MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo tied a career high with 34 points and the Milwaukee Bucks stunned the Cleveland Cavaliers 118-101 on Tuesday night.
Antetokounmpo added 12 rebounds and five assists as Milwaukee ended Cleveland’s four-game winning streak. Jabari Parker had 18 points and Michael Beasley had 17 off the bench for the Bucks.
LeBron James had 22 points for the Cavaliers, who fell to 13-3. Kyrie Irving added 20 points.
Milwaukee led by 22 points in the fourth quarter and cruised past the defending champions, who benched their starters midway through the final period.
NETS 127, CLIPPERS 122: Sean Kilpatrick scored 31 of his career-high 38 points after the third quarter and host Brooklyn stopped a seven-game losing streak with a double-overtime victory.
The Clippers started the game without Blake Griffin, ended it without the ejected coach Doc Rivers and dropped their third straight game by blowing an 18-point lead.
PELICANS 105, LAKERS 88: Anthony Davis had 41 points and 16 rebounds, helping host New Orleans dominate short-handed Los Angeles.
Jrue Holiday scored 22 points in his first start this season as New Orleans snapped a two-game skid.
The Lakers expected to be healthier with forward Julius Randle returning to the lineup following a three-game absence because of a hip injury, but about two minutes into the game, starting shooting guard Nick Young was carried off with a strained right Achilles tendon.
PISTONS 112, HORNETS 89: Tobias Harris scored 24 points, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Marcus Morris each had 18 points and visiting Detroit won its third straight.
Ish Smith added 13 points and Detroit shot 49 percent from the field.
MAGIC 95, SPURS 83: Serge Ibaka had 18 points and visiting Orlando took advantage of a sloppy night by San Antonio to snap the Spurs’ nine-game winning streak.
San Antonio committed a season-high 19 turnovers.
JAZZ 120, ROCKETS 101: Gordon Hayward scored a season-high 31 points, helping host Utah win its fourth straight.
Utah started strong en route to a season high for scoring. Rodney Hood had 10 points during a 20-5 first-quarter run after trailing 16-9, and Houston never led again. Hood finished with 19 points.
NOTES
GRIZZLIES: Guard Mike Conley will miss at least six weeks after being diagnosed with fractures of the transverse process bones in the vertebrae of his lower back. Conley will be re-evaluated in four weeks.
MAVERICKS: Dirk Nowitzki will be out at least two more games with a right Achilles tendon injury that has contributed to him missing 11 of the first 16 games this season.
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