TIMBERWOLVES 134, KINGS 114
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves made 22 3-pointers to earn their fifth straight win, beating the Sacramento Kings 134-114 on Tuesday night.
Malik Beasley matched his career high with seven 3-pointers and finished with 21 points to help the Wolves win ninth in 12 games. D’Angelo Russell had 14 points and had seven assists.
De’Aaron Fox had 29 points, six assists and seven rebounds after missing eight games with Sacramento. Earlier in the day, the Kings, who have lost nine of 11, signed Domantas Sabonis from the Indiana Pacers in a six-player deal.
BUCKS 131, LAKERS 116
LOS ANGELES — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 44 points on 17-of-20 shooting, Bobby Portis had 23 points on five 3-pointers, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 131-116 on Tuesday.
Khris Middleton scored all 21 of his points in the first half, Antetokounmpo had 14 rebounds and eight assists on all of his first 11 shots, and the reigning NBA champion posted his fourth win overall and second in a row against the two NBA teams. The Angels.
The Bucks held on for their third win of a four-date West Coast road trip that will end with a replay of the NBA Finals in Phoenix on Thursday.
LeBron James finished with 27 points and Anthony Davis contributed 22 and nine rebounds for the Lakers, who couldn’t keep up with the champion even with their two aces in a starting lineup riddled with injuries, something that rarely happens.
Los Angeles has lost five of its last seven games and is three games shy of the .500 mark. The Lakers staged an impressive comeback in the fourth and cut Milwaukee’s lead to 10 points midway through the quarter thanks to a 20-5 run.
Magic 113, Trail Blazers 95
PORTLAND, Oregon.- Cole Anthony scored 23 points and the Orlando Magic beat the Portland Trail Blazers 113-95 on Tuesday, who hours earlier agreed to a trade that ended the almost nine-year stay of point guard CJ McCollum with the team.
Wendell Carter Jr. added 18 points for Orlando, which snapped a two-game losing streak.
The Magic led as many as 18 points before the Blazers closed in in the third quarter. Anfernee Simons hit a free throw that pulled Portland within 95-90 with 6:07 remaining.
However, Chuma Okele responded with a dunk and the Magic pulled away for the win.
Simons finished with 19 points for the Blazers, who have lost six straight. The latest came Tuesday, when the Blazers traded McCollum, Larry Nance Jr. and Tony Snell to New Orleans for Josh Hart, Tomas Satoransky, Nickel Alexander-Walker and Didi Louzada, as well as draft picks.
GRIZZLIES 135, CLIPPERS109
MEMPHIS.- Ja Morant scored 30 points, and Jaren Jackson Jr. added 26, with 11 rebounds and three blocks, in the thrashing that the Memphis Grizzlies gave the Los Angeles Clippers 135-109 on Tuesday.
Morant’s offensive production came thanks to his shooting 12-for-19 from the field, marking the ninth time in the past 10 games the star reached the 30-point mark. Brandon Clarke finished with 16 points for Memphis.
Backup center Isaiah Hartenstein led the Clippers with 19 points, while Norman Powell added 16 points. Terance Mann and Robert Covington each finished with 14.
SUNS 114, 76ERS 109
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Devin Booker scored 35 points and Chris Paul added 16 and dished out a dozen assists as the Phoenix Suns beat the Philadelphia 76ers 114-109 on Tuesday night.
The Suns reached 44 wins in the campaign, the most in the NBA. They rallied from a 14-point deficit for their 14th win in 15 games to improve to 44-10.
Joel Embiid had 34 points and 12 rebounds for the Sixers, though he mishandled the ball twice in the final minutes, foiling a comeback attempt.
The Cameroonian reached for the 25th time in a row to have at least 25 points and 10 rebounds – the longest streak of its kind in the NBA during the last two seasons and the longest by a Sixers player since Embiid himself stringed together six in 2018-19.
HAWKS 133, PACERS 112
ATLANTA.- Trae Young scored 34 points and the Atlanta Hawks recovered the aim with the triples to overwhelm the Indiana Pacers 133-112 on Tuesday, decimated by a trade.
After shooting just 5-for-25 from 3-point shooting in a 103-94 loss to Atlanta on Sunday, the Hawks shot 17-for-33.
John Collins added 20 points as the Hawks rebounded after losing two straight and three of the last four. Young, Collins and most of the starters had the luxury of resting in the fourth quarter.
Chris Duarte led the Pacers with 25 points. Lance Stephenson added 24, along with nine rebounds and eight assists, in his first start this season.