Jazz hand shorthanded Bucks third straight loss
MILWAUKEE » Donovan Mitchell scored 28 points and the Utah Jazz beat the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks 107-95 on Sunday to hand the defending NBA champions their third straight loss.
Both teams were coming off losses Saturday night.
Mike Conley added 20 points, Jordan Clarkson had 15 and Bojan Bogdanovic added 14 to help Utah rebound from its first loss of the season.
Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 25 points, seven rebounds and six assists.
Milwaukee has dropped three home games over the last five nights and has shot 27.5% (36 of 131) from 3-point range during that stretch. The Bucks opened the home stand with a 113108 loss to Minnesota.
Khris Middleton missed Sunday’s game with an illness, causing one more obstacle for a Milwaukee team that already has been playing without usual starters Jrue Holiday, Brook Lopez and Donte DiVincenzo due to injury. Reserve forward Rodney Hood left with a bruised right hand after playing just 11 minutes.
NETS 117, PISTONS 91 » James Harden had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists to power Brooklyn past Detroit.
Harden is Brooklyn’s career leader with 13 triple-doubles, and joined Larry Bird for second on the NBA’s list with 59.
Kevin Durant added 23 points before being ejected in the third quarter.
Cory Joseph led the Pistons with 13 points. MAVERICKS 105, KINGS 99 » Luka Doncic made a 36-foot 3-pointer to beat the shot clock and blunt a late Sacramento rally and finished with 23 points in Dallas’ victory,
The Kings cut a 12-point deficit to 92-89 with 4:53 to play. With about two seconds left on the 24-second clock, Doncic hit the 3 from just past the center-court logo.
Doncic shot 10 for 21 from the floor and had eight rebounds and 10 assists. The long buzzerbeater was his only make on seven 3-point attempts.
Tim Hardaway Jr. added 16 points to help the Mavericks rebound from a 31-point loss in Denver on Friday night.
Richaun Holmes had 22 points and 13 rebounds for Sacramento, and Harrison Barnes added 15 points. The Kings lost for the first time in four road games this season. HORNETS 125, TRAIL BLAZERS 113 » LaMelo Ball had 27 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 13 of his 26 points in the decisive fourth quarter and Charlotte beat Portland.
Miles Bridges added 19 points and a careerhigh nine assists, and P.J. Washington had 17 points to help give coach James Borrego his 100th career victory. Charlotte finished 20 of 42 from 3-point range, with Oubre hitting six.
C.J. McCollum had 25 points for Portland, and Jusuf Nurkic had 13 points and 14 rebounds. The Blazers had won two in a row.