▶ Chris Boucher has career-high 25 points as short-handed Raptors top Bucks, minus Giannis.
Scores career-high 25 with 3 Raptors out; Giannis sits
Chris Boucher scored a career-high 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help the Toronto Raptors defeat the Milwaukee Bucks 114-106 on Monday.
Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo, the reigning MVP, missed the game after undergoing oral surgery.
For Toronto, Kyle Lowry sat out with a sore lower back, Serge Ibaka missed the game with a bruised right knee and Fred Van Vleet was out with a hyperextended right knee.
Rookie Matt Thomas scored a season-high 22 points and Norman Powell added 21 for the Raptors.
Kyle Korver scored 19 for the Bucks. Mavericks 122, Jazz 114: Short-handed Dallas rallied from a 22-point deficit in the second half to stun Utah. Tim Hardaway Jr. led the Mavericks with 27 points and Seth Curry added 22. Boban Majanovic had 20 points and nine rebounds. It was the biggest comeback for Dallas since February 2016. Dallas won despite playing without stars Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis, who were both resting because of nagging injuries. Jordan Clarkson scored 18 points to lead the Jazz. heat 114, Pacers 92: Jimmy Butler returned from a foot injury and scored 19 points, Derrick Jones scored 18 off the bench and Miami kept T.J. Warren largely in check. Tyler Herro scored 17 while Duncan Robinson and Jae Crowder each added 14 for the Heat, who snapped a two-game slide. Warren scored 12 for Indiana on 5 for 14 shooting in 29 minutes. He came into Monday averaging a bubbleleading 34.8 points per game on 61 percent shooting from the field, 56 percent from 3-point range. Victor Oladipo scored 14 to lead Indiana. Miami moved a game ahead of Indiana in the race for the No. 4 seed in the East. suns 128, Thunder 101: Devin Booker scored 35 points and Phoenix rolled past short-handed Oklahoma City to improve to 6-0 in the restart. The Thunder were without four of their top five scorers. Shai Gilgeousalexander (right calf bruise), Danilo Gallinari (left ankle), Dennis Schroder (birth of child) and Steven Adams (bruised left leg) sat out. Rookie Darius Bazley had 22 points and 10 rebounds for Oklahoma City. The Suns rallied from 15 points down in the second quarter to take a 65-64 lead at halftime. Phoenix then opened the second half on an 11-2 run.
Nets: Starters Caris Levert (thigh), Joe Harris (groin), Jarrett Allen (ankle) and Garrett Temple (rest), as well as sub Jamal Crawford (hamstring) will sit out Tuesday against Orlando after Brooklyn clinched the East’s 7th seed. 76ers: In addition to missing Ben Simmons, who had knee surgery and will be re-evaluated in two weeks, Philadelphia will also be without
Joel Embiid (ankle) and Josh Richardson (rest) on Tuesday against Phoenix. clippers: Center Montrezl Harrell returned to the Disney World campus after three weeks away to be with an ailing grandmother, who later died. Coach Doc Rivers is hopeful Harrell can clear the league’s quarantine process in time to play Friday against the Thunder. Harrell is a finalist for the NBA’S sixth man award given to the league’s top reserve. He averages 18.6 points and 7.1 rebounds per game Magic: On the advice of league physicians, guard Terrence Ross left the NBA campus for off-site tests due to a NON-COVID medical issue. Ross will miss Tuesday’s game against the Nets and his future availability will depend on test results and NBA quarantine protocol.