Stephen Curry’s clutch scoring leads Warriors to win over Bucks as Giannis Antetokounmpo sits

Stephen Curry scored 36 points, 22 of them in the fourth quarter and overtime, shining in his first home game after a long injury absence and leading the Golden State Warriors to a 125-116 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday. best in the nba

Curry hit a tying 3-pointer with 19 seconds left in regulation and then blocked a Jrue Holiday layup attempt in the final moments. The Warriors got the ball back with 1.9 seconds remaining and Curry fed the ball to Draymond Green, who missed from deep.

Holiday had put Milwaukee within 3 with 32.7 seconds left and finished with 18 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. But the Bucks, playing without star Giannis Antetokounmpo, had their three-game winning streak snapped with only their second loss in 21 games since Jan. 21.

Thompson added 22 points, Donte DiVincenzo had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Warriors won at home for the seventh straight and 11th in 12.

Khris Middleton had 19 points and five assists, Bobby Portis had 15 points and 13 rebounds and Brook Lopez had 19 points and seven rebounds for Milwaukee.

CELTS 134, FALCONS 125

Jayson Tatum led a balanced attack, scoring 11 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter, and Boston overcame Atlanta’s fourth-quarter comeback attempt.

The Celtics opened a six-game road trip with six players scoring in double figures. Jaylen Brown had 24 points. Tatum added 15 rebounds.

Trae Young had 35 points and 13 assists for Atlanta, which couldn’t keep up the momentum after back-to-back victories in Washington. The Hawks remain eighth in the Eastern Conference standings.

With 1:25 remaining and Boston leading 129-121, Young and Marcus Smart had to be separated after the two got tangled up and fell to the court under the Celtics’ basket. Smart was called for an initial foul before a lengthy review by the referees called both players for technical fouls and sent Smart off. Young made two free throws to cut the deficit to six points.

Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum dunks against Atlanta Hawks De’Andre Hunter, right.

CLIPPERS 106, KNICKS 95

Kawhi Leonard scored 38 points and the Los Angeles Clippers pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat New York.

Paul George added 22 points for the Clippers, who have won three in a row after losing five in a row.

It was Leonard’s seventh straight game with at least 21 points, and he’s averaging 31 points during that span. He also has four 30-point games during that span.

Immanuel Quickley had 26 points and 10 rebounds for the Knicks, who have lost three in a row following a nine-game winning streak. Quickley started in place of Jalen Brunson, who was sidelined with a sore left foot. Julius Randle scored 19 despite shooting 5-for-24.

Clippers Kawhi Leonard, shoots under pressure from the New York Knicks Mitchell Robinson (23)

PACEMAKERS 121, PISTONS 115

Jalen Smith scored 11 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter as Indiana beat Detroit to extend the Pistons’ losing streak to 11 games.

Isaiah Jackson added 19 points and 11 rebounds for Indiana, which improved to 5-2 in its last seven games.

Isaiah Livers scored a career-high 18 points for Detroit, which fell to a league-worst 15-53. Killian Hayes had 17 points and 13 assists.

The Pistons were missing five of their six leading scorers; Hayes was the only one in the lineup. The Pacers played without Tyrese Haliburton, Bennedict Mathurin and Myles Turner.

Indiana Pacers Jalen Smith (25) shoots the ball against Detroit Pistons guard RJ Hampton (14)

MAGIC 126, HEAT 114, OT

Wendell Carter had 27 points and 11 rebounds as Orlando rallied from a fourth-quarter collapse to beat Miami in overtime.

Jimmy Butler scored 38 points for the Heat, including 15 in the final six minutes of the fourth quarter as Miami overcame a 15-point deficit. Butler’s three-pointer at the buzzer sent the game into overtime.

The end of the fourth quarter included a wild sequence during which Paolo Banchero’s foul on a Butler 3-point attempt with 14.5 seconds left was nullified by a replay.

Banchero had 17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists for the Magic. Franz Wagner had 17 points and eight rebounds before leaving with an ankle injury early in the fourth quarter.

Wendell Carter Jr. of the Orlando Magic drives to the basket during the game against the Heat

BULLS 119, ROCKETS 111

Zach LaVine scored 36 points and DeMar DeRozan added 27 as Chicago used a big run in the fourth quarter to get past the Rockets.

The Bulls trailed by four midway through the quarter before going on a 13-0 run for a 115-106 lead with two minutes remaining.

DeRozan, who had seven rebounds and five assists, scored the first four points of the streak and LaVine scored the next four. LaVine’s second basket in that span came on a DeRozan alley-oop, and former Rocket player Patrick Beverley capped the streak with a 3-pointer.

It’s the second straight win for the Bulls, who got 18 points and 11 rebounds from Nikola Vucevic and 16 points and 10 rebounds from Beverley. LaVine had nine rebounds and five assists.

Rookie Jabari Smith Jr. had 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Western Conference-worst Rockets, who lost for the third straight time.

Chicago Bulls Zach LaVine (8) shoots at Houston Rockets forward Jae’Sean Tate (8)

GRIZZLIES 112, MAVERICKS 108

Rookie David Roddy scored a career-high 24 points, including 17 points in the fourth quarter, as Memphis edged past a shorthanded Dallas.

Roddy made 7 of 8 shots in the quarter, including 3 of 4 from outside the arc. Desmond Bane led the Grizzlies with 25 points, while Jaren Jackson Jr. finished with 14 points.

Tim Hardaway Jr. led the Mavericks with 23 points, while Jaden Hardy finished with 22. Josh Green added 21 points for Dallas.

Two of the NBA’s biggest stars, the Mavericks’ Luka Doncic and Memphis’ Ja Morant, were absent from the game. Doncic has a left thigh strain, while Morant is off the team after posting a video last weekend in which he appeared to display a gun at a Denver-area strip club.

Grizzlies forward David Roddy (27) shoots at Dallas Mavericks forward Christian Wood

THUNDER 110, PELICANS 96

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points as Oklahoma City defeated New Orleans for its fourth win in five games.

Josh Giddey added 19 points and Jalen Williams had 17 for the Thunder, who led most of the way and as many as 21 in the first half. Gilgeous-Alexander, who did not attempt a 3-pointer, made 11 of 23 shots and made all 13 of his free throws.

Already struggling during the extended injury absence of All-Star power forward Zion Williamson, New Orleans also played without high-scoring wing Brandon Ingram, who entered the day listed as questionable after leaving a game Wednesday with a sprained thigh. right ankle. CJ McCollum scored 26 points to lead the Pelicans.

Thunder Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) dunks over New Orleans Pelicans CJ McCollum (3)

JAZZ 119, HORNETS 111

Talen Horton-Tucker scored a season-high 37 points and had 10 assists and eight rebounds as Utah defeated Charlotte for its second straight victory.

Walker Kessler added 17 points and 16 rebounds and Kelly Olynyk had 17 points for the Jazz, who outrebounded the Hornets 60-43. Lauri Markkanen had 13 points and 13 rebounds.

Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 24 points and Terry Rozier added 22 for the Hornets, whose two-game winning streak was snapped.

Utah Jazz guard Talen Horton-Tucker outplays Charlotte Hornets forward Kai Jones