WARRIORS BYPASS BUCKS; 76ERS, SPURS TRIUMPH
MILWAUKEE – Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry each scored 20 points and Golden State wrapped up a fivegame trip with its third straight win, beating Milwaukee 105-95.
Curry and Thompson were each 4 of 9 from 3-point range. The Warriors shot 41 percent (19 of 46) from long distance. Andre Iguodala added a season-high 15 points.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 22 points for Milwaukee.
In Cleveland, De’Aaron Fox had 30 points and 12 assists and Sacramen Masville to beat Cleveland 129-110.
Buddy Hield added 25 points for the Kings, who led by as many as 25 after the game was tied at 66 at halftime. Marvin Bagley III scored 17 points on 8-for-9 shooting.
Jordan Clarkson scored 26 points for Cleveland.
In New York, D’Angelo Russell scored 29 points, including six in overtime, and the Brooklyn Nets snapped an eightgame losing streak by beating the Toronto Raptors 106-105 on Friday night.
Brooklyn picked the most unlikely way to end its skid, snapping a 12-game slide against Toronto with its first victory over the Raptors since April 3, 2015.
In Detroit, Jimmy Butler scored 38 points and Philadelphia overcame Joel Embiid’s absence, rallying from a 15-point third-quarter deficit to beat Detroit Pistons 117-111.
Blake Griffin had 31 points and 12 rebounds for Detroit, but the Pistons squandered their big third-quarter lead, as well as a six-point advantage in the fourth. The 76ers rested Embiid, who missed his first game of the season, but Detroit couldn’t take advantage of the big man’s absence. Butler had 26 points in the second half. In San Antonio, DeMar DeRozan had 36 points and nine assists and San Antonio rallied to beat Los Angeles 133-120.
San Antonio got 14 points each from Patty Mills and Jakob Poeltl off the bench, and Davis Bertans added 13. The Spurs’ backups outscored the Lakers’ 52-26.
LeBron James had 35 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds for Los Angeles. Kyle Kuzma added 27 points and Lonzo Ball had 13 points and 11 assists for the Lakers.
In other NBA games, it was Bulls 114, Thunder 112; Hornets 113, Nuggets 107; Grizzlies 107, Pelicans 103; Heat 115, Suns 98; Pacers 112, Magic 90.