season towards the West-leading Thunder.
Jalen Williams led Oklahoma Metropolis with 33 factors and in addition had seven assists. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander netted 31 factors after scoring a career-high 54 in a house win over Utah on Wednesday.
Spurs 140, Pacers 110
Victor Wembanyama collected 30 factors and 11 rebounds as a part of a profitable homecoming, main San Antonio to a drubbing of Indiana in Paris.
Wembanyama, a Frenchman who additionally bought to play in his native nation this previous summer season on the Paris Olympics, rounded out his full efficiency with six assists and 5 blocks. 9 of his factors, six of his boards and 4 of his rejections got here within the third quarter, the place San Antonio outscored Indiana 45-23 to nearly put the sport away.
Devin Vassell provided 25 factors, Harrison Barnes completed with 20 and Jeremy Sochan posted 13 to associate with 9 rebounds for San Antonio, which was deadly from past the arc (18-for-36) and overcame 20 turnovers. Indiana’s Bennedict Mathurin went for twenty-four factors and Pascal Siakam chipped in 18 factors and 6 assists.
Warriors 131, Bulls 106
Stephen Curry scored 21 factors, Quinten Submit and Gui Santos recorded profession highs off the bench and Golden State endured a 64-point explosion within the first half by visiting Chicago for a victory in San Francisco.
Submit, in simply his sixth NBA sport, led the Warriors’ bench assault with 20 factors, whereas Santos scored 19 factors. Every hit 5 3-pointers as Golden State halted a two-game skid.
Zach LaVine tallied a game-high 24 factors for the Bulls, who misplaced for the sixth time in seven video games. Josh Giddey contributed 16 factors and 11 rebounds.
Path Blazers 101, Magic 79
Portland used a stifling defensive effort to spoil Orlando star Franz Wagner’s return and scored its second three-game profitable streak of the season with a highway rout of the Magic.
Wagner, who missed 20 video games with an indirect harm, scored a team-high 20 factors on 9-of-19 taking pictures from the ground. Portland held the remainder of the Magic to only 17-of-57 taking pictures (29.8 p.c), together with a 1-of-14 efficiency by Paolo Banchero. Banchero’s eight factors have been his fewest since a six-point outing on Nov. 29, 2023.
The Blazers, in the meantime, complemented their finest defensive displaying of the season with a balanced scoring effort. 5 Blazers scored in double figures, led by Anfernee Simons with 21 factors. All 5 Portland starters scored at the least eight factors. Robert Williams III grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds to go together with eight factors and 4 blocked photographs.