Winning faster than one can say, ‘Antetokounmpo’
MILWAUKEE—Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points and Jabari Parker added 28 to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 108-97 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night.
Milwaukee led the entire game and held a 24- point advantage early in the fourth quarter but had to hold on to snap a three- game losing streak, its longest of the season.
Antetokounmpo has totaled 88 points and 35 rebounds in his last three games, and Parker has reached at least 27 points in four of his past five.
Chicago lost for the fifth time in seven games and dropped its third straight on the road despite 21 points from Jimmy Butler and 20 from Dwyane Wade. The Bulls also got 19 points from Taj Gibson in the opener of a home-and- home between the teams on back-to-back nights.
Warriors 103, Knicks 90
In Oakland, Klay Thompson scored 25 points, JaVale McGee added a season-best 17 and Golden State put on an another spectacular passing display to beat the undermanned New York Knicks.
Kevin Durant had 15 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists, and Ste- phen Curry pulled down a season-high 10 rebounds to go with eight points and eight assists against a New York team missing stars Carmelo Anthony and Derrick Rose.
The Warriors had 36 assists on their initial 36 baskets—all 26 in the first half—and all 11 players who appeared in the first half scored in Golden State's fifth straight win over New York.