Spurs rout Bucks with 19 3-pointers
SAN ANTONIO — DeMar DeRozan had 25 points and the San Antonio Spurs had a season-high 19 3-pointers to beat Milwaukee 126-104 on Monday night, snapping the Bucks’ five-game winning streak.
Patty Mills added 21 points, including 6 of 10 on 3-pointers, for San Antonio (15-20). LaMarcus Aldridge and Rudy Gay added 18 points each.
The Spurs finished 19 of 35 on 3-pointers and shot 51 percent overall.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 24 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists for Milwaukee and Donte DiVincenzo added 16 points. The Bucks, whose last loss was Dec. 25 at Philadelphia, maintain the league’s best record at 32-6.
NUGGETS 123, HAWKS 115
Nikola Jokic scored a career-high 47 points, Will Barton added a season-best 28, and visiting Denver held off Atlanta.
The Nuggets, coming off a surprising loss at Washington two nights earlier, have won four of six to improve to 25-11, secondbest in West.
Jokic surpassed his previous career high of 41 points with a putback that gave Denver a 114-109 lead with 3:14 remaining.
76ERS 120, THUNDER 113
Joel Embiid scored 18 points playing with a dislocated left ring finger, Ben Simmons had 17 points and 15 rebounds, and host Philadelphia snapped a four-game losing streak.
The 76ers lost all four games on a road trip that knocked them down the East standings.
Oklahoma City, which had won five straight, closed within two with three minutes left before the Sixers scored nine straightto. Embiid’s hurt finger looked fine on a dish to Tobias Harris for a dunk, and Harris buried a 3 to make it 115-106.
PACERS 115, HORNETS 104
T.J. Warren scored 30 of his season-high 36 points in the second half, and visiting Indiana beat Charlotte to snap a two-game skid.
WIZARDS 99, CELTICS 94
Missing Kemba Walker, Boston became the latest NBA contender to surprisingly come up short against one of the league’s worst teams, losing on the road to Washington, which got 27 points from Ish Smith. Walker sat out with the flu.
MAVERICKS 118, BULLS 110
Luka Doncic scored 21 of his 38 points in the third quarter and had his NBAleading 11th triple-double of the season to lead host Dallas past Chicago.
JAZZ 128, PELICANS 126
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 35 points, Joe Ingles added 22, and visiting Utah extended its winning streak to six by holding on to beat New Orleans.
MAGIC 101, NETS 89
Markelle Fultz scored a career-high 25 points, including seven straight during a 15-1 run in the fourth quarter that sent host Orlando past slumping Brooklyn.
KINGS 111, WARRIORS 98
Buddy Hield and De’Aron Fox scored 21 points apiece, and Trevor Ariza and Harrison Barnes each added 18 as host Sacramento sent Golden State to its fifth straight loss.