Randle goes for 34 points, 10 rebounds
He leads Knicks past Lakers, 111-96
NEW YORK — Julius Randle had 34 points and 10 rebounds against his former team and the New York Knicks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 111-96 on Monday night for their third straight victory.
Coming off tense finishes against Memphis and Toronto, the Knicks led comfortably for much of the fourth quarter and moved back above .500 at 28-27.
Elfrid Payton scored 20 points and Derrick Rose added 14 off the bench for the Knicks, who had plenty of energy on the second night of back-to-back games.
WIZARDS 125, JAZZ 121: In Salt Lake City, Bradley Beal scored 34 points to help the Washington Wizards beat Utah, ending a franchise-record, 24-game home winning streak for the Jazz.
Russell Westbrook had 25 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists for the Wizards. Daniel Gafford matched his season high with 15 points while Robin Lopez and Davis Bertans each chipped in 10 for Washington. The Wizards swept the season series with the Jazz after shooting 52% from the field and 47% from 3-point range.
76ERS 113, MAVERICKS 95: In Dallas, Joel Embiid scored 36 points and the Philadelphia 76ers wrapped up a long stretch of mostly road games with a victory over the Mavericks.
Embiid made all six of his free throws in the first four-plus minutes and was 14 of 15 from the line as the 76ers finished 8-4 while playing 10 of 12 games on the road going into their final regular-season meeting with Brooklyn.
Luka Doncic scored 32 points, but the young Dallas star didn’t have enough help with European sidekick Kristaps Porzingis sitting out the second night of a back-to-back four days after playing in one for the first time in two months.
WARRIORS 116, NUGGETS 107: In San Francisco, Stephen Curry scored 53 points to pass Wilt Chamberlain for the most in Warriors franchise history as Golden State beat Denver.
Draymond Green had 18 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists, Andrew Wiggins scored 17 points and Kent Bazemore added 14 for the Warriors. SUNS 126, ROCKETS 120: In
Jae Crowder scored 26 points, Devin Booker added 24 and the Suns tied an NBA record with 18 3-pointers in the first half on the way to a victory over the Rockets.
The long balls came in bunches for both teams in this contest, which at times resembled a game of H-O-R-S-E. The Suns finished with a franchise-record 25 3-pointers and the Rockets added 17.
PELICANS 117, KINGS 110: In New Orleans, Brandon Ingram scored 34 points, Zion Williamson added 30 points and the Pelicans held off a furious Sacramento comeback for a victory over the Kings.
Steven Adams had 16 rebounds and Eric Bledsoe scored 13 points for the Pelicans, who saw their 26-point, second-quarter lead trimmed down four in the final minute when De’Aaron Fox rose up for a 3 that could have made it a onepoint game with 14 seconds left.
The shot missed and Wes Iwundu rebounded for New Orleans to help secure the victory, which also dropped the Kings to their seventh straight loss.
Fox was fined $20,000 on Monday for criticizing the officiating following the Kings’ 128-112 loss to the Utah Jazz over the weekend.
SPURS 120, MAGIC 97: In Orlando, Fla., DeMar DeRozan scored 19 points in just three quarters of work, Dejounte Murray added 17 and San Antonio routed slumping Orlando.
Prior to tipoff, the teams, coaching staffs and refereeing crew came together and formed a circle at mid-court with their arms interlocked and their heads bowed to show their displeasure over the fatal shooting of a Black man, Daunte Wright, by police during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and Magic coach Steve Clifford stood side by side with their arms interlocked during the anthem.
GRIZZLIES 101, BULLS 90: In Memphis, Tenn., Jonas Valanciunas had 26 points and 14 rebounds, leading a fourthquarter burst that carried the Grizzlies past Chicago.
Valanciunas, who had 32 points and 22 rebounds a night earlier in a loss to the Indiana Pacers, scored 10 in the fourth as Memphis used an 18-6 run to break open a close game.