Nuggets bounce back with win over Nets
Thunder knock off Suns in Oklahoma City
NEW YORK — Nikola Jokic had 22 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists in his 28th triple-double of the season, Michael Porter Jr. had 28 points and nine rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Brooklyn Nets 108-102 on Sunday.
Jamal Murray scored 20 of his 25 points in the first quarter for the Nuggets, who looked nothing like the slumping team that had dropped five of six. Denver shot 62.5% in the first half and led comfortably most of the game while playing for the second straight afternoon.
Mikal Bridges scored 23 points and Nic Claxton had 19 for the Nets, who have lost three straight as they try to hold onto a top-six seed and a guaranteed postseason spot in the Eastern Conference.
THUNDER 124, SUNS 120: In Oklahoma City, Shai Gil geo us Alexander hit two critical free throws with 10 seconds remaining to help Oklahoma City hold off Phoenix on Sunday.
The All-Star scored 40 points in Oklahoma City’s victory.
Devin Booker scored 46 points and Chris Paul added 14 points and 13 assists for the Suns.
SPURS 126, HAWKS 118: In San Antonio, Keldon Johnson and Devin Vassell had 29 points each as San Antonio rallied from a 24-point deficit to beat Atlanta on Sunday, spoiling Dejounte Murray’s homecoming.
Murray had 22 points, eight assists and six rebounds in his first game in San Antonio since being traded to Atlanta in the offseason.
The victory was the largest second-half comeback for San Antonio under Gregg Popovich and tied the second-largest comeback in his 27 seasons as head coach.
Onyeka Okongwu had 17 points and Clint Capela had 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Hawks.
HEAT 112, PISTONS 100: In Detroit, Tyler Herro scored 10 of his 19 points in the final 3:20 and Miami rallied to beat Detroit.
Jimmy Butler had 26 points and 10 assists and Bam Adebayo added 22 points and 10 rebounds for the Heat.
PELICANS 117, ROCKETS 107:
In Houston, Brandon Ingram and CJ McCollum each added 26 points as New Orleans beat Houston.
McCollum had 16 points on 6 of 9 shooting as New Orleans closed the gap to a ½-game behind Utah for the final spot in the play-in tournament with 11 games left.
BUCKS 118, RAPTORS 111: In Milwaukee, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 22 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, Brook Lopez scored 17 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, and Milwaukee beat Toronto on Sunday night.
Khris Middleton added 20 points and Bobby Portis had 14 as the Bucks improved to an NBAbest 51-20.
Fred VanVleet had 23 points and O.G. Anunoby added 22 for the Raptors. Paskal Siakam had 10 points for Toronto. CLIPPERS 117, TRAILBLAZERS 102: In Portland, Paul George had 29 points and Los Angeles handed Portland their sixth straight loss on Sunday.
Kawhi Leonard added 24 for the Clippers.
Jusuf Nurkic finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds for the Blazers while Damian Lillard had 21 points.