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In Orlando, Paul George did his damage early and Dennis Schroder came on late to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 126-117 victory over the Magic. "It was a pathetic performance and Phoenix got robbed," Popovich said.ĭevin Booker scored 38 points but it wasn't enough as the Suns endured their ninth straight defeat. "We had no respect for them or for the game," Popovich said after Phoenix, last in the Western Conference at 11-42, connected on 60 percent of their shots from the field and 44.8 percent from three-point range." Rudy Gay's buzzer-beating jump shot lifted the San Antonio Spurs to a 126-124 victory over the lowly Phoenix Suns – a win that Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said he didn't think his team deserved. Napier scored 17 of his 24 points in the second half, while Russell led all scorers with 30 points. Napier's three-pointer with 5:07 remaining in the third quarter put them up 71-67 and he drained a jump shot to make it 75-70.Ĭhicago cut the deficit to 107-104 with 2:54 to play, but Joe Harris drained a three and put in a layup as the Nets held on. The Nets overcame a nine-point second-half deficit thanks to strong second-half performances from D'Angelo Russell and Shabazz Napier. In Brooklyn, the Nets shook off the fatigue of the second night of a back-to-back, grinding out a 122-117 victory over the Chicago Bulls. They are the only NBA team that hasn't lost two in a row at any point this season.īrook Lopez scored 12 of his 14 points for Milwaukee in the first quarter as foul trouble limited Antetokounmpo.Įric Bledsoe added 20 points, reserve Pat Connaughton scored 16 and Khris Middleton chipped in 15 for the Bucks, who have won seven of eight games and stretched their league-leading record to 36-13. The Bucks, who lost to Oklahoma City on Sunday, underscored their bounce-back credentials with the win. Milwaukee's MVP candidate Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 21 points and handed out 11 assists to lead the Bucks to a 115-105 victory over the Pistons in Detroit. "I think everything that needed to be said has been said."
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"That's going to play out the way it plays out," Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said before the game. Harden notched his 24th straight game of at least 30 points, but his 17 in the fourth quarter weren't enough to turn the tide.ĭavis, sidelined by a finger injury, watched from the bench hours after he was fined $50,000 by the NBA because his agent's public revelation of his desire to be traded violated league rules. Holiday played a key role with six blocked shots, helping slow scoring juggernaut Harden just enough to get the job done. New Orleans took the lead for the first time in the game with 2:06 left in the third quarter on Kenrich Williams' basket - and they never trailed again. Jrue Holiday added 19 and Ian Clark chipped in 15 off the bench for a New Orleans team that used its 20th different starting lineup of the season thanks to injuries to Davis, Nikola Mirotic, Julius Randle and Elfrid Payton. Jahlil Okafor scored 27 points for New Orleans. Though neither player tested positive for COVID-19, the barber they visited did.New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday (11) is congratulated after making the basket and fouled against the Houston Rockets in the second half at Toyota Center. Simmons and Embiid were set to play in the All-Star game only to learn the night before they were flagged for contact tracing. With Embiid out, the 76ers welcomed back Simmons after he missed the first two games after the All-Star break because of COVID protocols.
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“Now that he knows all it takes is rehab, he has a game plan, we have a game plan and we’re moving forward with it.” “He was happy that it isn’t as bad as a lot of people thought it was, probably including himself,” coach Doc Rivers said. The Sixers were relieved the injury wasn't worse than first feared. Embiid had emerged as an MVP candidate, averaging 29.9 points and 11.5 rebounds in 31 games until he was injured Friday at Washington. The Sixers’ hold on the top spot in the Eastern Conference appears tenuous with Embiid out for at least two weeks with a bone bruise on his left knee. “We’re a great team when we have everybody,” Harris said.
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It won't always be this easy without their franchise player.