The Arizona Republic

MONDAY’S GAMES

- HOME team in caps.

Bulls 120, ROCKETS 100: Coby White scored 24 points, and the Bulls used a big third quarter to pull away for a 120-100 win over the short-handed Rockets on Monday night. Zach LaVine scored 14 of Chicago’s 46 third-quarter points, finishing with 21, as the Bulls outscored the Rockets by 20 points in the quarter to break open a tight game.

MAVERICKS 102, Grizzlies 92: Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 20 of his 29 points while Dallas built a big first-half lead without much help from Luka Doncic, and the Mavericks returned from a weatherind­uced break with a 102-92 victory over the Grizzlies on Monday. Dallas was playing for the first time in eight days .

SUNS 132, Trail Blazers 100: Devin Booker scored 34 points, Deandre Ayton added 19 and the Suns kept rolling with a 132-100 win over the Trail Blazers on Monday. Phoenix has won nine of its past 10 games and put this one away late in the third quarter. The 32-point win was the Suns’ largest margin of victory this season.

Heat at THUNDER, late: The Thunder are 4-9 in home games. Oklahoma City ranks fifth in the Western Conference in rebounding averaging 44.6 rebounds. Darius Bazley leads the Thunder with 7.3 boards. The Heat are 6-10 on the road. Miami is 3-11 against opponents with a winning record.

Hornets at JAZZ, late: The Jazz have gone 13-2 in home games. Utah leads the Western Conference in rebounding, averaging 48.3 boards. The Hornets have gone 5-7 away from home. Charlotte is the worst team in the Eastern Conference shooting 38.4% from 3-point range.Bojan Bogdanovic led Utah with 31 points, and LaMelo Ball led Charlotte with 34 points.

Wizards at LAKERS, late: The Lakers are 9-6 in home games. Los Angeles is eighth in the Western Conference with 9.5 offensive rebounds per game led by Montrezl Harrell averaging 2.2. The Wizards are 5-8 on the road. Washington is 4-10 in games decided by at least 10 points.

Spurs at PACERS, ppd.

 ?? AP ?? The Suns’ Devin Booker muscles his way towards the basket against the Trail Blazers’ Damien Lillard during the first half on Monday in Phoenix.
AP The Suns’ Devin Booker muscles his way towards the basket against the Trail Blazers’ Damien Lillard during the first half on Monday in Phoenix.

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