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The Milwaukee Bucks (25-14) edged Washington Wizards (14-24) 133-122 on Monday night to grab their fourth straight win and was led by another triple-double performance by Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Giannis posted 31 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists for his third straight triple-double game and became the third player to have had multiple triple-doubles in a row this season, joining Washington’s Russell Westbrook and Miami’s Jimmy Butler.
Bradley Beal tapped a game-high of 37 points for the Wizards, Russell Westbrook had 23 points and 17 rebounds, while Deni Avdija and Davis Bertans added 11 and 9 points respectively coming from the bench.
Nikola Jokic emerged with 32 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists to lead the Denver Nuggets (23-16) to a 121-106 win over the Indiana Pacers (17-21), while Will Barton and Michael Porter Jr. added up 20 points each for the winning side.
Malcolm Brogdon led Indiana with 24 points and Domantas Sabonis was one rebound short from a triple-double with 10 points and 10 assists.
James Harden went off with another triple-double this season to pace the Brooklyn Nets (27-13) to a 117-112 victory against the New York Knicks (20-20). Harden posted 21 points, 15 rebounds and 15 assists for Brooklyn, while Kyrie Irving had a game-high with 34 points.
RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley led the Knicks with 23 and 21 points respectively.
Kawhi Leonard had 22 points and Ivica Zubac posted a double-double of 15 points, 11 rebounds and the LA Clippers (26-15) beat the Dallas Mavericks (20-18) 109-99. Nikola Batum added 12 points and 7 rebounds for the LA side and Paul George also added 15 points.
On the other end of the court, Luka Doncic’s triple-double with 25 points, 16 assists, 10 rebounds wasn’t enough for Dallas in the end, despite erasing a 14-point deficit in the first half.
Dejounte Murray had 19 points and 10 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs (20-16) beat the Detroit Pistons (10-29) 109-99 to bounce back after losing three of their four last games. Jakob Poeltl had 14 points and 12 rebounds for San Antonio and Devin Vassell finished with 13 points. Josh Jackson led the Pistons with 15 points and Jerami Grant tapped 14 prior to leaving the court with a hip injury.
Terry Rozier scored 26 points, Gordon Hayward had 25 points and the Charlotte Hornets (28-18) overcame a 15-point deficit in the second half to beat the Sacramento Kings (15-24) 122-116.
De’Aaron Fox led the Kings with 29 points and Richaun Holmes had a double-double with 17 points and 15 rebounds.
Devin Booker dropped 27 points to lead the Phoenix Suns (26-12) to a 122-99 win against Memphis Grizzlies (17-19), despite a big double-double performance by Jonas Valanciunas, who signed off with 24 points, 17 rebounds.
LeBron James had a triple-double with 22 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds to pace the Los Angeles Lakers (26-13) past the Golden State Warriors 128-97. Montrezl Harrell backed up James’ fourth triple-double of the season by scoring 27 points coming off the bench. Stephen Curry scored 27 points with four 3-pointers and became the Warriors‘ franchise assists leader with 2 on Monday night.
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