Walker leads Hornets in running over Hawks
Kemba Walker had 29 points and seven assists, extending his strong start to the season as the Charlotte Hornets beat the Atlanta Hawks 113-102 on Tuesday night.
Marvin Williams added 20 points for the Hornets (6-5), who won for the third time on a fourgame homestand. Walker has scored 25 or more seven times in 11 games.
Playing against his former team, Jeremy Lin had 19 points off the bench to lead the Hawks (3-7), who led by seven late in the first half.
The young Hawks started 2018 first-round draft picks Trae Young, Kevin Huerter and Omari Spellman for the first time this season and pushed Charlotte before losing for the eighth time in the last nine meetings.
MAVERICKS 119, WIZARDS 100
In Dallas, Luka Doncic scored 23 points and Dennis Smith Jr. made three key plays down the stretch as Dallas ended a sixgame losing streak.
It was the Mavericks’ 16th win in their last 17 meetings with the Wizards. Wesley Matthews added 22 points for Dallas, and Harrison Barnes had 19 points and 13 rebounds.
John Wall led the Wizards with 24 points. Otto Porter Jr. and Bradley Beal had 19 each, but Beal was 1 for 9 on 3-point attempts.
Washington trailed by 24 in the first half and 21 at halftime, but forced 11 Dallas turnovers in the second half and climbed back into the game behind its top three players.
The Wizards were within six when Smith scooted past Dwight Howard to grab an offensive rebound and fed a cutting DeAndre Jordan for a dunk that put the Mavs up 101-93 with 5:33 left. (backslash)
NETS 104, SUNS 82
In Phoenix, Caris LeVert scored 26 points, D’Angelo Russell added 15 and Brooklyn beat struggling Phoenix. /