Pascal Siakam of the Raptors drives past Milwaukee’s Donte DiVincenzo during Toronto’s 103-96 win Saturday night in Milwaukee. Morry Gash/Associated Press
MILWAUKEE — Pascal Siakam had 30 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds for his second career triple-double and the Toronto Raptors overcame an early 15-point deficit to beat the cold-shooting Milwaukee Bucks 103-96 on Saturday night.
OG Anunoby added 24 points to help the Raptors improve to 3-0 this season against the defending champion Bucks, who shot a season low 33.8%. Toronto has won five straight in the series.
Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 30 points, making all 17 of his free throws but going 6 of 17 from the field. He didn’t play in the previous two games with Toronto this season, with the Raptors winning 97-93 in Toronto on Dec. 2 and 117-111 in Milwaukee on Jan. 5.
Fred VanVleet added 17 points for Toronto, Chris Boucher had 15, and Precious Achiuwa finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Grayson Allen had 18 points for Bucks, and Khris Middleton scored 16.
NETS 120, PELICANS 105: James Harden had 27 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds, and Brooklyn cruised to a win at home despite losing Kevin Durant in the first half to a left knee sprain.
Durant was hurt with 5:44 left in the second quarter when New Orleans forward Herbert Jones was driving down the court and crashed into Nets backup guard Bruce Brown, who fell backward into Durant’s knee.
Coach Steve Nash said Durant will have an MRI exam on Sunday.
TRAIL BLAZERS 115, WIZARDS 110: Anfernee Simons scored 31 points and tied a career high with 11 assists, Jusuf Nurkic had 23 points and 14 rebounds and Portland won at Washington.
Washington had its three-game winning streak snapped despite Spencer Dinwiddie’s 27 points. Kyle Kuzma added 16 points and 12 rebounds.
Simons, who missed Thursday’s loss at Denver to attend his grandfather’s funeral, had 26 points in the first half, including seven 3-pointers.
KNICKS 117, HAWKS 108: RJ Barrett scored 26 points, Julius Randle added 24 and New York won in Atlanta for its third straight victory.
The Knicks improved to 22-21, the first time they’ve been over .500 since Dec. 2.
Trae Young led Atlanta with 29 points, and Danilo Gallinari had 17. The Hawks have dropped five straight and nine of 11 to fall to 17-26.
76ERS 109, HEAT 98: Joel Embiid scored 25 of his 32 points in the second half and Philadelphia won at Miami.
Listed as questionable to play because of right elbow soreness, Embiid helped the 76ers outscore Miami 66-48 in the final two quarters.
Tobias Harris added 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting. Seth Curry finished with 21 points for the 76ers, who have won nine of 10.
Omer Yurtseven scored a career-high 22 points and had 11 rebounds for Miami. The rookie center extended his string of double-figure rebound games to 14.
CAVALIERS 106, THUNDER 102: Darius Garland had 27 points and a career-high 18 assists and Cleveland overcame an 18-point deficit at Oklahoma City for its fourth straight victory.
Lauri Markkanen made a 3-pointer with 11.4 seconds remaining to secure the victory, Cleveland’s fifth on a six-game, nine-day trip.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 27 points. They have lost six of seven.
SPURS 101, CLIPPERS 94: Derrick White had 19 points in his return from a five-game absence, Dejounte Murray added 18 points and San Antonio won at home, snapping a five-game skid.
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