Davis scores 48 as Pelicans rally vs. Knicks
Dragic leads Heat past Bucks; Timberwolves handle Blazers
NEW YORK — Anthony Davis’ full-court heave after the third quarter was too late to give him points, though it gave him that unstoppable feeling great players get.
“I kind of saw it, but I mean you never really make those,” Davis said of the shot he launched from just inside the opposite baseline . “So when it went in I just kind of felt like tonight was definitely my night.”
And thanks to his monster effort, it became the Pelicans’ night, too.
Davis scored 48 points and grabbed 17 rebounds, leading New Orleans back from 19 points down late in the third quarter to a 123-118 overtime victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday.
Jrue Holiday added 31 points, and DeMarcus Cousins had 15 points, 16 rebounds, seven steals and five assists for the Pelicans. They were down 16 after one, even further back late in the third and still down nine with 4½ minutes left in regulation.
But they kept coming and Holiday had three baskets and a couple free throws in OT to help them finish it off.
“I thought we did a great job in the overtime,” Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said. “AD was just huge for us, and when you get into those zones like that he’s really good.”
Kristaps Porzingis and Tim Hardaway Jr. each scored 25 points for the Knicks, who lost their third straight and 10th in their last 12 games.
Five days after a double-overtime loss to Chicago in a game they led by 11, the Knicks coughed up another big lead in a miserable way to finish a rare January home game before they begin a seven-game, coast-to-coast trip Monday in Brooklyn that has them away for two weeks.
HEAT 97, BUCKS 79: In Miami, Goran Dragic scored 11 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, and the Heat held Milwaukee to its worst shooting game in nearly five years while winning its seventh straight game.
“We’ve still got 40 games left. We cannot be satisfied with that,” Dragic said. “We still need to improve. If you start thinking like that, if you’re satisfied with that, then it’s not going to be pretty for us.”
Josh Richardson scored 16 and Hassan Whiteside finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds for Miami. Milwaukee shot 32 percent, 6 percent worse than any game this season.
PACERS 120, SUNS 97: In Phoenix, Darren Collison scored 19 points to help Indiana rout the Suns.
Victor Oladipo scored 13 of his 17 points in the first half for the Pacers, who were coming off a home victory over Cleveland and have won four of five after a five-game losing streak.
Rookie Josh Jackson scored a career-best 21 points for Phoenix, which has lost four of five. TIMBERWOLVES 120, TRAIL BLAZERS 103: In Minneapolis, Jimmy Butler scored 24 points, Jeff Teague added 22 and Minnesota wrapped up a 5-0 homestand.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 20 points and 11 rebounds for his NBA-leading 37th double-double of the season. The Wolves had their first 5-0 homestand since 2001, winning each game by double figures (against New Orleans, Cleveland, Oklahoma City and New York).