Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)

NBA ROUNDUP

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■ Lakers 109, GRIZZLIES 108:

LeBron James scored on a driving layup with 1:30 left to put Los Angeles ahead to stay and totaled 30 points in the Lakers’ seventh straight win.

Rookie Ja Morant scored 26 points to lead Memphis, which had a final chance with 1.3 seconds to go but had difficulty with the inbounds pass.

■ BUCKS 104, Pistons 90:

Giannis Antetokoun­mpo had 28 points and 10 rebounds in his 16th straight double-double for Milwaukee, which won its seventh in a row.

Antetokoun­mpo is the first player to open an NBA season with 16 consecutiv­e doubledoub­les since Moses Malone did it with Houston in 1981.

■ 76ERS 113, Heat 86:

Josh Richardson scored 32 points for Philadelph­ia, which never trailed while winning its fourth straight and moving to 7-0 at home.

Former 76er Jimmy Butler struggled to score 11 points, missing 9 of 13 shots.

■ Suns 100, TIMBERWOLV­ES 98:

Devin Booker had 35 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists for Phoenix, which halted a threegame skid.

Findlay Prep product Kelly Oubre Jr. had 25 points and 10 rebounds for the Suns, who held on when Karl-Anthony Towns missed a potential tying 3-pointer.

■ PACERS 111, Magic 106:

Domantas Sabonis scored 25 points for Indiana, which won for the sixth time in seven home games and kept Orlando winless in six road games.

Aaron Holiday hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 8.7 seconds left for the Pacers after missing three other attempts from beyond the arc. He totaled 13 points.

■ Bulls 116, HORNETS 115:

Zach LaVine scored a career-high 49 points on 17-for-28 shooting, including the winning 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left.

LaVine made 13 of 17 3-point attempts, tying an NBA record. Only Golden State’s Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson previously had made 13 3s in one game.

■ Raptors 119, HAWKS 116:

Pascal Siakam scored 34 points for Toronto, his sixth game with 30 points this season — one more than he had in 2018-19.

Trae Young had 30 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds in his second triple-double for Atlanta, which lost its sixth straight.

■ JAZZ 128, Pelicans 120:

Donovan Mitchell hit six 3-pointers and totaled a seasonhigh 37 points for Utah, which was without Rudy Gobert (ankle sprain).

Brandon Ingram scored 33 points for New Orleans, which had won three in a row.

■ CAVALIERS 110, Trail Blazers 104:

Jordan Clarkson made all six of his 3-point attempts and totaled 28 points for Cleveland, which halted a sixgame slide.

Findlay Prep product Tristan Thompson scored 25 points for the Cavs, who were without second-leading scorer Kevin Love (sore back).

■ Spurs 111, KNICKS 104:

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 23 points for San Antonio, which snapped its longest slide under coach Gregg Popovich at eight games.

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