Nikola Jokic scored 31 issues and dished out 11 assists, Jamal Murray completed with 26 issues and 9 assists, and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Milwaukee Bucks 129-106 on Saturday evening.
Michael Porter Jr. scored 19 issues and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Bruce Brown had 11 issues every for the Nuggets, who received their fiftieth recreation of the season in a struggle between the highest groups in every convention.
Giannis Antetokounmpo matched Jokic with 31 issues and grabbed 9 rebounds, Khris Middleton, Grayson Allen and Brook Lopez scored 13 every, and Bobby Portis Jr. added 11 issues for the Bucks.
Antetokounmpo was once competitive from the beginning, with 13 issues within the first quarter and 24 at halftime. But the Bucks went 4:10 with no level within the fourth length because the Nuggets constructed a 20-point lead. Antetokounmpo was once hit with a technical foul with 6:41 left — Milwaukee’s fourth of the sport — and went to the bench for the remainder of the evening with 5:54 closing.
Suns 125, 76ers 105
Devin Booker scored 29 issues and TJ Warren, Terrence Ross and Cameron Payne blended for 45 issues off the bench as host Phoenix ended a three-game skid via beating Philadelphia.
Phoenix shot 50.5 p.c from the ground as a workforce and used its balanced scoring to take regulate in the second one part. The Suns went on a 13-3 run early within the fourth quarter that successfully put the sport away.
Booker led six Suns in scoring a minimum of 13 issues. Fellow starters Chris Paul and Bismack Biyombo completed with 13 and 17, respectively. Biyombo additionally grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds. The 76ers were given a game-high 37 issues from Tyrese Maxey, whilst Most Valuable Player candidate Joel Embiid added 28 issues and 10 rebounds.
Hawks 143, Pacers 130
John Collins scored 21 issues and Dejounte Murray added 20 as Atlanta overcame an ejection to main scorer Trae Young and took a win over visiting Indiana.
Young was once given a technical foul and ejected for throwing the ball harshly again to the referee. The recreation was once tied 84-84 with 7:25 left within the 1/3 quarter when the incident came about. Young was once nonetheless pissed off about having a 3-pointer taken away and become an offensive foul. He completed with 14 issues and 5 assists.
Indiana was once led via reserve Jordan Nwora with 33 issues, one shy of his profession excessive. Tyrese Haliburton added 19 issues and 13 assists. The Pacers led 74–72 at halftime due to Nwora, who set a regular-season franchise file with 25 issues in the second one quarter.
Nets 129, Heat 100
Mikal Bridges scored 27 issues and Brooklyn snapped a season-worst, five-game shedding streak via striking in combination a dominant 2d part in a victory over host Miami.
Brooklyn became a 14-point deficit right into a blowout after halftime. The Nets outscored Miami 39–18 within the 1/3 quarter and 64–31 within the ultimate 24 mins. Cameron Johnson added 23 issues and hit 5 of Brooklyn’s 18 threes. Brooklyn shot 49.4 p.c general and a blistering 59.3 p.c within the decisive 1/3 quarter.
Tyler Herro and Max Strus scored 23 issues apiece to steer the Heat, who shot 47.5 p.c however had been a dreadful 6 of nineteen within the 1/3. Strus scored all of his issues via halftime, taking pictures 9-for-10.
Kings 121, Jazz 113
Kevin Huerter poured in a team-high 27 issues, Harrison Barnes led a third-quarter surge and Sacramento moved inside one win of clinching its first playoff berth in 17 years with a victory over visiting Utah.
Keegan Murray chipped in with 22 issues and Barnes had 18. Domantas Sabonis recorded 16 to move at the side of a game-high 15 rebounds and team-high seven assists for the Kings (45-29).
The loss was once a pricey one for the Jazz (35–39), who started the evening tied with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks within the loss column of their duel for the overall play-in spot within the Western Conference.
Pelicans 131, Clippers 110
Brandon Ingram and Jonas Valanciunas had double-doubles and visiting New Orleans ruled Los Angeles.
Ingram, coming off his first profession triple-double, had 32 issues and a career-high 13 assists, and Valanciunas had 17 issues and 13 rebounds because the Pelicans (37-37) received their fourth consecutive recreation to begin a an important four-game roadtrip.
Bones Hyland scored 18 issues to steer the Clippers (39-36). Eric Gordon had 15, Russell Westbrook had 14, Ivica Zubac and Nicolas Batum had 13 every, Kawhi Leonard added 12 and Robert Covington 11.