Young has 43, Hawks end Suns’ win streak
Trae Young scored 43 points and led Atlanta’s flurry of 3-pointers as the surging Hawks beat Phoenix 124-115 on Thursday night to end the visiting Suns’ 11-game winning streak.
The Hawks made 20 of 41 3-pointers, including six by Young. Young’s final 3 made it 122-113 with 37 seconds remaining. Kevin Huerter made five 3s and had 19 points.
The Hawks have won eight of their past nine games, with their only loss to Toronto coming when Young was held out with a right shoulder contusion. Young will start as Atlanta’s only representative in the Feb. 20 All-Star Game.
NBA-leading Phoenix dropped to 41-10, losing for the first time since Jan. 8 at home against Miami. Devin Booker and Chris Paul were named All-Stars before the game. Booker led the Suns with 32 points. Mikal Bridges had 24, and Paul 18.
The Warriors, who hosted Sacramento on Thursday night, were at 39-13 and could have moved to two games behind Phoenix.
The Suns’ second winning streak of more than 10 games this season included eight games on the road. They set a franchise record with 18 consecutive wins from Oct. 30 to Dec. 2, including a 121-117 home victory over the Hawks on Nov. 6.
Raptors 127, Bulls 120: Pascal Siakam had 25 points and 13 rebounds, Chris Boucher added 16 points and 10 rebounds and host Toronto outlasted Chicago in overtime. Scottie Barnes scored 21 points, two on the go-ahead basket with 1:44 left in OT, and Gary Trent Jr. added a decisive 3-pointer with 16 seconds remaining. Trent scored 16 points, ending his career-best streak of 30-point games at five. Fred VanVleet and OG Anunoby each scored 21 points as Toronto won its fourth straight overall and snapped a fivegame losing streak against the Bulls. Nikola Vucevic matched his season high with 30 points and had 18 rebounds for the Bulls. DeMar DeRozan scored 28 points.
Heat 112, Spurs 95: Tyler Herro scored 24 points, Bam Adebayo added 18 points and 11 rebounds and visiting Miami snapped a three-game losing streak. Jimmy Butler added 17 points — and sat out the fourth quarter when the Heat led by 26 — and Duncan Robinson had 14 for the Heat, who had won five of six prior to the skid. Derrick White, who also sat out the fourth quarter, had 22 points for San Antonio.
Timberwolves 128, Pistons 117: Anthony Edwards scored 25 points, Taurean Prince added 23 points and
Karl-Anthony Towns added 21 points and 14 rebounds for visiting Minnesota. Saddiq Bey had 21 points and 13 rebounds for Detroit.
All-Star reserves: Aside from Booker and Paul, Utah Jazz players Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell joined Warriors forward Draymond Green as All-Star reserves. The other reserves from the Western Conference were Luka Doncic of Dallas and KarlAnthony Towns of Minnesota. The Cleveland Cavaliers, who will host the game on Feb. 20, had to settle for one player: guard Darius Garland. The remainder of the players from the East were Boston’s Jayson Tatum, Brooklyn’s James Harden, Chicago’s Zach LaVine, Toronto’s VanVleet, Miami’s Butler and Milwaukee’s Khris Middleton. Reserves were voted on by the head coaches from each conference.