Giannis Antetokounmpo became the first player in NBA history with 35 points, 20 assists and 17 rebounds in the Bucks' win over the 76ers.
Giannis Antetokounmpo became the first player in NBA history to have 35 points, 17 rebounds and a career-high 20 assists as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 126-113 on Thursday night.
Antetokounmpo was 12 of 19 from the field and hit his only 3-point attempt as the Bucks connected on 51.6 percent (16 of 31) from long range. They were coming off a win Tuesday against Phoenix in which they shot 68.9% from the field, the highest in an NBA game since 1998, and 58.6% from 3-point range.
Brook Lopez scored 17 points, Kyle Kuzma had 16 and AJ Green hit four 3-pointers for 12 points. Bucks coach Doc Rivers left the bench in the first half, citing an illness, and watched from the locker room as assistant Darvin Ham took over.
Rookie Adem Bona led the 76ers with a career-high 28 points on 13-for-15 shooting. Quentin Grimes had 24 points with 10 assists, and Guerschon Yabusele added 22 points.
Philadelphia have lost 10 straight and are 3-25 since Feb. 5. Already without Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid and Paul George, reserve guard Lonnie Walker IV limped off in the third quarter. Coach Nick Nurse was ejected in the fourth.
The 76ers led 39-25 after one quarter, but a 15-0 Bucks run to start the second erased that. The teams went back and forth until an 11-2 run to end the third broke an 85-all tie.
Curry leads Warriors past Lakers
Stephen Curry scored 37 points, Brandin Podziemski added 28, and the Golden State Warriors defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 123-116 for their fourth win in a row in a potential first-round playoff preview.
Podziemski had a career-high eight 3-pointers on a night when Curry was 4 of 11 from long range. Curry was coming off a 52-point effort, including 12 3-pointers, at Memphis on Tuesday.
LeBron James had 33 points and nine assists to lead the Lakers. Austin Reaves added 31 points, including nine 3-pointers, Rui Hachimura had 24 points, and Luka Doncic had 19 points, missing all six of his 3-point attempts.
Doncic's basket got the Lakers to 105-99 in the closing minutes, but Curry and Podziemski hit back-to-back 3s, and James and Reaves answered with ones of their own, leaving the Lakers down by seven.
James and Curry traded scoring runs in the third, when the Lakers closed within eight after trailing by 16 in the second quarter. James had 12 of 14 points for his team early on. Curry ran off 13 in a row and then made three free throws to send the Warriors into the fourth leading 88-77.
Reaves made a 3 coming out of a timeout to leave the Lakers trailing 121-116 in the closing seconds, but Doncic fouled Curry, who made both free throws.
Morant’s buzzer-beater propels Grizzlies
Ja Morant made a 12-foot jumper in the lane as time expired, lifting the Memphis Grizzlies to a 110-108 win over the Miami Heat and giving interim coach Tuomas Iisalo his first victory with the team.
Morant finished with 30 points as Memphis snapped a four-game slide. Desmond Bane had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Scotty Pippen Jr. added 17, while Jaylen Wells and Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 13 apiece for the Grizzlies.
Tyler Herro scored 35 points for Miami, who had their six-game winning streak snapped. Bam Adebayo had 26 points and Kel'el Ware finished with 13 points and 15 rebounds for the Heat - who were the third team in NBA history to lose at least 10 in a row, then immediately follow that with six straight wins.
It was the fourth time this season that Adebayo and Herro combined to score at least 59 points in a game. Miami, oddly, are 0-4 in those contests.
The Grizzlies got caught in a mismatch with about 50 seconds left, with Morant caught in a switch and forced to guard Adebayo near the foul line. But Adebayo's shot over Morant was short, and Memphis kept a two-point lead.