NBA Round-up: Magic beats Giannis, Bucks secures first win over Milwaukee in Orlando since 2018

Basketball
Published 12.11.2023
NBA Round-up: Magic beats Giannis, Bucks secures first win over Milwaukee in Orlando since 2018

Paolo Banchero had 26 factors and 12 rebounds, Orlando’s Wagner brothers mixed for 43 factors and the Magic dealt the Milwaukee Bucks its second straight loss, 112-97 on Saturday evening.

Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo had 35 factors, with 10 rebounds and 7 assists, two nights after a 54-point effort in Thursday’s loss at Indiana.

The Bucks performed a second recreation with out Damian Lillard, who has a sore left calf.

Franz Wagner scored 24 for the Magic and Mo Wagner got here off the bench with 19 factors and 4 rebounds. Jalen Suggs hit 4 of 8 3-point photographs and added 20 factors.

The loss broke Milwaukee’s 14-game win streak towards the Magic and marked the Bucks first loss in Orlando since March 14, 2018.

CELTICS 117, RAPTORS 94

Jaylen Brown scored 29 factors, Jayson Tatum had 27 and Boston cruised previous Toronto.

Kristaps Porzingis added 21 factors and 7 rebounds in 28 minutes for the Celtics, who gained its second straight recreation after a 14-point victory over Brooklyn of their first NBA In-Season Tournament recreation on Friday evening.

Pascal Siakam led the Raptors with 17 factors and 7 rebounds. Dennis Schroder had 14 factors and Jakob Poeltl 12.

Toronto, which had gained its final two video games — each on the highway — shot simply 10 for 37 on 3-point makes an attempt.

HEAT 117, HAWKS 109

Bam Adebayo had 26 factors and 17 rebounds and rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. added a career-high 20 factors as short-handed Miami beat Atlanta for its fourth straight win.

Miami was enjoying its first recreation since main scorer Tyler Herro sprained his proper ankle in Wednesday evening’s 108-102 win at Memphis. Herro is anticipated to overlook at the very least two weeks. Another high scorer, Jimmy Butler, missed the sport towards Atlanta for private causes.

The Heat confirmed off its depth to search out scoring from totally different sources.

Kyle Lowry scored 17 factors and Josh Richardson had 16, additionally a season excessive. Duncan Robinson scored 11 factors in his first begin of the season.

Trae Young led Atlanta with 27 factors, together with 14 within the fourth quarter, and 11 assists. Dejounte Murray had 23 factors.

CAVALIERS 118, WARRIORS 110

Donovan Mitchell received the perfect of Golden State and Draymond Green, ending with 21 factors, seven rebounds, 5 assists and a pair of steals for Cleveland in a recreation during which Green was ejected.

Stephen Curry scored 30 factors to guide the Warriors, who misplaced fiery ahead Green on the 6:23 mark of the third quarter with eight factors, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Green pushed Mitchell together with his shoulder and despatched him out of bounds as Cleveland’s Caris LeVert drove for a layup. Then, as Green introduced the ball throughout midcourt moments later, Mitchell chased him down and instigated a heated interplay — and Mitchell was known as for a private foul.

LeVert scored 22 factors, and Darius Garland contributed 19 factors, six rebounds, 4 assists with 5 steals. Evan Mobley added 19 factors and two extra of his workforce’s season-high 13 steals in one of the crucial balanced performances by Cleveland but this season.