MONDAY’S GAMES
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.