Hornets knock off Knicks
NEW YORK — Miles Bridges scored a careerhigh 38 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, leading the Charlotte Hornets to a 97-87 victory over the New York Knicks.
Terry Rozier added 22 points. He and Bridges combined to outscore the Knicks by themselves in the first half as Charlotte bounced back nicely from a loss to Orlando that ended its four-game winning streak. The Hornets played without Lamelo Ball.
Ball was listed as questionable with an illness unrelated to COVID-19, but the Hornets said just before the start that he was available to play. Ball sat on the bench with his teammates to watch the impressive performances by Bridges and Rozier.
Julius Randle and RJ Barrett each scored 18 points for the Knicks, who had their three-game winning streak snapped.
GRIZZLIES 119, BULLS 106
Desmond Bane and Ja Morant scored 25 points each and host Memphis dominated short-handed Chicago.
Brandon Clarke added 15 points and seven rebounds in the main event of the 20th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. The Grizzlies have won 12 of their last 13.
Demar Derozan led the Bulls with 24 points and five assists, while Coby White finished with 16 points, six rebounds and five assists. Chicago lost its fourth straight.
CAVALIERS 114, NETS 107
Darius Garland strengthened his All-star case with 22 points and 12 assists, leading host Cleveland over Brooklyn.
Isaac Okoro added 15 points and Jarrett Allen had 14 and 10 rebounds for the Cavs, who won their
fifth straight.
Kyrie Irving scored 27 points in his fourth game of the season and James Harden added 22 for Brooklyn, which was playing its first game since superstar Kevin Durant, the NBA’S leading scorer, sprained his left knee.
WIZARDS 117, 76ERS 98
Kyle Kuzma had 15 points and 16 rebounds, and Bradley Beal added 13 points in his return from a three-game absence to lift host Washington over Philadelphia.
Washington coach Wes Unseld Jr. missed a second straight game after entering health and safety protocols. Assistant Pat Delany, who coached the team Saturday, also entered the protocols, forcing assistant Joseph Blair to take over for this game.
Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid scored 32 points, but he was on the receiving end of the game’s biggest highlight when Kuzma
dunked over him in the second quarter.
CELTICS 104, PELICANS 92
Jayson Tatum scored 27 points, and host Boston erased an 18-point first-half deficit with a win over New Orleans. Tatum scored 21 in the second half to help Boston rally for its fifth win in six games.
Dennis Schroder and Jaylen Brown each had 23 points, Al Horford scored 12 and Grant Williams 10 for Boston. Tatum and Brown each had eight rebounds and Schroder added nine assists with five boards.
New Orleans center Jonas Valanciunas recorded his 30th double-double this season with 22 points and 14 rebounds. Herbert Jones had 16 points and Brandon Ingram had 15 points with 10 rebounds.
CLIPPERS 139, PACERS 133
Nicolas Batum scored a season-high 32 points,
Reggie Jackson added 26 points and host Los Angeles beat Indiana in a matchup of sub-.500 teams.
Marcus Morris had 21 points for the Clippers, who snapped a two-game skid with their highestscoring game of the season.
Batum and Jackson combined to score 33 of their team’s 35 points in the fourth.
Caris Levert had 26 points and nine rebounds before fouling out with 28 seconds to play and the Pacers down by five. Chris Duarte added 24 points, seven rebounds and six assists as seven Pacers scored in double figures. They’ve lost four in a row and 10 of 11.
The Pacers got within three with 30 seconds left on Levert’s basket after trailing by 13 earlier in the fourth.
But Jackson scored the Clippers’ final seven points to close out the win.