

Jaylen Brown finished with 26 points following a one-game absence due to neck stiffness. He finished 15 of 25 from the field, 8 of 12 from 3-point range and 11 of 12 from the line. Tatum scored the Celtics’ first six points and had 41 points after three quarters. Jayson Tatum had eight 3-pointers and scored a season-high 49 points, and Boston held off hot-shooting Miami.

Reggie Jackson added 15 points for the Clippers, who lost despite outscoring Utah 65-22 in bench points. John Wall finished with a season-high 26 points off the bench to lead Los Angeles. Jarred Vanderbilt added 14 points and 12 rebounds. Lauri Markkanen chipped in 23 points and nine rebounds. Jordan Clarkson had a season-high 33 points and five assists, and Utah snapped a five-game losing streak.Ĭollin Sexton added 21 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Jazz. He instead spent most of the half passing to Murray and other open teammates for easy buckets. The Nuggets built a 74-47 halftime lead with Jokic taking just two shots. scored 23 points and Alperen Sengun had 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Rockets, who fell behind 6-0 and 13-2 and trailed by as many as 33 points. Aaron Gordon scored 20 points and Bruce Brown had 18 for Denver, which never trailed in beating Houston for the second time in three days. Jokic added 17 points and nine rebounds in just 27 minutes. Jamal Murray scored 26 points, Nikola Jokic had 10 of his 12 assists in the first half and Denver won their fourth straight by beating Houston. DeMar DeRozan led Chicago with 29 points.

The Bulls struggled on defense the entire night. He had 44 in a victory at Sacramento on Monday night. It was his second straight 40-point game. He didn’t play in the fourth quarter with the Suns holding a healthy lead.īooker shot 20 of 25 from the field, going 6 of 7 from 3-point range. The two-time All-Star had a steal late in the third before sprinting downcourt and flushing home a dunk for his 50th and 51st points. After a contested 3-pointer splashed through the net, “MVP! MVP!” chants broke out across Footprint Arena, and the 26-year-old is certainly making an early season case. PHOENIX: Devin Booker scored a season-high 51 points in just three quarters, Deandre Ayton had 30 points and 16 rebounds and the Phoenix Suns stretched their winning streak to six games with a 132-113 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.īooker scored 25 points in the first half and had 26 more in a sublime third quarter.
