CELTICS 120,
LAKERS 107
LOS ANGELES -- Kyrie Irving scored
30 points and Marcus Smart had
16 in the Boston
Celtics' 120-107 victory over the short-handed Los Angeles
Lakers on Saturday night in the latest edition of this storied
NBA rivalry.
Marcus Morris had
16 points and seven rebounds, and Gordon Hayward added
15 points as the Celtics continued to gather momentum for the postseason with
their third consecutive win on a four-game California trip that concludes
Monday against the Clippers.
Boston was challenged while LeBron James put
up his 80th career triple-double in a patchwork Lakers lineup missing three
injured starters, but Irving hit a series of big shots down the stretch to seal
it. After missing Wednesday's win at Sacramento with a bruised thigh, Irving
added seven rebounds and seven assists against his famous teammate on the
championship-winning Cleveland
Cavaliers in 2016.
James had 30 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds in his
seventh triple-double for the Lakers, who have lost five straight in a playoff
chase that looks futile at this point.
The Lakers played without Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma after
receiving another round of discouraging injury news before the game. Ingram was
ruled out for the season with a blood clot in his upper body, a potentially
serious problem.
BUCKS 131, HORNETS 114
MILWAUKEE -- Giannis
Antetokounmpo had 26 points, 13 rebounds and six assists and
Milwaukee beat Charlotte for its NBA-best 50th victory.
Brook Lopez added
25 points and eight rebounds as the Bucks used a second-half surge to knock out
the Hornets. It's just the second 50-win season in the past 30 years for
Milwaukee (50-16), which went 52-30 during the 2000-01 season and reached the
Eastern Conference finals.
Kemba Walker led
Charlotte with 25 points.
TRAIL BLAZERS 127, SUNS 120
PORTLAND, Ore. -- CJ McCollum scored
26 points and Portland snapped Phoenix's three-game winning streak.
Damian
Lillard had 18 points and nine assists, while Jusuf Nurkic added
14 points and nine rebounds. The Blazers, who had lost three of their previous
four games as they jockey for playoff position in the Western Conference, led
by as many as 29 points.
Devin Booker led
the Suns with 23 points.
TIMBERWOLVES 135, WIZARDS 130, OT
MINNEAPOLIS -- Karl-Anthony
Towns had 40 points and 16 rebounds before leaving in the final
seconds of regulation with a knee injury in Minnesota's overtime victory over
Washington.
The Timberwolves outscored the Wizards 14-9 in the extra
period for their fifth straight home win. Derrick Rose scored
29 points, including a wild 19-footer that put the Wolves up 131-127 with 58.2
seconds to play.
Bradley Beal led
Washington with 36 points and Trevor Ariza added
27.
NETS 114, HAWKS 112
ATLANTA -- Spencer
Dinwiddie scored 23 points, Jarrett Allen added
20 points and 12 rebounds and Brooklyn held off Atlanta for its third straight
victory.
The Nets moved into a tie for sixth place in the Eastern
Conference despite missing a staggering 21 free throws to give the Hawks a
chance at the end. After Joe Harris hit
one of two foul shots with 16.3 seconds remaining, Trae Young dribbled
down the clock and passed to 42-year-old Vince Carter,
who missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer.
John Collins finished
with 33 points and a career-high 20 rebounds for Atlanta. Young had a
triple-double with 23 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds.
KINGS 102, KNICKS 94
NEW YORK -- De'Aaron Fox had
30 points and eight assists and Sacramento beat New York to open a four-game
trip.
Fox scored 12 points in the final six minutes after the
Knicks erased a 12-point lead to take a two-point lead.
Dennis Smith
Jr. scored 18 points for the Knicks. They have lost five straight.
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