NBA roundup: Pacers snap Mavs’ 7-game win streak

Basketball
Published 26.02.2024
NBA roundup: Pacers snap Mavs’ 7-game win streak

Myles Turner scored a season-high 33 factors and picked up eight rebounds to assist lead the Indiana Pacers to a 133-111 win over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.

Tyrese Haliburton added 17 factors and 10 assists for the Pacers, who gained their third straight recreation. Andrew Nembhard and Ben Sheppard every tallied 15 for Indiana, adopted by Bennedict Mathurin’s 14 factors and 11 boards. Pascal Siakam and T.J. McConnell additionally scored 12 every.

Luka Doncic led Dallas with 33 factors, whereas Kyrie Irving added 29. Josh Green scored 14 factors for the Mavericks, who had their seven-game profitable streak snapped. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 11 factors off the bench.

Irving scored the primary 9 Dallas factors of the fourth, and the Mavericks reduce the deficit to simply 4 with 8:56 left. However, that will be as shut as Dallas would get because the Pacers answered with a 20-4 run, culminating with Haliburton’s layup to offer Indiana a 124-104 lead with 4:15 left and cement the victory.

Nuggets 119, Warriors 103

Nikola Jokic set an NBA report en path to his third straight triple-double, Jamal Murray chipped in with 27 factors and Denver rallied to defeat Golden State for the seventh consecutive time.

Jokic completed with 32 factors, 16 rebounds and 16 assists en path to a record-setting third consecutive recreation with a minimum of 14 factors and 14 rebounds. Aaron Gordon aided the guests’ trigger with 17 factors, six rebounds and three steals.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope did his standard masterful defensive job on Stephen Curry, who had 20 factors regardless of going simply 1 of 10 on 3-point makes an attempt. Curry shot simply 6-for-19 total. Klay Thompson was the driving pressure within the hosts’ early success with 23 first-half factors, together with 5 3-pointers, however he went scoreless within the second half.

Bucks 119, 76ers 98

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 factors, 12 rebounds and 9 assists to carry Milwaukee previous host Philadelphia.

Damian Lillard added 24 factors and 9 assists whereas Malik Beasley had 20 factors and Bobby Portis scored 17 because the Bucks gained their second in a row in coach Doc Rivers’ first recreation in Philadelphia in opposition to his former crew. Brook Lopez contributed 11 factors, seven rebounds and 5 blocked pictures.

Tyrese Maxey led the Sixers with 24 factors, De’Anthony Melton added 16 and Paul Reed had 13 factors and eight rebounds. Kelly Oubre Jr. chipped in with 12 factors and 9 rebounds and Buddy Hield scored 11 factors.

Thunder 123, Rockets 110

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a game-high 36 factors whereas Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren mixed for 51 as visiting Oklahoma City rallied from a 16-point, first-half deficit to defeat Houston.

Gilgeous-Alexander added 5 rebounds and 7 assists to his ledger whereas Williams scored 22 factors. Holmgren tallied 29 factors, eight rebounds, seven assists and three blocks, and his surge to open the fourth quarter enabled the Thunder to determine a cushty lead.

Jabari Smith Jr. and Fred VanVleet scored 20 factors apiece for the Rockets, with Smith grabbing a game-high 17 rebounds. Alperen Sengun paired 19 factors with 12 rebounds for Houston, which dedicated 18 turnovers that Oklahoma City transformed into 23 factors.

Suns 123, Lakers 113

Grayson Allen and Royce O’Neale mixed for 12 of Phoenix’s 17 made 3-pointers, together with a trio down the stretch of the fourth quarter, as Phoenix held off visiting Los Angeles.

The Lakers pulled inside 110-104 earlier than Allen and O’Neale knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers with three minutes to go. O’Neale added yet another with 1:24 remaining that pushed the Suns’ result in 13 factors, placing the sport successfully out of attain for Los Angeles.

All 5 Phoenix starters scored a minimum of 18 factors, led by Allen’s 24. LeBron James and Anthony Davis every recorded double-doubles for Los Angeles. James scored a game-high 28 factors to go together with a game-high 12 assists. Davis went for 22 factors and 14 rebounds.

