Online ReporterPaolo Banchero racked up 24 points and 10 rebounds and Franz Wagner added 24 points as the Orlando Magic handled the host San Antonio Spurs 116-105 on Tuesday in a late-season dustup with playoff implications.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 23 points for the Magic (37-40) while hitting seven 3-pointers and Caleb Houstan scored 12. Orlando is now tied with the Atlanta Hawks for seventh place in the East with seven games to play.
Harrison Barnes led the Spurs (31-44) with 24 points. Julian Champagnie added 19 points, Stephon Castle scored 16, Devin Vassell and Bismack Biyombo had 11 each and Chris Paul hit for 10 as San Antonio dropped its fifth straight game.
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Coby White scored 28 points and Talen Horton-Tucker added a season-high 27 as the Chicago Bulls ended the visiting Toronto Raptors’ four-game winning streak with a 137-118 victory on Tuesday night.
Nikola Vucevic had 22 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for Chicago (34-42), which led by as many as 28 and snapped a two-game losing skid. Josh Giddey added 17 points and 12 assists, and Kevin Huerter scored 16.
Chicago secured a spot in the play-in tournament for a third consecutive season with the victory. The Bulls moved into the No. 10 seed in the Eastern Conference, one-half game behind the idle Miami Heat.
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Deni Avdija recorded his second career triple-double and combined with Shaedon Sharpe to score 65 points as the visiting Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Atlanta Hawks 127-113 to end their four-game losing streak.
The win gave Portland a sweep of the two-game season series and ended the Blazers’ five-game losing streak in Atlanta, where they had not won since March 29, 2019.
Avdija had 32 points — his seventh time to reach 30 points this season – and added 15 rebounds and 10 assists. Sharpe finished with 33 points and 10 rebounds, his second double-double. Toumani Camara added 18 points for Portland (33-43).
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OG Anunoby scored 27 points and Landry Shamet sank six 3-pointers as part of his 20-point performance, fueling the host New York Knicks to a 105-91 victory over the spiraling Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday.
Anunoby sank 11 of 13 free-throw attempts to continue his torrid play. He has scored 149 points over his last five games.
Mitchell Robinson collected 14 points and 14 rebounds after drawing the spot start with five-time All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns sitting out due to left knee soreness.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 37 points and dished 11 assists to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 133-123 victory over the visiting Phoenix Suns and former head coach Mike Budenholzer on Tuesday.
Ryan Rollins added a career-high 23 points as Milwaukee (41-34) snapped a four-game losing streak. The Bucks also got 22 points from Brook Lopez, 16 from Taurean Prince and 12 from Kyle Kuzma.
Devin Booker amassed 39 points and 11 assists for Phoenix (35-41), which lost its fourth game in a row. Former Buck Grayson Allen added 23 points while Collin Gillespie had 18 and Tyus Jones scored 16. Nick Richards logged 13 points and 11 rebounds − Reuters.
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