Lodi News-Sentinel

Antetokoun­mpo, Bucks stun Cavaliers in Milwaukee

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MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokoun­mpo tied a career high with 34 points and the Milwaukee Bucks stunned the Cleveland Cavaliers 118101 on Tuesday night.

Antetokoun­mpo added 12 rebounds and five assists while Milwaukee ended Cleveland’s four-game winning streak. Jabari Parker had 18 points and Michael Beasley had 17 off the bench for the Bucks.

LeBron James had 22 points for the Cavaliers, who fell to 13-3. Kyrie Irving added 20 points.

Milwaukee led by 22 points in the fourth quarter and cruised past the defending champions, who benched their starters midway through the final period.

The Bucks outscored Cleveland by 14 points in the third quarter.

• Nets 127, Clippers 122, 2OT — At New York: Sean Kilpatrick scored 31 of his career-high 38 points after the third quarter and Brooklyn stopped a seven-game losing streak with a double-overtime victory over Los Angeles.

The Clippers started the game without Blake Griffin, ended it without the ejected coach Doc Rivers and dropped their third straight game by blowing an 18-point lead.

• Magic 95, Spurs 83 — At San Antonio: Serge Ibaka had 18 points and Orlando took advantage of a sloppy night by San Antonio to snap the Spurs’ nine-game winning streak.

San Antonio committed a season-high 19 turnovers in its worst scoring performanc­e of the season. The Spurs have four home losses in the first two months of this season after falling just once at AT&T Center in 201516.

• Pelicans 105, Lakers 88 — At New Orleans: Anthony Davis had 41 points and 16 rebounds, helping New Orleans dominate short-handed Los Angeles.

Jrue Holiday scored 22 points in his first start this season and Omer Asik had 10 points and 11 assists while New Orleans snapped a twogame skid.

• Jazz 120, Rockets 101 — At Salt Lake City: Gordon Hayward scored a seasonhigh 31 points, helping Utah beat Houston for its seasonbest fourth straight win.

Utah started strong en route to a season high for scoring. Rodney Hood had 10 points during a 20-5 firstquart­er run after trailing 169, and Houston never led again. Hood finished with 19 points.

• Pistons 112, Hornets 89 — At Charlotte, N.C.: Tobias Harris scored 24 points, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Marcus Morris each had 18 points and Detroit beat Charlotte for its third straight win.

Ish Smith added 13 points while Detroit shot 49 percent from the field.

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