Williamson scores 38, Pelicans rally past Cavs
CLEVELAND — Zion Williamson scored 38 points and Brandon Ingram had 27 points and eight assists in rallying the New Orleans Pelicans to a 116109 victor y over the injur yplagued Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night.
Williamson, who scored 25 points in the first half, fell one shy of his career best of 39 set March 26 against Denver. He made 16 of 22 field goal attempts and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds as New Orleans pulled within one game of the final play-in tournament spot in the West.
The Pelicans, who trailed by 13 points in the second quarter, went ahead for good at 108-107 on Ingram’s jumper with 2:33 remaining. Williamson followed with consecutive layups to extend the lead to five before Ingram iced the game from the line.
Bucks 124, Magic 87
ORLANDO, Fla. — Khris Middleton scored 21 points, Bobby Por tis added 16 points —making four 3-pointers — and 10 rebounds and Milwaukee beat Orlando to end a three-game losing streak.
Milwaukee was again without star Giannis Antetokounmpo because of a sore left knee, but it mattered little as Middleton shot 8 of 13 from the field and added eight rebounds and five assists.
Mo Bamba scored a career-best 21 points for Orlando.
Hawks 105, Hornets 101
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 32 points on a career-high eight 3-pointers and Atlanta rallied to beat Charlotte without Trae Young.
Clint Capela added 20 points and 15 rebounds for the surging Hawks. They have won six of seven to take sole possession of fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
The Hawks won despite Young (left calf contusion) and reser ve Danilo Gallinari (right foot soreness) sitting out along with John
Collins, De’andre Hunter, Cam Reddish, Tony Snell and Kris Dunn.
Miles Bridges led the Hornets with 23 points.
Pacers 132, Grizzlies 125
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Caris Levert scored 34 points, Malcolm Brogdon and Donantas Sabonis fell just shor t of triple-doubles and Indiana held of f Memphis.
Brogdon had 29 points, matched his season-high with 11 assists and had nine rebounds. Sabonis finished with 18 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists, par t of the Pacers grabbing a season-high 53 rebounds en route to their third straight victor y.
Memphis center Jonas Valanciunas matched his career high with 34 points and his season high with 22 rebounds. Ja Morant had 23 points.
Timberwolves 121, Bulls 117
MINNEAPOLIS — KarlAnthony Towns had 27 points and 12 rebounds, D’angelo Russell scored 27 points and Minnesota beat Chicago.
Ricky Rubio connected on five of his six 3-point attempts and scored 17 points.
Two days after his first 50-point game, Zach Lavine scored 21 of his 30 points in the second half as Chicago tried to mount a comeback. Lavine was 13 of 28 from the field and 4 of 12 from 3-point territory.
Knicks 102, Raptors 96
NEW YORK — Julius
Randle scored 26 points and the New York Knicks recovered after blowing an 18-point lead to beat the Toronto Raptors.
RJ Barrett added 19 as the Knicks (27-27) won their second straight to get back to .500. Nerlens Noel finished with nine points, 13 rebounds and four blocked shots.