Lillard scores 71 in Trail Blazers' win

Damian Lillard set franchise and career highs with 71 points — tied for the most in the NBA this season — and 13 3-pointers and the host Portland Trail Blazers snapped a two-game skid with a 131-114 victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night.

Lillard tied Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell for the most points in a game this season after Mitchell also scored 71 in a win over Chicago on Jan. 2. Lillard broke his own franchise mark of 61 points, which he’d done twice, on a 3-pointer with 4:42 left that also topped his career record for 3s in a game with 11.

Alperen Sengun had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Rockets, sitting in last place in the Western Conference with just 13 overall wins and nine straight losses. BUCKS 104, SUNS 101 >> Brook Lopez made a tiebreaking layup and a steal in the final 25 seconds as host Milwaukee won its 14th consecutive game. This game didn’t include the Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo or Phoenix’s Kevin Durant. Durant has yet to play for the Suns because of a sprained right medial collateral ligament. Antetokounmpo sat with a bruised right quadriceps. Milwaukee’s Jrue Holiday scored 33 points, Lopez had 22 points and 12 rebounds. Devin Booker scored 24 points and Deandre Ayton had 22 for Phoenix. WARRIORS 109, TIMBERWOLVES 104 >> Klay Thompson scored 32 points for host Golden State, which was again without Steph Curry (leg), Draymond Green (knee) and Andrew Wiggins (personal reasons). Naz Reid scored a career-high 30 points and added nine rebounds for Minnesota. The Warriors’ Kevon Looney grabbed 17 rebounds and has 13 or more in six consecutive games. He scored 12 points,

HAWKS 129, NETS 127 >> Trae Young scored 34 points and sank a buzzer-beating jumper over Spencer Dinwiddie to lift host Atlanta, which announced it has hired Quin Snyder as head coach to replace the recently fired Nate Mcmillan. Dejounte Murray added 28 points for Atlanta. Cam Johnson had 27 points to lead the Nets.

KINGS 124, THUNDER 115 >> De’aaron Fox had 33 points and eight assists for visiting Sacramento. Keegan Murray added 20 points and Domantas Sabonis added 14 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists. Isaiah Joe scored 24 points for Oklahoma City, which was without Shai Gilgeous-alexander, who is nursing two injuries.

BULLS 102, WIZARDS 82 >> Demar Derozan scored 29 points and Zach Lavine added 27 for host Chicago. Bradley Beal scored 18 points for Washington, which played without forward-center Kristaps Porzingis (knee soreness) and guard Monte Morris (back soreness).

CAVALIERS 118, RAPTORS 93 >> Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points and Jarrett Allen had 23 points and 11 rebounds for Cleveland. Pascal Siakam paced Toronto with 25 points and eight rebounds.