LeBron James had 25 factors and 10 assists in his return from an sickness, Russell Westbrook added 18 factors, 11 rebounds and 9 assists and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Atlanta Hawks 130-114 Friday evening for his or her first four-game successful streak in slightly below a 12 months.
Kendrick Nunn had 23 factors within the highest-scoring efficiency of his profession with the injury-depleted Lakers, who by no means trailed whereas beating the Hawks for the second time in eight days. Los Angeles received in Atlanta on Dec. 30 with James scoring 47 factors on his thirty eighth birthday.
The Lakers jumped to a 26-point lead within the first half of the rematch and held on comfortably for his or her fifth win in six video games general. They hadn’t received 4 straight since Jan. 7, 2022, when in addition they beat Atlanta in Los Angeles.
Thomas Bryant had 19 factors and 13 rebounds for LA, whereas Dennis Schröder scored 21 factors.
Trae Young scored 21 of his 32 factors within the second half for Atlanta. The Hawks have misplaced 5 of six.
BULLS 126, 76ERS 112
Zach LaVine made 11 of 13 3-pointers and scored 41 factors and Chicago ended Philadelphia’s residence successful streak at 11.
LaVine made three 3-pointers in lower than a minute and a half of play to offer Chicago an 88-74 lead with 3:33 left within the third quarter. He was two in need of his profession excessive for 3-pointers.
Nikola Vucevic had a triple-double for the Bulls with 19 factors, 18 rebounds and 10 assists. Chicago shot 57.1% from the sector and was 20 of 34 from 3-point vary.
Vucevic took benefit of Philadelphia’s undersized heart tandem of PJ Tucker and Montrezl Harrell with Joel Embiid lacking his second straight sport due to soreness in his left foot.
Tyrese Maxey had 26 factors and 6 assists for the 76ers, his greatest efficiency since returning to the lineup on Dec. 30. Maxey averaged 12.7 factors and shot 37.5% from the sector in his earlier three video games since coming back from a fractured foot that sidelined him six weeks.
HORNETS 138, BUCKS 109
Terry Rozier scored a season-high 39 factors and Charlotte Hornets matched an NBA document with a 51-point first quarter in a rout of Milwaukee,
Charlotte’s 51-point outburst tied the NBA mark for a primary quarter set by Golden State in opposition to Denver in 2019. It additionally was a franchise document for factors in a interval.
Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo, who entered third within the league in scoring at 32.7 factors per sport, had a season-low 9 in 22 minutes. He shot 2 of seven from the sector and 5 for 11 on the foul line.
NUGGETS 121, CAVALIERS 108
Nikola Jokic had 28 factors, 15 rebounds and 10 assists, Jamal Murray scored 18 factors in his first back-to-back video games since knee surgical procedure and Denver took benefit of Donovan Mitchell’s absence to beat Cleveland.
Jokic hit 10 of 17 photographs, together with 3 of 4 from 3-point vary in his NBA-leading tenth triple-double of the season. Michael Porter Jr. added 16 factors for Denver, which shot 51.5% from the ground and hit 17 of 33 3-pointers in its twelfth win in 15 video games.
Caris LeVert scored 22 factors for the Cavaliers, who had their three-game win streak snapped. Mitchell sat out to relaxation 4 days after scoring 71 factors in an additional time victory over Chicago.
NETS 108, PELICANS 102
Kevin Durant had 33 factors and 10 rebounds and Brooklyn outlasted short-handed New Orleans.
Kyrie Irving scored 19 factors, hi1tting a deep 3 with 44 seconds left to offer the Nets a 106-100 lead and doom New Orleans to simply its fifth residence loss this season.
T.J. Warren scored 15 factors for Brooklyn and Royce O’Neale added 14, together with a 3-pointer with 2:27 left.
CJ McCollum scored 28 factors and Naji Marshall had a career-high 23 factors for the Pelicans of their second sport since dropping Zion Williamson for what is anticipated to be about three weeks with a proper hamstring pressure.
KNICKS 112, RAPTORS 108
Julius Randle had 32 factors and 11 rebounds, Mitchell Robinson had 10 factors and 18 rebounds earlier than fouling out and New York beat Toronto for its fourth straight victory.
Jalen Brunson scored 26 factors, Quentin Grimes had 16 and Immanuel Quickley 13 because the Knicks received north of the border for the primary time in additional than seven years, snapping an 11-game street dropping streak in opposition to the Raptors.
New York’s earlier win in Toronto was a 111-109 victory on Nov. 10, 2015. After that sport, the referees acknowledged lacking Knicks star Carmelo Anthony step out of bounds on a pivotal play late within the fourth quarter.
Fred VanVleet scored 28 factors and Gary Trent Jr. had 27 for the struggling Raptors. Toronto has misplaced seven of its previous eight at residence and 11 of 14 general.
HEAT 104, SUNS 96
Victor Oladipo scored a season-high 26 factors, Bam Adebayo added 21 factors and 11 rebounds and Miami beat Phoenix.
The Heat and Suns entered the sport with the identical document, however are heading in reverse instructions. Miami has received 9 of its final 13. Phoenix dropped to .500 for the season and has misplaced 5 in a row, eight of 9 and 13 of 17.
Jimmy Butler added 20 factors for the Heat, and Max Strus had 19.
The banged-up Suns had been already with out a number of key gamers due to accidents, together with three-time All-Star Devin Booker (groin pressure), Cam Johnson (knee) and Cam Payne (foot). They received extra unhealthy news Friday when veteran level guard Chris Paul left within the second quarter with proper hip soreness.
Deandre Ayton led the Suns with 23 factors and 14 rebounds.
PACERS 108, TRAIL BLAZERS 99
Bennedict Mathurin had 19 factors, Tyrese Haliburton scored seven of his 15 factors within the last six minutes in Indiana’s victory over Portland.
Haliburton additionally had 12 assists. Indiana has received 5 straight residence video games and 7 of its final 9 general.
Anfernee Simons had 20 factors for Portland. Damian Lillard had 19 factors and eight assists.
SPURS 121, PISTONS 109
Tre Jones had 25 factors and San Antonio overcame accidents to its two main scorers to beat Detroit and snap a three-game skid.
Spurs ahead Keldon Johnson didn’t return after injuring his left hamstring with 4 minutes left within the first half. Devin Vassell was inactive with a knee damage.
Coming off a 122-119 victory at defending NBA champion Golden State on Wednesday evening, Detroit trailed all through the ultimate three quarters in a battle between two of league’s worst information. Bojan Bogdanovic had 21 factors.
TIMBERWOLVES 128, CLIPPERS 115
Rudy Gobert had 25 factors and 21 rebounds, D’Angelo Russell additionally scored 25 factors and Minnesota beat short-handed Los Angeles.
Los Angeles was enjoying with out stars Paul George and Kawhi Leonard on the second evening of a back-to-back. Norman Powell had 21 factors for Los Angeles, which misplaced its fifth sport in a row.
THUNDER 127, WIZARDS 110
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 factors and Oklahoma City accomplished a regular-season sweep of Washington.
Josh Giddey added 20 factors, 9 assists and 5 rebounds for Oklahoma City.
Kyle Kuzma scored 23 factors for Washington.
