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Kyrie scores 39 as Nets hold off Ingram, Pelicans 135-125

had 10 points and 13 re- Last season's NBA MVP has
bounds. posted a double-double in
Rookie guard Ja Morant all seven games this sea-
led the Grizzlies with 23 son.
points and six assists. Khris Middleton added 26
The game got testy with points to match his season
about two minutes left high, and Eric Bledsoe set a
when Grizzlies forward season best with 22. Bled-
Jae Crowder appeared soe added nine rebounds
to take a shot to the groin and six assists for the Bucks
while guarding Harden. Af- in a game delayed 50
ter the foul was called on minutes so one of the bas-
Crowder, Harden and the kets could be fixed before
Grizzlies exchanged words, tipoff.
leading to Crowder's ejec- Andrew Wiggins led the
tion. Harden was called for Timberwolves with 25
a flagrant-1 foul after a re- points. Minnesota played
view by officials. without center Karl-Antho-
BUCKS 134, TIMBERWOLVES ny Towns, who served the
106 second game of a two-
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gi- game suspension.
annis Antetokounmpo had Milwaukee broke open the
34 points and 15 rebounds game with a 38-point third
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving (11) drives to the basket against New Orleans Pelicans guard
Josh Hart (3) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, in New as Milwaukee beat Minne- quarter that included a
York. sota. 22-6 run. q
Associated Press
By The Associated Press over .500 for the first time in cheered from the sideline.
NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Ir- more than four years. The The Warriors (2-5) improved
ving had 39 points and surprising Suns are on a to 1-4 at home — they
nine assists, and the Brook- three-game winning streak haven't started 0-5 in their
lyn Nets withstood Brandon and off to their best seven- own building since losing
Ingram's career-high 40 game start since 2013. their initial six home games
points to beat the New Or- Booker, serenaded with in 1997-98.
leans Pelicans 135-125 on MVP chants from the home Damian Lillard, no longer
Monday night. crowd in the fourth quarter, playing in his hometown
The Nets had 67 points at has 6,003 points in his ca- of Oakland when he vis-
halftime and a 20-point reer. He's the eighth-young- its the Bay Area, notched
lead in the third quarter, est player in NBA history to his fourth 30-point perfor-
but could never get com- reach 6,000. The fifth-year mance in the first seven
fortable until the final min- guard, who turned 23 last games with 39 points on 15-
ute as Ingram kept coming week, finished 15 of 19 from for-26 shooting, including Los Angeles Chargers defensive back Desmond King (20)
at them. the field, including 3 of 4 five 3-pointers. Trail Blazers celebrates with teammates at the end of an NFL football
He shot 17 for 24 from the from 3-point range, and 7 center Hassan Whiteside game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, in
Chicago.
field in his first 40-point of 7 on free throws. added 22 points and 11 Associated Press
game and the Pelicans Playing without suspended rebounds after missing one
scored a franchise-record star Joel Embiid, the 76ers game with a bone bruise in Chargers, NFL deny reports
48 points in the third quar- (5-1) were led by Al Hor- his left knee. Golden State about possible move to London
ter. They got within two in ford's 32 points. swept Portland in the West-
the fourth but could never Horford tied a career high ern Conference finals last By JOE REEDY a possible option to relo-
get enough stops to catch with five 3-pointers and season on the way to a fifth AP Sports Writer cate to London because
the Nets. shot 13 of 20 from the field. straight NBA Finals. COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) of the team's struggles
Caris LeVert added 23 Tobias Harris added 24 ROCKETS 107, GRIZZLIES 100 — Los Angeles Chargers to build a fan base in
points, Joe Harris had 19 points and Furkan Korkmaz MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — owner Dean Spanos is Los Angeles. The Char-
and Jarrett Allen finished had 20. James Harden scored 44 emphatically denying gers are in their third sea-
with 18 points and 10 re- WARRIORS 127, TRAIL BLAZ- points, and Houston recov- reports that his franchise son in LA after Spanos
bounds for the Nets, who ERS 118 ered from a poor perfor- and the NFL are looking moved the team from
follow this game with a SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — mance one night earlier to into relocating the team its longtime San Diego
five-game road trip, their Rookie forward Eric Paschall earn a victory over Mem- to London. home, and they play in
longest of the season, with hit a key 3-pointer with 4:05 phis. "We're not going to Lon- the league's smallest sta-
the first four in the West. remaining and finished with Harden carried the load don. We're not going dium — the 27,000-seat
Jrue Holiday and Lonzo Ball 34 points and 13 rebounds for the Rockets, who didn't anywhere. We're playing Dignity Health Sports Park
each scored 15 points for on his 23rd birthday, lead- shoot particularly well and in Los Angeles," Spanos in Carson. The Chargers
the Pelicans, who fell to 1-6. ing injury-plagued Golden were without Russell West- said Tuesday. "This is our will move next year to
SUNS 114, 76ERS 109 State over Portland for its brook because he had the home, and this is where the new SoFi Stadium in
PHOENIX (AP) — Devin first home win at last. night off for rest. The 2018 we are planning to be for Inglewood, which they
Booker scored 40 points, Without all their injured NBA MVP finished 12 of 28 a long (expletive) time. will share with the Rams.
Ricky Rubio added 21 stars, the young Warriors from the field, including 7 Period." The NFL also released a
points and 10 assists, and shined against a Western of 16 from 3-point range. The Athletic reported statement saying there
Phoenix beat the NBA's fi- Conference contender He added 10 rebounds Monday night that the is no substance to the
nal undefeated team by to give Golden State its and six assists. Chargers have been dis- report about a possible
knocking off Philadelphia. first victory at new Chase Eric Gordon scored 16 cussed by the league as Chargers move.q
Phoenix (5-2) is three games Center as Klay Thompson points, and Clint Capela