Bucks crush defending champions
Celtics rally to beat Suns in overtime
OAKLAND, Calif. — Eric Bledsoe scored 26 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo added 24 and the Milwaukee Bucks dominated the reigning NBA champions Golden State Warriors to get a 134111 victory Thursday night.
Malcolm Brogdon scored 20 points for the Bucks, who improved to 9-2 and handed the Warriors their first home loss of the season.
Stephen Curry scored 10 points for Golden State before leaving in the third quarter with an injury.
Klay Thompson led Golden State with 24 points while Kevin Durant was held to 17 on 6-of-15 shooting. CELTICS 116, SUNS 109
(OT): In Phoenix, Kyrie Irving scored 18 of his season-high 39 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, and Boston rallied from a 22-point deficit for a win over Phoenix.
Irving scored Boston’s first six points in the extra period, and Marcus Morris finished with 17 against his former team — including the tying 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds left in regulation off a pass from Irving.
Morris hit from the top of the arc, sending the game to OT tied at 100. Jaylen Brown added 17 points, all after halftime, for the Celtics.
Devin Booker paced the Suns (2-9) with a season-high 38 points, and TJ Warren had 29. THUNDER 98, ROCKETS
80: In Oklahoma City, Paul George scored 20 points and Oklahoma City beat Houston without point guard Russell Westbrook for the Thunder’s seventh straight victory.
Westbrook missed his second consecutive game with a sprained left ankle. George also had 11 rebounds, six assists and six steals. The Thunder were 0-4 before the streak.
Steven Adams had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Terrance Ferguson and Dennis Schroder each added 14 points for Oklahoma City. All five Thunder starters scored in double figures before the end of the third quarter.
James Harden scored 19 points, but made just 7 of 19 shots for the Rockets. Clint Capela added 17 points for Houston.
Houston’s Carmelo Anthony, who played for the Thunder last season and was traded this summer, scored two points on 1-for-11 shooting. Chris Paul added 10 points.
The Thunder led 59-45 at halftime behind 53.8 percent shooting. In the second quarter, George made all five of his shots and scored 14 points. Oklahoma City held Paul and Anthony scoreless before the break. TRAIL BLAZERS 116, CLIPPERS 105: In Portland, Ore., Damian Lillard had 25 points and Portland won its third straight game.
CJ McCollum added 23 points for Portland, which has won six of seven.
Danilo Gallinari and Lou Williams each scored 20 for the Clippers.
Portland had struggled all night to separate from the Clippers, but pulled in front 93-83 on Zach Collins’ dunk with 9:42 left. Another dunk by Collins put the Blazers up 100-90 with 6:10 to go.
The Clippers closed to 107101 on Gallinari’s jumper, but Jusuf Nurkic answered for Portland with a layup and Los Angeles could not get any closer down the stretch.
There were questions before the game about the availability of Clippers forward Tobias Harris because of illness. Coach Doc Rivers said Harris was a game-time decision, but he was ultimately in the starting lineup.
Harris, the team’s leading scorer and rebounder, finished with 15 points and 11 boards.