Raptors send Bucks to 4th loss in row
MILWAUKEE — Fred VanVleet scored 33 points, Pascal Siakam added 23 and the Toronto Raptors withstood the loss of Kyle Lowry to beat the slumping Milwaukee Bucks 124113 on Tuesday night.
Lowry exited with a sore left ankle in the third quarter but had 18 points, six rebounds and six assists in 22 minutes.
Milwaukee lost its fourth straight despite getting 34 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists from Giannis Antetokounmpo.
NETS 128, SUNS 124
James Harden scored 38 points and hit the goahead 3-pointer with 29.8 seconds remaining as visiting Brooklyn overcame a 24-point deficit to stun Phoenix and end its winning streak at six.
The Nets, playing without Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, finished the game on a 12-0 run.
CELTICS 112, NUGGETS 99
Jaylen Brown had 27 points and eight assists to help host Boston withstand 43 points from Nikola Jokic to beat Denver.
Jayson Tatum added 21 points to help the Celtics bounce back following back-to-back losses to Detroit and Washington.
LAKERS 112, T-WOLVES 104
LeBron James had 30 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists and Dennis Schroder scored 24, helping Los Angeles pull away to win at Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, the Timbewolves’ D’Angelo Russell will be sidelined four to six weeks after requiring arthroscopic surgery for what the team has called “left leg soreness.”
BLAZERS 115, THUNDER 104
Damian Lillard scored 12 of his 31 points in the final 4:11 to help Portland win at Oklahoma City.
PELICANS 144 GRIZZLIES 113
Zion Williamson scored 31 points and New Orleans halted a three-game losing skid, winning at Memphis.