BUCKS 113, HEAT 98
MIAMI -- Giannis
Antetokounmpo scored 33 points, and the Milwaukee
Bucks rallied from a 20-point halftime deficit to beat
the Miami Heat 113-98
on Friday night.
Antetokounmpo also had 16 rebounds and nine assists for the
Bucks, who became the first team in NBA history to trail by at least 20 points
at the half and win by more than 11. Khris
Middleton scored 21 and Eric Bledsoe had
17 for the NBA-best Bucks, who improved to 52-17.
Milwaukee outscored Miami 71-36 in the second half.
Justise
Winslow had all of his 20 points in the first half for Miami,
which had its lead over Orlando and Charlotte for the No. 8 spot in the Eastern
Conference trimmed to just one game.
ROCKETS 108, SUNS 102
HOUSTON -- James Harden had
41 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds, and Houston outlasted Phoenix.
The Rockets had trouble putting away the Suns, who have won
just 16 games this season, and trailed for much of the night as they struggled
from long-range, making just 11 of 40 3-pointers.
It's Houston's franchise-record 10th straight win over the
Suns, and the Rockets have won 10 of their last 11 games overall.
Devin Booker had
29 points for the Suns, who lost their second in a row.
TRAIL BLAZERS 122, PELICANS 110
NEW ORLEANS -- Damian
Lillard scored 24 points and became the second-leading scorer
in Trail Blazers history as Portland beat New Orleans.
Lillard passed LaMarcus
Aldridge (12,562) on the team's list, giving him 12,584 and
leaving only Clyde Drexler ahead
of him with 18,040.
C.J. McCollum added 23 points, and Enes Kanter and Rodney Hood each
had 17 points for the Trail Blazers, who improved to 8-3 since the All-Star
break. Zach Collins scored
12 points and Jusuf Nurkic had
11 points and 12 rebounds as Portland handed New Orleans its fifth consecutive
loss despite impressive performances by a couple of Pelicans.
New Orleans' Julius Randle had
a career-high 45 points and 11 rebounds.
CLIPPERS 128, BULLS 121
LOS ANGELES -- Danilo
Gallinari scored 27 points, Montrezl
Harrell added 26 and Los Angeles rallied in a third quarter
that saw both coaches ejected for arguing to beat Chicago.
The Clippers trailed 63-57 at halftime, but took control in
the third by scoring a season-high 45 points to go up 102-84 going into the
fourth. Los Angeles shot 40.8 percent from the field in the first half but was
16 of 24 in the third quarter and 5 of 8 on 3-pointers. The Clippers also had
six steals and forced seven turnovers.
Gallinari scored 12 points in the quarter and Landry Shamet made
three 3s. Los Angeles opened the quarter with a 19-4 run and the lead reached
18 shortly before Clippers coach Doc Rivers and Bulls coach Jim Boylen were
kicked out when they began arguing with 1:10 remaining after Boylen felt
Harrell was too aggressive on an offensive foul.
HORNETS 116, WIZARDS 110
WASHINGTON -- Kemba Walker scored
28 points and Charlotte beat Washington in a matchup of teams chasing the final
Eastern Conference playoff berth.
Jeremy Lamb added
18 points and eight rebounds, and Nicolas Batum and Tony Parker had
16 points apiece for Charlotte, which defeated Washington for the second time
in eight days.
Bradley Beal,
who had 15 points in a loss at Charlotte last Friday, had 23 by halftime Friday
night and finished with 40 points on 15-of-29 shooting.
76ERS 123, KINGS 114
PHILADELPHIA -- Joel Embiid had
21 points and 17 rebounds and made some big plays on both ends of the court
late in the fourth quarter, Jimmy Butler scored
22 points and Philadelphia beat Sacramento.
Tobias Harris and JJ Redick each
added 19 points and Ben Simmons contributed
18 for the 76ers, who won their third in a row to pull even with idle Indiana
for the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference. Philadelphia holds the tiebreaker
with the Pacers and is trying to maintain hold of home court in a first-round
playoff series, something Coach Brett Brown said he coveted before the contest.
Fifth-seeded Boston is two games behind the 76ers and Pacers.
Harrison
Barnes and De'Aaron Fox had
16 points apiece for Sacramento, which lost its third in a row and seventh in
the last nine to further hurt its playoff push.
SPURS 109, KNICKS 83
SAN ANTONIO -- LaMarcus Aldridge had 18 points and 11
rebounds, and San Antonio beat New York to extend its season-best winning
streak to seven games.
DeMar DeRozan and Bryn Forbes each
had 13 points for San Antonio, whose previous season high was five straight
victories.
New York, which was without injured point guard Dennis Smith
Jr., lost its eighth straight.
PISTONS 111, LAKERS 97
DETROIT -- Andre
Drummond had 19 points and 23 rebounds, and Detroit took
advantage of LeBron James'
absence, beating Los Angeles.
The Lakers, who have fallen well off the pace in the Western
Conference playoff race, have been managing James' minutes, and he sat out this
game entirely. Los Angeles played at Toronto the previous night.
The Lakers were also without Lonzo Ball (left
ankle), Tyson
Chandler (neck), Brandon
Ingram (right arm) and Lance
Stephenson (toe).
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