The Milwaukee Bucks erased a 26-level deficit to beat Portland 108-102 on Sunday as Phoenix and Orlando stretched their NBA profitable streaks to seven video games.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 factors and grabbed 16 rebounds for the Bucks. Teammate Damian Lillard added 31 in his first sport towards his former workforce and Milwaukee authored the largest comeback victory of the season up to now.
Lillard, who performed 11 seasons in Portland till he was traded to Milwaukee in September, admitted it was “a weird feeling” to take the court docket towards former teammates.
“But once we started playing I kind of got over it quick,” added Lillard, who added 5 rebounds and 4 assists. “I’m just happy we were able to get the win.”
Portland, fueled by 22 factors from Jerami Grant and 18 from Malcolm Brogdon, led 68-52 at halftime and pushed their benefit to 26 factors early within the third interval.
Lillard’s three-pointer tied it at 97-97 with lower than three minutes remaining. It was tied at 102-102 when Antetokounmpo tipped within the go-forward basket with 18.5 seconds left to play.
A giant block from Antetokounmpo on Brogdon and 4 free-throws from Lillard sealed it.
“We’ve been in that situation a few times this season, where our character was tested, our togetherness was tested,” Lillard mentioned. “We showed true again.”
Phoenix guard Devin Booker starred in New York, drilling a go-forward three-pointer with 1.7 seconds remaining because the Suns stored their streak going with a 116-113 victory over the Knicks.
Booker scored 28 factors and handed out 11 assists for the Suns, who had been with out famous person Kevin Durant for a second straight sport due to a sore proper foot.
Jalen Brunson scored 35 factors with six rebounds and eight assists for the Knicks, however his three-level try as time expired rimmed out.
In Orlando, Franz Wagner and Cole Anthony scored 30 factors apiece to gas the Magic’s 130-117 victory over the Charlotte Hornets.
Paolo Banchero added 23 factors and eight assists for the Magic, who out-scored the Hornets 74-60 within the paint and parlayed 18 Charlotte turnovers into 28 factors.
Up 61-57 at halftime, the Magic didn’t path within the second half. Anthony scored 17 factors within the fourth quarter to assist Orlando prolong their lead to as many as 16.
Miles Bridges led Charlotte with 23 factors and 10 rebounds, however the Hornets in the end had no reply for a Magic workforce on its longest profitable streak since a 9-win run within the 2010-11 season.
Celtics down Hawks
In Boston, Jayson Tatum scored 34 factors, Jaylen Brown added 21 to propel the Celtics to a 113-103 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.
The Celtics had been with out injured Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday, however after a lackluster loss to the Magic on Friday the brief-handed hosts hustled for the victory.
Boston pulled down a season-excessive 58 rebounds, together with 18 on the offensive glass.
Brown’s rebound of teammate Derrick White’s miss set Brown up for the spotlight of the night time — a thunderous dunk over Atlanta’s Clint Capela that introduced the TD Garden followers to their ft.
Brown mentioned holding the excessive-scoring Hawks to 103 factors was key.
“If you play defense and hold a team to a reasonable amount (of points) it’s always going to give you a chance to win,” he mentioned. “But also I think we won a lot of the hustle plays.”
The NBA champion Denver Nuggets bounced again from a disappointing loss to Houston with a 132-120 victory over rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs.
Nikola Jokic scored 39 factors with 11 rebounds and 9 assists. And he had loads of help. Michael Porter Jr. scored 25 factors and Reggie Jackson contributed 20 as 5 Denver gamers scored in double figures.
Wembanyama paced the Spurs with 22 factors and 11 rebounds, however San Antonio slumped to a twelfth straight defeat.
The Brooklyn Nets used 25 three-pointers — probably the most by any workforce up to now this season — to overcome a sluggish begin and beat the Chicago Bulls 118-109.
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