Kings 123, Clippers 107

De’Aaron Fox responded to a technical foul with a late flurry, Domantas Sabonis recorded his twentieth triple-double of the season and visiting Sacramento took benefit of Paul George’s absence to show again Los Angeles.

Sabonis completed with 17 factors and game-highs in rebounds with 15 and assists with 12, serving to the Kings win a 3rd straight. He’s solely the sixth participant in NBA historical past to report a minimum of 20 triple-doubles in a single season.

Norman Powell had 21 factors, whereas Kawhi Leonard and James Harden added 20 apiece for the Clippers, who have been minus George after he sat out with a sore left knee.

Bulls 114, Pelicans 106

Nikola Vucevic had a double-double and 4 teammates scored in double figures as visiting Chicago defeated New Orleans.

Vucevic completed with 22 factors and 13 rebounds whereas DeMar DeRozan scored a game-high 24 factors for the Bulls, who snapped a two-game skid.

Brandon Ingram, coming back from a two-game absence as a result of sickness, scored 22 — however simply 4 within the second half, whereas Zion Williamson completed with 19 as New Orleans misplaced for the second straight time after a four-game profitable streak.

Cavaliers 114, Wizards 105

Jarrett Allen had 22 factors and 12 rebounds to assist visiting Cleveland rally previous Washington.

Washington surrendered a six-point lead within the fourth in dropping its eleventh straight recreation. Evan Mobley scored 21 factors for the Cavaliers, who swept the four-game season collection, and Caris LeVert added 18 factors, 12 rebounds and eight assists. Donovan Mitchell scored 16 factors in his return after lacking two video games as a result of sickness.

Jordan Poole led all scorers with 31 factors on 11-of-21 taking pictures off the bench for the Wizards, and Kyle Kuzma added 27. Washington’s Bilal Coulibaly left after taking a tough fall within the first quarter. The Wizards have been already with out Deni Avdija (left heel contusion) and Corey Kispert (sickness).

Jazz 128, Spurs 109

Lauri Markkanen scored 26 factors to assist Utah Jazz snap a five-game dropping streak with a blowout win over San Antonio in Salt Lake City.

Jordan Clarkson added 22 factors and 10 assists, and John Collins had 20 factors and eight rebounds as Utah gained for the primary time since Feb. 6.

Devin Vassell led San Antonio with 27 factors, to go together with 9 rebounds, 5 assists and three blocks, however the Spurs misplaced their fourth straight recreation and eleventh of their final 12. San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama adopted his historic 5×5 recreation in opposition to the Los Angeles Lakers with 22 factors, 10 rebounds and 5 blocked pictures.

Hawks 109, Magic 92

Dejounte Murray and Jalen Johnson every had a double-double and sparked Atlanta’s victory over visiting Orlando to finish a three-game dropping streak.

Murray had 25 factors, making 11 of 20 pictures from the sphere with two 3-pointers, plus 11 assists and 9 rebounds. Johnson had 21 factors, 10 rebounds and 7 assists. Orlando was led by Franz Wagner’s 19 factors and eight rebounds, and Wendell Carter Jr., who tallied 18 factors and 10 rebounds.

Both groups have been taking part in with out their main scorers. Orlando was lacking Paolo Banchero, who was out with an sickness, and Atlanta was minus Trae Young, who can be out a minimum of 4 weeks with a finger damage.

Hornets 93, Trail Blazers 80

Nick Richards recorded 21 factors, 10 rebounds and three blocks and Charlotte broke a 15-game skid in Portland with a victory over the Trail Blazers.

Miles Bridges added 18 factors and 10 rebounds and Brandon Miller scored 17 factors as Charlotte defeated the Trail Blazers in Portland for the primary time since March 29, 2008. The franchise was often called the Bobcats when it final gained within the Rose City.

Deandre Ayton recorded 26 factors and 19 rebounds for Portland, which misplaced its eighth consecutive recreation. Jerami Grant added 15 factors and Anfernee Simons had 10 however was simply 4 of 21 from the sphere.