Antetokounmpo scored 64 points, 26 rebounds and 21 assists in the two-game series in Washington that Milwaukee won.
Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his third straight triple-double to win Milwaukee Bucks for the fourth time in a row. AP
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 31 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists for his third triple-double in a row to lead the Milwaukee Bucks past Washington Wizards 133-122 for the fourth year in a row on Monday night.
The bucks retreated late after losing a 26 point lead in the third quarter to five in the middle of the fourth quarter. When the Wizards hit within seven in the final minutes, Antetokounmpo scored the next four points to make it a double-digit game again.
« I’m not Kobe, » said Antetokounmpo. « I’m just trying to be a basketball player. I don’t look at the clock and say, ‘Oh, it’s two or two now, let me take over the game.’ No, I just make the right decision at the right moment. Sometimes it will be a score, sometimes it will be a pass. «
Antetokounmpo scored 64 points in the two-game series in Washington, which Milwaukee won, 26 rebounds and 21 assists. The consecutive NBA MVP had 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the first triple-double of that run against the New York Knicks last week.
« He was in a good place mentally, » said Trainer Mike Budenholzer: « Just as he plays and creates for others and creates for himself and comes to the free-throw line, he is in a good place. He plays great basketball.
Antetokounmpo was the third player this season to triple-double in three games in a row. He switched to Russell Westbrook from Washington, who did it twice, and Jimmy Butler from Miami. His seventh career 30-point triple-double overtook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar the most in team history and he is the first Bucks player to have three triple-doubles in a row.
« It’s not always about a goal » said Antetokounmpo. « You can manipulate the game in several ways: pass, find your teammates, put them in place. »
The Bucks have kept pace with the leaders of the Eastern Conference in Philadelphia and are now two games back with Brooklyn in between.
Bradley Beal led the Wizards with 37 points after sitting to rest a sore left knee on Saturday. Russell Westbrook had 23 points and a season high of 17 assists. Kyrie Irving scored 34 points and James Harden scored his 10th triple double of the season, leading the Brooklyn Nets to a 117-112 win over the Knicks Harden finished his first game against the Knicks with 21 points, 15 rebounds and 15 assists since arriving in Brooklyn two months ago, making the Nets one of the best teams in the NBA.
Randle had 33 points, 12 Rebounds and six assists before some of his teammates had to get off the bench to keep the All-Star forward as he tried to approach the umpires on midfield.
The Nets agreed to the deal, the Harden brought to Brooklyn on January 13 and played understaffed that evening at Madison Square Garden in a 116-109 win over the Knicks. That only made them 7-6, but they’re 20-7 since Harden’s arrival, including 19-4 if at least two of their three Superstars are playing.
LeBron James had a triple-double with 22 points, 11 assists and 10 Rebounds and led the low-injury Los Angeles Lakers past the Golden State Warriors 128-97.
Montrezl Harrell backed James’ fourth triple-double of the season by scoring 27 points off the bench in an 11-of-14 shooting when the Lakers won the season with Golden State.
Stephen Curry scored 27 points with four 3-pointers and became the Warriors’ franchise assists leader the day after his 33rd birthday and 12th NBA season .
Golden State had its home winning streak at four – the day after the Warriors finished a season-worst four-game skid by defeating the Jazz 131-119.
Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers answered a couple of low moments in their season – and rolled in the second Night the back to back continued.
Leonard scored 22 points, Marcus Morris Sr. added 14 in a rare start and the Clippers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 109-99.
The Clippers played for the first time in one 51 point blowout on her home seat in December and one night after a 20 point loss to Dallas in New Orleans. The NBA’s only undefeated team at the end of consecutive games improved to 7-0, tying Phoenix (7-1) for most of those wins.
Luka Doncic scored his ninth triple-double for Dallas, finishing with 25 points , 16 assists and 10 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis scored 22 points.
Paul George scored 15 when seven Clippers finished in double digits. Ivica Zubac had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Nicolas Batum, who sat while Morris made his third start of the season, had a couple of big 3 points and scored 14. Reggie Jackson and Patrick Patterson scored 12 apiece. Terry Rozier scored 26 points, Gordon Hayward added 25 and the Hornets broke a 15-point deficit in the second half to beat the Sacramento Kings 122-116 after leaving most of the game behind.
De’Aaron Fox led the Kings with 29 points , while Richaun Holmes had 17 points and 15 rebounds in a game where Marvin Bagley III left early with a broken left hand.
Rozier and Hayward, who were together 13 of 13 off the foul line, helped that Freeze game, with everyone taking a pair of free throws in the final seconds, helping the Hornets outperform Kings 21-8 in the final 5 1/2 minutes.
Dejounte Murray had 19 points and 10 rebounds to go to wage an even attack when the San Antonio Spurs di e defeated Detroit Pistons 109-99.
The Spurs had lost three of four, including a 35-point loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.
Jakob Poeltl had 14 points and 12 rebounds for San Antonio, that had six players in the double digits. Rookie guard Devin Vassell finished his third return leg of COVID-19 with 13 points in 21 minutes.
Josh Jackson had 15 points for the Pistons, who have lost four times in a row, while Grant scored 14 points. With Wayne Ellington (groin), the pistons shot 28% (7 of 25) from the 3-point line.
Nikola Jokic scored his 35th double-double with 32 points and 14 rebounds and led the Denver Nuggets over the travel-weary Indiana Pacers 121-106.
Michael Porter Jr. and Will Barton each scored 20 points for the Nuggets, who used a great fourth quarter to claim victory.
Malcom Brogdon led Indiana at 24 and Justin Holiday at 19. Domantas Sabonis finished a rebound before a triple-double with 10 points and 10 assists.
The start of the game was postponed by an hour as the Pacers could not fly from Phoenix to Denver until Monday afternoon. A snow storm that officially dropped 27 inches at Denver International Airport closed the runways starting late Sunday morning. Four runways reopened Monday afternoon.
Devin Booker scored 27 points, Chris Paul added 18 and the Phoenix Suns won 122-99 against the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Suns have won six of their last seven games and came back after a loss to Indiana on Saturday 122: 111. They won the season against the Grizzlies two games to one.
Booker shot 10 of 19 out of the field, beating his season average of 25 points per game despite being sidelined in the fourth quarter. Deandre Ayton added 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocks while Jae Crowder scored 14.
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