Tripledoubles: Giannis outduels Westbrook

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 33 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds for his sixth tripledouble of the season to help the Milwaukee Bucks to a 125119 victory over the Wizards on Saturday night in Washington.

Jrue Holiday added 10 of his 18 points during the fourth quarter for the thirdplace Bucks, who have won eight of nine to move to 11⁄2 games back of secondplace Brooklyn and two behind Philadelphia in the Eastern Conference standings.

Khris Middleton sank four late free throws as part of his 16point effort and also helped get a key late stop on defense for Milwaukee.

“For the last minute, (it’s) can you execute now? Can you find the open guy? Can you make the tough shot? Can you get a stop?” Antetokounmpo said. “We were able to do that today, and I’m happy, I’m very happy. And hopefully we can carry over to the next game.”

Russell Westbrook scored 42 points — including 15 of Washington’s last 18 — and added 10 rebounds and 12 assists while posting his NBAleading 11th tripledouble. Rui Hachimura added 29 points and 11 rebounds, but Washington lost its third straight while resting AllStar guard Bradley Beal (sore left knee).

“I thought we played hard,” Westbrook said. “When you play hard you give yourself a chance to win the game. I thought we did that from the getgo.” Mavericks 116, Nuggets 103: Luka Doncic had 21 points and 12 assists, and Kristaps Porzingis scored 25 points to lead Dallas at Denver. Nikola Jokic finished with 26 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds for the Nuggets, whose fivegame winning streak was snapped.

Pacers 122, Suns 111: Malcolm Brogden scored 25 points and Domantas Sabonis had a triple-double with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists to lead Indiana at Phoenix. Caris LeVert made his much-anticipated Indiana debut following Jan. 26 surgery to remove a mass on his kidney. He scored 13 points in 27 minutes. Indiana acquired LeVert on Jan. 16 as part of a four-team trade that sent James Harden to Brooklyn and Victor Oladipo to Houston. It was during the posttrade physical that the mass was discovered. Devin Booker had 20 points and Dario Saric came off the bench to score 17 for the Suns, whose fivegame winning streak was snapped as they fell to 25-12.

Nets 100, Pistons 95: James Harden scored 12 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and had his ninth triple-double with host Brooklyn. Harden also had 10 rebounds and 10 assists in his 55th career triple-double as Brooklyn improved to 26-13 with its 12th win in its past 16 games. Kyrie Irving added 18 points. Jerami Grant scored 22 points as Detroit fell to 10-28.

Knicks 119, Thunder 97: RJ Barrett scored 32 points, and Julius Randle had a tripledouble to lead New York in Oklahoma City. Randle had 26 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists to became the first Knicks player with two tripledoubles in a season since Mark Jackson in 1988-89.

Hornets 114, Raptors 104: LaMelo Ball had 23 points and nine rebounds and Charlotte beat Toronto in the Hornets’ first game of the season with the general public allowed to attend. Devonte Graham and Terry Rozier each added 17 points for the Hornets, who seemed to feed off having fans — about 3,000 of them — in attendance for the first time in more than a year. Kyle Lowry finished with 19 points and eight assists for Toronto.

Trail Blazers 125, Timberwolves 121: Carmelo Anthony scored 26 points and Damian Lillard added 25 points and 10 assists in Portland’s victory at Minnesota. Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 34 points and 10 rebounds. The Timberwolves have lost 14 of 16 and are 1-6 under new coach Chris Finch.

Hawks 121, Kings 106: Trae Young scored 17 of 28 points in the third quarter, Clint Capela had 18 of his 24 in the first half and Atlanta beat visiting Sacramento for its fourth straight victory. Capela also had 14 rebounds to help the Hawks improve to 4-0 under interim coach Nate McMillan. De’Aaron Fox led the Kings with 32 points.