Bucks set NBA record for 3s, roll past Heat
On Sunday, the Milwaukee Bucks endured their worst 3-point effort in just over a year.
On Tuesday, they set the NBA record for 3s in a game.
The Bucks made a record 29 3-pointers in their 14497 romp past the reigning Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat on Tuesday night. They shot 29 for 51 from beyond the arc, two nights after going 7 for 38 in a loss to New York.
Milwaukee used 13 players and 12 made at least one 3-pointer — the only person who didn’t get onto that list being two-time reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, in what will go down as nothing more than an interesting footnote in Bucks history. Khris Middleton had four 3s on his way to 25 points, Jrue Holiday made six in his 24-point night and Donte DiVincenzo was 5 for 6 from deep to finish with 17 points.
A ntetokounmpo had only nine points.
BULLS 115, WIZARDS 107 >> Zach LaVine scored 23 points, including nine straight in the third quarter, and Coby White added 18 to lead Chicago to its first victory of the season.
Washington fell to 0- 4, its worst start since beginning the 2012-13 season with 12 straight losses. CELTICS 116, PACERS 111 >> Jayson Tatum scored 27 points, and Boston rallied from 17 points down in the third quarter.
• Point guard Kemba Walker is out until at least January — and likely longer — as he recovers from a stem cell injection in his left knee in early October that has sidelined him all season, Celtics coach Brad Stevens said.
KNICKS 95, CAVALIERS 86 >> Julius Randle had 28 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, leading New York over Cleveland, handing the Cavaliers (3-1) their first loss.
• Cavaliers for ward Kevin Love could miss more than a month with a right calf injury he aggravated Sunday night.
The team said an MRI confirmed a calf strain and that Love will begin treatment and rehab and will not be reassessed for three to four more weeks.
76ERS 100, RAPTORS 93 >> Joel Embiid had 29 points, 16 rebounds and one scare when he briefly left the game with an injury, leading Philadelphia past winless Toronto.
Embiid left with some sort of leg injury. He went down early in the third quarter and grabbed the back of his lower right leg as he stood up. Embiid walked gingerly to the locker room.
Embiid returned a few minutes later and checked back in the game with the Sixers down 11. He sank 14 of 16 free throws to keep the Sixers in it.
GRIZ Z LIE S’ MORANT EXPECTED TO MISS 3-TO- 5 WEEKS >> Memphis Grizzlies star point guard Ja Morant is expected to miss three to five weeks with a Grade 2 left ankle sprain, the team announced.
Morant was injured in the second quarter of Monday’s 116-111 overtime win over the Brooklyn Nets trying to block a shot. On the way to the ground, Morant twisted his left ankle on the foot of Nets shooting guard Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot. NUGGETS’ JOKIC HAS TRIPLEDOUBLE >> Nikola Jokic had 19 points, 18 assists and 12 rebounds for the 42nd triple-double of his career, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Houston Rockets 124111 late Monday.