The Milwaukee Bucks did not miss a beat with two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo sidelined for the primary time this season, pushing their file to 9-0 Saturday with a 108-94 victory over Oklahoma City.
Antetokounmpo was listed as out with left knee soreness an evening after he posted his first triple-double of the season in a victory at Minnesota.
Brook Lopez helped fill the void with 25 factors because the Bucks improved on their already best-ever begin to the season.
Elsewhere, there have been extra time wins for the Atlanta Hawks and Sacramento Kings, and the Boston Celtics set a franchise file with 27 3-pointers with a 133-118 victory over the New York Knicks.
In Milwaukee, Lopez linked on 10 of 16 pictures from the ground to tempo the Bucks, who had 17 3-pointers.
Bobby Portis and Jrue Holiday each posted double-doubles and the Bucks led by as many as 24.
De’Aaron Fox was the hero in Orlando, draining a 3-pointer from close to half-court as time expired to carry the Kings to a 126-123 extra time victory over the Magic in Orlando.
Fox scored a game-high 37 factors. That included the primary six in extra time, however they had been tied 123-123 with 2.5 seconds left within the further session after Orlando’s Chume Okeke seized upon a Kings turnover and drove for a dunk.
“I just tried to get as in front of the basket as I possibly could, and just tried to get it up,” Fox mentioned. “It felt good, and it went in.”
The Kings had out-scored the Magic 36-12 to erase a 20-point third-quarter deficit. They traded the lead 5 occasions within the fourth, with Fox’s financial institution shot tying it up within the closing second.
Sensational rookie Paolo Banchero led the Magic with 33 factors and 15 rebounds.
The 19-year-old joined LeBron James as the one teenager to file not less than 30 factors and 15 rebounds in an NBA recreation.
In Atlanta, Trae Young scored 34 factors to steer 5 Hawks gamers in double figures in a 124-121 extra time victory over the New Orleans Pelicans.
Zion Williamson and CJ McCollum scored 29 factors apiece for the Pelicans, who’ve dropped three extra time choices within the first three weeks of the season.
Brown barrage
Celtics’ Jaylen Brown (R) goes as much as dunk on Bulls’ Nikola Vucevic throughout an NBA recreation in Boston, U.S., Nov. 4, 2022. (AFP Photo)
In New York, Jaylen Brown scored 30 factors and Jayson Tatum added 26 for the Celtics, who buried the Knicks with a long-range barrage.
Brown and Tatum had half a dozen 3-pointers every and reserve guard Sam Hauser had 5 as all 9 Celtics who performed linked from past the arc.
Elsewhere, the New Jersey Nets notched a second straight win since star Kyrie Irving was suspended, rallying from a double-digit deficit within the fourth quarter to beat the Hornets 98-94 in Charlotte.
Kevin Durant scored 27 factors, Cam Thomas added 21 and Nic Claxton chipped in 11 because the Nets overcame early offensive struggles with a late surge.
Durant keyed a 12-0 Nets run within the fourth and Brooklyn put collectively two straight wins for the primary time this season regardless of a tumultuous week that noticed them half methods with head coach Steve Nash and droop Irving for not less than 5 video games after he posted a social media hyperlink to a movie extensively condemned as anti-Semitic.
“This is probably going to be the toughest thing we deal with as a group,” Durant mentioned. “To know that we can get through this and continue to stick together, I think that’s important.”
The Phoenix Suns routed the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers 102-82 in a duel of high Western Conference groups.
Devin Booker scored 24 factors and Chris Paul added 15 for the Suns, who avenged a 108-106 loss to the Blazers only a day earlier than.
There was little drama within the return engagement with the Blazers nonetheless with out their star duo of Damian Lillard and Anfernee Simons due to accidents.
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