LeBron hits milestone
ANGELES — James Harden scored 23 points, Joe Harris added 21 and the Brooklyn Nets routed LeBron James and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers 109-98 Thursday night on a night when James passed a major career milestone.
James scored his 35,000th career point while getting 32 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. James became the third player in league history to reach 35,000 points, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone.
Kyrie Irving had 16 points and seven rebounds as Brooklyn won its fifth consecutive game and improved to 4-0 on a fivegame West Coast road trip even without Kevin Durant, who missed his third straight game with a strained left hamstring.
Anthony Davis and Dennis Schroder sat out for Los Angeles, leaving the defending champions without two of their top three scorers.
HEAT 118, KINGS 110
Jimmy Butler had 13 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds for his third consecutive triple-double, and Miami won at Sacramento.
Bam Adebayo also had a triple-double with 16 points, 10 assists and 12 rebounds to help Miami to its first win in Sacramento in nearly five years. Tyler Herro scored 27 points and Kelly Olynyk added a season-high 22 points and seven rebounds.
Already the only player in franchise history with triple-doubles in consecutive games after doing it against the Clippers and Warriors, Butler made it three in a row with seasonhighs in assists and rebounds against the Kings.
Marvin Bagley III had 19 points and 10 rebounds for Sacramento. De’Aaron Fox had 11 points and 10 assists.
The Kings have lost five straight following a seasonbest four-game win streak.
RAPTORS 110, BUCKS 96
Norman Powell scored 29 points, Pascal Siakam had 27 and Toronto won at Milwaukee to hand the Bucks their fifth consecutive loss.
Powell matched a seaLOS son high in scoring while shooting 9 of 12 overall, including 4 of 7 from 3point range. Fred VanVleet added 17 points for the Raptors, who pulled ahead for good late in the first quarter.
Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 23 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists before fouling out with 1:19 remaining.