Nets’ Harden equals Bird with 59th triple-double
James Harden had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists to power the Brook- lyn Nets to a 117-91 rout of the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night in New York.
Harden is Brooklyn’s alltime leader with 13 tripledoubles, and joined Larry Bird for second place on the NBA’s all-time list with 59.
And he had help as Kevin Durant scored 23 points before being ejected in the third quarter.
Durant became the third player in the Nets’ NBA history to score at least 20 points in the team’s first seven games to start a sea- son.
LaMarcus Aldridge added 16 off the bench. De’Andre Bembry contributed 15, and Joe Harris finished with 12.
Whereas Brooklyn improved to 4-3 with its sec- ond straight win, Detroit fell to 1-5 with the loss.
Cory Joseph led the Pistons with 13 points. Josh Jackson chipped in with 12, and Jerami Grant had 11. JAZZ 107, BUCKS 95>>Donovan Mitchell scored 28 points and Utah beat the shorthanded Bucks in Milwaukee to hand the defending NBA champions their third straight loss. Both teams were playing for the second straight night, as the Bucks fell 102-93 to San Antonio and the Jazz lost 107-99 at Chicago. Mike Conley added 20 points, Jordan Clarkson had 15 and Bojan Bogdanovic added 14 as Utah rebounded from its first loss of the season. Milwaukee has dropped three home games over the last five nights and has shot 27.5% (36 of 131) from 3-point range during that stretch.
The Bucks opened the homestand with a 113-108 loss to Minnesota.Khris Middleton missed Sunday’s game with an illness, causing one more obstacle for a Milwaukee team that already has been playing without usual starters Jrue Holiday, Brook Lopez and Donte DiVincenzo due to injury. Reserve forward Rodney Hood left with a bruised right hand after playing just 11 minutes. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Utah made its first five 3-point attempts and never trailed all night. Whenever the Bucks tried to rally in the second half, Mitchell responded.
HORNETS 125, TRAIL BLAZERS 113>> LaMelo Ball had 27 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, and Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 13 of his 26 points in the decisive fourth quarter for the Hornets in Charlotte, N.C. Miles Bridges added 19 points and a career-high nine assists, and P.J. Washington had 17 points to help give coach James Borrego his 100th career victory. Charlotte finished 20 of 42 from 3-point range.
MAVERICKS 105, KINGS 99>> Luka Doncic made a 36foot 3-pointer to beat the shot clock and blunt a late Sacramento rally and finished with 23 points in Dallas. The Kings cut a 12-point deficit to 92-89 with 4:53 to play. With about 2 seconds left on the 24-second clock, Doncic hit the 3 from just past the center-court logo. Tim Hardaway Jr. added 16 points to help the Mavericks rebound from a 31-point loss in Denver on Friday night.