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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Nicolas Batum had a season-high 28 points Wednesday night and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Oklahoma Thunder 123-112 to snap a two-game losing streak.

Batum was 7 of 18 from the field and made 13 of 15 free throws. The Hornets were 40 of 49 from the foul line.

Russell Westbrook had 33 points and 15 rebounds but fell two assists shy of his 17th triple-double of the season for Oklahoma City. Enes Kanter added 22 points, and Victor Oladipo and Steven Adams each had 18.

The Thunder led by one after Kanter hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key to beat the buzzer at the end of the third quarter. But they couldn’t sustain the momentum after erasing a double-digit deficit.

The Hornets took control with about six minutes left, outscoring the Thunder 22-11 the rest of the way.

BUCKS 105, KNICKS 104: Giannis Antetokounmpo made a turnaround jumper at the buzzer to give Milwaukee a victory at New York.

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Antetokounmpo finished with 27 points and 13 rebounds, and he gave the Bucks a final possession when he knocked the ball off Derrick Rose and out of bounds with 8.6 seconds left. Officials originally ruled the ball was off the Bucks but reversed the call after a video review.

HAWKS 111, MAGIC 92: Dennis Schroder scored 18 points, Dwight Howard had 13 points and 12 rebounds, and Atlanta pulled away late at Orlando, Florida, for its fourth straight win.

Kent Bazemore scored 17 points, and Paul Millsap had a big second half to finish with 16 points. Bazemore and Millsap knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers late in the fourth quarter to close the door on Orlando, which pulled within four points of the lead during the final period.

BULLS 106, CAVALIERS 94: Jimmy Butler scored 10 straight points during a critical stretch in the fourth quarter, leading Chicago at Cleveland.

Butler, who was coming off a 52-point game against Charlotte, scored 14 of his 20 points in the fourth as the Bulls held off Cleveland’s comeback.

NOTES

HEAT: Justise Winslow will have surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder Thursday, and the team expects he will miss the remainder of the season.

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