GIANNIS BACKS UP BUCKS VS WIZ
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 43 points, Eric Bledsoe added 22 points and 11 assists, and the Milwaukee Bucks routed the visiting Washington Wizards 148-129 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight win.
Antetokounmpo made 17 of 21 fieldgoal attempts, including 3 of 3 from 3-point range, as Milwaukee beat the Wizards for the second time in less than a week.
The Bucks, who shot 60.2 percent (56 of 93) and made 19 of 30 3-pointers, have won 11 of their past 12.
Bradley Beal scored 30 for the Wizards, who allowed a season-high point total in losing their third straight. Thomas Bryant had 26 points and 14 rebounds for Washington while Tomas Satoransky had 16 points and 10 assists.
In Oakland, Golden State made 24 of 25 shots bridging the second and third quarter, breaking open a close game en route to a 141-102 shellacking of shorthanded San Antonio.
The Spurs elected to rest their top two scorers, LaMarcus Aldridge and DeMar DeRozan, in the second game of their eight-game “Rodeo Trip,” with the second half of a back-to-back looming Thursday night against the Trail Blazers in Portland, Oregon.
The Warriors scored 49 points in the third quarter, giving them 115 for three periods, the most ever allowed through three quarters in the Gregg Popovich era in San Antonio. Klay Thompson had 26 points and Kevin Durant 23 for the Warriors, who won for the 13th time in their last 14 games.
With James Harden leading the way in scoring for a 33rd consecutive game, visiting Houston turned a second-quarter eruption into an easy 127-101 victory over Sacramento.
Harden posted 36 points on 13-of26 shooting and extended his streak of consecutive 30-plus-point games to 28.