Bucks a win from clinching top seed
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Giannis Antetokounmpo converted a tiebreaking 3-point play with 1:28 left on an overturned call that kept him from fouling out and helped the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Boston Celtics 119-112 on Friday night.
Antetokounmpo had 36 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists in the Bucks’ first game in the restart. Milwaukee improved the NBA’s best record to 54-12 and moved within a victory of repeating as the East’s top seed.
BLAZERS 140 GRIZZLIES 135 (OT)
CJ McCollum scored 33 points, teaming with Damian Lillard for 11 of his team’s 16 in overtime, as Portland pulled out a desperately needed victory to pull within 2½ games of the Grizzlies for the No. 8 spot in the Western Conference.
Lillard finished with 29 points and nine assists as the Trail Blazers boosted their hopes for a seventh consecutive playoff appearance.
Carmelo Anthony added 21 points.
SPURS 129, KINGS 120
DeMar DeRozan had his seventh double-double of the season with 27 points and 10 assists, and Derrick White matched his regularseason career-high with 26 points for San Antonio.
White also had eight rebounds, five assists, two blocks, one steal and drew five charges. De’Aaron Fox led the Kings with a career-high 39 points.
MAGIC 128, NETS 118
Evan Fournier scored 24 points and Nikola Vucevic had 22 as Orlando won its fourth straight and moved back ahead of the shorthanded Nets into seventh place in the East.
Players and coaches from both teams knelt during the anthem except for Orlando’s Jonathan Isaac, an ordained minister who also was the only player not wearing a Black Lives Matter warmup shirt.
SUNS 125, WIZARDS 112
Devin Booker scored 27 points and Deandre Ayton added 24 points and 12 rebounds for Phoenix.