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Irving takes charge, Celtics beat Hawks for 9th straight win

By The Associated Press and eight rebounds to help from deep. Durant added
ATLANTA (AP) — Kyrie Ir- Golden State overcome its six assists and three blocks.
ving scored 35 points, Jay- shooting woes and beat James Johnson scored 21
son Tatum added 21 and Miami in a rare low-scoring points off the bench and
the Boston Celtics held off outing. Goran Dragic contributed
the Atlanta Hawks 110-107 Draymond Green scored 19 points for Miami.
Monday night for their ninth 18 points with a season- NETS 98, SUNS 92
straight victory. high four 3s to go with nine PHOENIX (AP) — D’Angelo
Irving’s 3 from the right rebounds as the defend- Russell had 23 points and
wing put the Celtics up ing NBA champions won eight assists, Joe Harris
104-103 — the game’s 25th for the seventh time in their scored a season-high 18
lead change — with 1:37 last eight games, includ- points and Brooklyn beat
remaining, and Boston led ing three straight in lopsid- Phoenix.
the rest of the way. ed fashion on their recent The Suns rallied from a
Dennis Schroder had 23 road trip. 15-point first-half deficit
points for the rebuilding The Warriors had scored to lead 75-74 after Jared
Hawks, who dropped to 100 points in every regular- Dudley’s layup with 9:17
2-9 a night after a surpris- season game since their to play, but the Nets went
ing two-point win at Cleve- second-to-last matchup back ahead moments later
land. last season, a 105-99 de- and held on to end a four-
Boston improved to 9-2, feat to Utah as the regulars game skid.
best in the NBA, and has rested or played limited Russell scored 13 points in
its longest winning streak in minutes ahead of the play- the fourth quarter. DeMarre
seven years. offs. Golden State is 3-11 Carroll added 14 points
Al Horford had 15 points, 10 Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving (11) drives against Atlanta over the past three sea- and 11 rebounds.
Hawks guard Dennis Schroder (17) during the second half of an
rebounds and nine assists in NBA basketball game Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Atlanta. Boston sons when held below 100 T.J. Warren had 20 points
his best game against the won 110-107. points. as the Suns lost their third
Hawks. Horford spent his Associated Press Stephen Curry added 16 straight. Devin Booker
first nine seasons in Atlanta and had totals of 20 points WARRIORS 97, HEAT 80 points and Klay Thompson scored 18 points before
before leaving as a free and 17 rebounds in three OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — 13. The Warriors shot just fouling out late in the
agent ahead of last season games against the Hawks. Kevin Durant had 21 points 36.8 percent and 11 for 32 game.q

Suns deal Bledsoe to

Bucks for Monroe, 2 picks

the league knew Phoenix the Suns, including career
was trying to trade him. highs in points (21.1) and
Bledsoe had asked to be assists (6.3) per game last
traded before the season, season.
Suns general manager Bledsoe spent the past five
Ryan McDonough has seasons in Phoenix after
said. The NBA fined the his first three years with the
eight-year NBA veteran Clippers.
$10,000 for the tweet. The 27-year-old Monroe,
Adding Bledsoe will take who joined the team as
some of the focus off of a free agent in 2015 after
do-it-all All-Star Giannis An- five years in Detroit, has
tetokounmpo, who is the been sidelined recently
Bucks’ primary ball-han- because of a left calf
dler. Milwaukee had lost strain. Over three seasons
four of its last five games with the Bucks, he aver-
before visiting the Cava- aged 13.3 points, 7.6 re-
liers, but adding Bledsoe’s bounds and 2.2 assists over
scoring ability alongside 165 games.
Antetokounmpo and Khris Without him, Milwaukee
At left, in a March 6, 2017, file photo, Milwaukee Bucks’ Greg Monroe (15) shoots during an NBA Middleton on a team that will likely consolidate the
basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers, in Philadelphia. At right, in a March 12, 2017, also includes rising guard center position and look
file photo, Phoenix Suns guard Eric Bledsoe (2) shoots over a Portland Trail Blazers defender Malcolm Brogdon could ahead to early next year
during an NBA basketball game, in Phoenix. help. when the front line should
Associated Press “Eric is a dynamic play- get a boost with the return
By GENARO C. ARMAS Bucks for big man Greg day the Suns fired coach er who brings scoring of injured forward Jabari
AP Sports Writer Monroe and two 2018 Earl Watson. He had been and toughness to the Parker.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Eric draft picks on Tuesday, averaging 15.7 points per court while enhancing The 6-11 Monroe has an
Bledsoe will get a fresh start hours before Milwaukee game, second behind our young and talented expiring contract, which
in Milwaukee. The Phoe- played in Cleveland. Devin Booker, and was the core,” Bucks general man- means even more room
nix Suns get a chance to The 27-year-old Bledsoe team’s on-court leader. ager Jon Horst said. for a Suns team with loads
speed up their rebuilding had not been with the He was sent home by the Bledsoe averaged more off cap space. They also
project. Suns since Oct. 22 when he Suns after the tweet, re- than 20.0 points and 6.0 could have as many as
The Suns traded their dis- posted “I Don’t wanna be ducing the team’s lever- assists per game in each of three first-round picks next
gruntled guard to the here” on Twitter, the same age because everyone in the last two seasons with season. q