Giannis Antetokounmpo returned following a six-game absence and scored 23 factors in 24 minutes because the Milwaukee Bucks beat the visiting Los Angeles Clippers 116-110 on Thursday.
Brook Lopez scored 22 factors, Damian Lillard added 15 and Taurean Prince had 14 for Milwaukee, which outscored the Clippers by 15 within the fourth quarter. Kyle Kuzma and Kevin Porter Jr. chipped in 13 factors apiece. Milwaukee performed with out ahead Bobby Portis, who was suspended earlier within the day by the NBA for 25 video games for violating the league’s anti-drug coverage.
After sitting out one sport with proper knee ache, Antetokounmpo missed the previous 5 video games in addition to All-Star weekend with a strained left calf. He was on a minutes restriction towards the Clippers and rested for a lot of the fourth quarter because the Bucks gained management within the remaining minutes, however he nonetheless grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
Kawhi Leonard led Los Angeles with 25 factors. James Harden added 24 factors, Ivica Zubac had 20 factors and 15 rebounds, and Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 15 off the bench.
Nuggets 129, Hornets 115
Nikola Jokic produced 29 factors, 17 rebounds and 9 assists, Jamal Murray scored 34, and host Denver beat Charlotte for a ninth straight win.
Aaron Gordon scored 18 factors, Julian Strawther had 16 factors off the bench and Christian Braun put up 10 factors for Denver. Michael Porter Jr. struggled together with his shot however pulled down 11 rebounds for the Nuggets, who’re unbeaten in eight February video games.
Miles Bridges scored a season-high 36 factors and grabbed 13 rebounds, Josh Inexperienced scored 19 factors and Nick Smith Jr. contributed 16 factors for Charlotte, which was coming off a 100-97 highway win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday. Damion Baugh added 14 factors, and Moussa Diabate scored 11 factors.
Magic 114, Hawks 108
Paolo Banchero scored 36 factors and helped visiting Orlando erase a 19-point lead and defeat Atlanta.
The sport was tied 103-103 on a basket by Caris LeVert with 2:57 left, however the Magic scored 9 straight factors, together with back-to-back 3-pointers by Cole Anthony and Banchero. Banchero was 11-for-25 from the sphere to supply his seventh sport of 30-plus factors, with 11 rebounds and 5 assists. Franz Wagner added 25 factors, seven rebounds and 5 assists. Georgia native Wendell Carter Jr. had a season-high 15 rebounds.
Atlanta obtained 38 factors from Trae Younger, his sixteenth sport with 30-plus factors this season. LeVert scored 13 and Zaccharie Risacher added 11 factors and a career-high 12 rebounds.
Cavaliers 110, Nets 97
Donovan Mitchell scored 26 factors and Cleveland pulled away within the fourth quarter to beat Brooklyn in New York.
Evan Mobley collected 18 factors and 13 rebounds for the Cavaliers, Darius Garland contributed 18 factors and 9 assists, and former Brooklyn middle Jarrett Allen completed with 16 factors and a season-high 20 rebounds.
Cameron Johnson scored 18 factors for the Nets, who noticed their third three-game profitable streak of the season finish. They’ve but to win 4 straight. Keon Johnson added 16 factors and Trendon Watford put up 13.
Knicks 113, Bulls 111 (OT)
Miles McBride hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 3:58 left in extra time to start the decisive run as New York beat visiting Chicago.
Karl-Anthony Cities scored the subsequent six factors to shut out the 9-0 run for the Knicks, who led 113-106 with 1:15 remaining. Cities (32 factors, 18 rebounds), Jalen Brunson (22 factors, 12 assists) and Mikal Bridges (13 factors, 10 rebounds) all had double-doubles for the Knicks, who prolonged their profitable streak to 3 video games regardless of the absence of OG Anunoby and Josh Hart.
Josh Giddey (27 factors, 16 rebounds) had a double-double for the Bulls, who’ve misplaced 5 straight. Vucevic completed with 21 factors and 9 rebounds.
Pacers 127, Grizzlies 113
Tyrese Haliburton had 22 factors and 9 assists as Indiana rode a 50-point second quarter to a victory over Memphis in Indianapolis.
Myles Turner racked up 17 factors, 10 rebounds and 7 blocks for the Pacers. Haliburton had an damage scare when he sustained a proper shoulder contusion whereas crashing right into a courtside digital camera operator late within the third quarter, however he returned to the sport within the fourth.
Desmond Bane scored 23 factors for the Grizzlies, who’ve misplaced three of 4 video games. Ja Morant posted 12 factors and 6 assists, however he dedicated 5 turnovers and shot 4 of 15 from the sphere.
Celtics 124, 76ers 104
Payton Pritchard scored 28 factors off the bench and Jayson Tatum recorded a triple-double as Boston stormed out of the All-Star break with a highway victory over Philadelphia.
Pritchard made eight of his workforce’s 24 3-pointers, serving to Boston win its seventh straight sport away from TD Backyard and fourth in a row total. Jaylen Brown (20 factors), Kristaps Porzingis (17) and Derrick White (16 factors, 10 rebounds) additionally made stable contributions for the defending champs.
Paul George had 17 factors to tempo Philadelphia, which has misplaced six video games in a row. Tyrese Maxey (16 factors), Kelly Oubre Jr. (16) and Joel Embiid (15) had been among the many different high scorers for the Sixers.
Lakers 110, Path Blazers 102
LeBron James scored 40 factors for the second time since turning 40 and in addition grabbed eight rebounds whereas main Los Angeles to a win in Portland.
Austin Reaves added 32 factors and 7 assists because the Lakers bounced again from a dreary 100-97 house loss to the Charlotte Hornets one evening earlier. Dorian Finney-Smith had 10 factors for Los Angeles.
Deni Avdija had 28 factors and 5 assists and Toumani Camara registered 19 factors, seven rebounds and 5 steals for Portland. Scoot Henderson added 12 factors and Shaedon Sharpe had 11 for the Path Blazers, who misplaced their fourth consecutive contest.
Spurs 120, Suns 109
De’Aaron Fox scored 26 factors, together with 11 straight San Antonio factors within the remaining 3:18, because the short-handed Spurs defeated slumping Phoenix in Austin, Texas.
San Antonio performed with out star middle Victor Wembanyama, who on Thursday was dominated out for the season with a blood clot in his proper shoulder. Keldon Johnson and Julian Champagnie added 15 factors every off the bench for the Spurs, who gained for the second time in three video games.
Royce O’Neale led the Suns with 27 factors. Kevin Durant added 22, Bradley Beal had 19 and Devin Booker tallied 17 as Phoenix dropped its fourth sport in a row.