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Giannis has 32 and 12 as Bucks hold off Pistons 107-104

By The Associated Press comes following a three- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Da-
DETROIT (AP) — Giannis game skid. mian Lillard scored 22 of
Antetokounmpo had 32 Houston led by double dig- his 39 points in a dominant
points and 12 rebounds, its early in the fourth quar- third quarter and Portland
and the Milwaukee Bucks ter, but poor shooting left defeated Los Angeles.
held on for a 107-104 vic- the Rockets tied with about Lillard hit five of his six
tory over the Detroit Pistons two minutes left. A 3-point- 3-pointers in the third when
on Monday night when er by Harden put Houston the Trail Blazers outscored
Blake Griffin missed a last- back on top and he add- the Clippers 42-28. Portland
second 3-pointer. ed two free throws with was 10 of 20 from 3-point
Griffin actually missed two about a minute remaining range in the game.
3s in the final 14 seconds. to make it 99-94. C.J. McCollum added 27
The Detroit star already Under heavy pressure, points and Jusuf Nurkic had
had a triple-double after Harden stepped back and 20.
three quarters, but it was a hit a 3 to make it 102-97 Tobias Harris matched Lil-
quiet fourth for him. Griffin Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) charges with 13.3 seconds left. lard with a career-high 39
finished with 19 points, 11 into Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin (23) in the first half of an Donovan Mitchell had 23 points and rookie Shai Gil-
assists and 10 rebounds, but NBA basketball game in Detroit, Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. points for the Jazz, who geous-Alexander added
he also had 10 turnovers. Associated Press have lost four of five. 24 for the Clippers, who
The Pistons rallied from Harden, who made 15 of have lost four in a row for
a 15-point, third-quarter play and a driving layup to for its fourth straight win. 16 free throws, had six re- the first time this season.
deficit and took an 89-86 make it 107-100. It was the Rockets' first vic- bounds, five assists and five SPURS 123, 76ERS 96
lead in the fourth. Ante- ROCKETS 102, JAZZ 97 tory over the Jazz this sea- steals. SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Rudy
tokounmpo put Milwaukee HOUSTON (AP) — James son after dropping the first WARRIORS 110, GRIZZLIES Gay had 21 points and La-
up by three with a dunk, Harden scored 47 points to two meetings. The team's 93 Marcus Aldridge and De-
then added a three-point help Houston hold off Utah current winning streak OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Mar DeRozan each added
Stephen Curry had 20 20 as San Antonio defeat-
points and seven rebounds ed Philadelphia.
to lead Golden State past San Antonio bounced
Memphis. back after squandering
Curry became the fifth a 21-point lead in a loss
player in Warriors history to to Chicago on Saturday
score 15,000 points during night. The Spurs held an op-
the regular season — join- ponent under 100 points for
ing Wilt Chamberlain, Rick the fifth straight game.
Barry, Paul Arizin and Chris J.J. Redick and Ben Sim-
Mullin. mons each scored 16
Kevin Durant had 23 points points to lead the 76ers.
and passed Larry Bird Joel Embiid was limited to
(21,791) for 33rd place on 13 points on 6-for-17 shoot-
the NBA's career scoring ing and finished with 11 re-
list. Klay Thompson added bounds.
16 points. Aldridge added 10 re-
Golden State led by 25 bounds and DeRozan had
in the second quarter in seven assists for the Spurs,
quickly turning the game who completed a 5-1
into a rout. That allowed homestand.
coach Steve Kerr to rest THUNDER 121, BULLS 96
many of his regulars as OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —
the Warriors began a busy Paul George scored 16 of
stretch with eight games his 24 points in the final five
before the end of the year. minutes of the first half and
Marc Gasol had 15 points, Oklahoma City rolled past
six rebounds and six assists Chicago.
for the Grizzlies, who lost George's outburst came in
their third straight and fifth the last 4:47 of the second
in six games. Omri Casspi quarter as the Thunder out-
scored a season-high 20 scored the Bulls 23-7 and
against his former team. built a 64-44 lead at the
TRAIL BLAZERS 131, CLIP- break. He scored just one
PERS 127 point in the second half.q