Jazz make team-record 25 3-pointers to defeat Bucks
Donovan Mitchell scored 32 points and the Utah Jazz made a franchise-record 25 3-pointers to win 131-118 at Milwaukee on Friday night and hand the Bucks their first home loss.
Utah (5- 4) shot 25 of 53 from 3-point range to snap a two-game skid after double- digit losses at Brooklyn and New York.
Jordan Clarkson had 23 of his 26 points off the bench in the first half. Bojan Bogdanovic and Royce O’Neal each scored 18, with O’Neale going 6 of 8 on 3-point attempts. Mike Conley had 17 points.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 35 points and eight rebounds for the Bucks, while Khris Middleton had 31 points and 10 rebounds. Jrue Holiday scored 17 points, Brook Lopez had 12 and Donte DiVincenzo added 11.
Utah broke open a close game by scoring the first 12 points of the fourth quarter to grab a 116- 96 edge. The Bucks didn’t score their first points of the final period until Antetokounmpo dunked with 6:47 left.
CELTICS 116, WIZARDS 107 >> Jayson Tatum scored 32 points, Jaylen Brown had 27 points and 13 rebounds, and Boston held off Washington for its fourth straight win. .The Wizards’ Bradley Beal had 41 points and eight rebounds a game after tying the franchise record with 60 points.
The Celtics, who were without Tristan Thompson, Grant Williams and Robert Williams. The trio is sidelined in COVID-19 protocol for the next seven days.
HORNETS 118, PELICANS 110 >> Gordon Hayward scored 26 points and Charlotte methodically came back from an 18-point, second-quarter deficit to beat New Orleans.
The Hornets didn’t take their first lead until the fourth quarter.
ROCKETS 132, MAGIC 90 >>
Christian Wood scored 22 points and tied a career high with 15 rebounds to lead Houston over shorthanded Orlando. The Rockets had six players score at least 10 points on a night they made a season-high 22 3s to snap a two-game skid.
The Magic looked nothing like the team that opened the season 6-2. Aaron Gordon sat out with a left hamstring injury in the team’s first game since guard Markelle Fultz sustained a season- ending knee injury Wednesday.
THUNDER 101, KNICKS 89 >>
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 25 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, Hamidou Diallo added a season-high 23 points, and Oklahoma City overcame an ugly start
to beat New York.
Al Horford added 15 points and was practically the only offense early for the Thunder, who got almost nothing to fall at the start but got better as the game went along and improved to 4-1 on the road.
GRIZZLIES 115, NETS 110 >> Dillon Brooks scored 24 points and Memphis held to beat Brooklyn after Grizzlies center Jonas Valanciunas left midway through the game due to health and safety protocols. It was Memphis’ first home win of the season.
PISTONS 110, SUNS 105, OT >> Jerami Grant had 31 points, 10 rebounds, and Detroit beat Phoenix after rallying from a 23-point deficit.
Phoenix entered the game with the best record in the Western Conference; Detroit came in with the worst mark in the NBA.
Detroit scored the first nine points of the extra session after barely leading at all during regulation.
SIXERS’ CURRY TESTS POSITIVE >> The Philadelphia 76ers are quarantining in New York because of a positive COVID-19 test for guard Seth Curry. He was the only 76er to test positive. The Sixers are scheduled to play Denver in Philadelphia today.
G LEAGUE TO START NEXT MONTH >> The G League will crown its 2021 champion in a bubble, just as the NBA did last season.
The G League season will be condensed and played at the Walt Disney World resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, starting around Feb. 8. There will be 18 teams in the league, and eight teams will advance to a single-elimination playoff.