DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Daniss Jenkins scored 18 points in his last game as a two-way player and the Detroit Pistons routed New York 118-80 on Friday night to end the Knicks\u2019 winning streak at eight games.<\/p>\n
Jenkins was playing his 42nd game of the season, meaning he is no longer eligible for NBA games under his two-way contract. The Pistons must convert his deal to a full NBA contract to keep him. He\u2019s averaging 8.2 points and 3.3 assists in 16.8 minutes as a backup guard.<\/p>\n
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Jalen Duren (knee) missed the game for Detroit while the Knicks played without Karl-Anthony Towns (eye) and OG Anunoby (toe).<\/p>\n
Tobias Harris and Isaiah Stewart each scored 15 points for the Pistons. They have won five straight regular-season games against New York, but lost to the Knicks in six games in the first round of last season\u2019s playoffs.<\/p>\n
Mikal Bridges scored 19 points for New York. Jalen Brunson finished with 12 on 4-for-20 shooting that included 0 for 8 on 3-pointers. New York\u2019s 80 points were a season low, beating the 90 they scored in a 31-point loss to the Pistons on Jan. 5.<\/p>\n
BUCKS 105, PACERS 99<\/p>\n
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MILWAUKEE (AP) \u2014 Kevin Porter Jr. had 23 points, eight assists and seven rebounds and Milwaukee beat Indiana for its first three-game winning streak of the season.<\/p>\n
Ryan Rollins added 22 points for the Bucks, and Bobby Portis had 21 after missing two games because of a bruised hip.<\/p>\n
Andrew Nembhard led Indiana with 22 points and Pascal Siakam had 19.<\/p>\n
Indiana rattled off a 15-0 run in the fourth quarter to pull to 91-87 with 4:11 remaining. On the Pacers\u2019 next possession, Ben Sheppard missed a 3-pointer that would have made it a one-possession game.<\/p>\n
Kevin Porter Jr. then hit a driving layup to start a 7-0 run that gave Milwaukee some breathing room.<\/p>\n
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Jericho Sims had a career-high 15 rebounds to go along with four points for the Bucks. Milwaukee\u2019s Myles Turner had nine points and 10 rebounds against his former team.<\/p>\n
CELTICS 98, HEAT 96<\/p>\n
BOSTON (AP) \u2014 Jaylen Brown had 29 points while Payton Pritchard scored 24 points to help Boston make its biggest comeback of the season, rallying from a 22-point deficit to defeat Miami.<\/p>\n
Derrick White hit a 3-pointer from the corner with 1:31 remaining that provided the Celtics \u2014 winners of five straight \u2014 the final margin. White shot 6 of 20 but ended up with 21 points.<\/p>\n
Nikola Vucevic had a double-double in his first game with the Celtics, finishing with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Boston made 9 of its final 15 shots from 3 after missing 20 of 21 from deep to start the game.<\/p>\n
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Miami had a chance to win it in regulation, but Davion Mitchell missed a 3-pointer from the corner with 2.7 seconds remaining. Andrew Wiggins led the Heat with 26 points while All-Star Norman Powell had 24 points.<\/p>\n
Miami wasted little time serving notice that it would be a long first half for Boston. The Heat jumped out to a 15-2 lead and led by as many 22 points before pulling into halftime up 59-38. The Celtics shot just 28% during the first two quarters, but things changed in the third quarter.<\/p>\n
Up 67-49, Miami watched as Boston outscored the visitors 25-7 over the final 7:06 of the third quarter. White and Pritchard started the comeback with back-to-back 3-pointers, then Pritchard hit a 3 coming out of a timeout that cut Miami\u2019s lead to 67-58.<\/p>\n
PELICANS 119, TIMBERWOLVES 115<\/p>\n
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Saddiq Bay scored 30 points, including two free throws with 10.8 seconds remaining, helping New Orleans overcome an 18-point second-half deficit in a win over Minnesota.<\/p>\n
Zion Williamson added 29 points and Trey Murphy III scored 26 as the Pelicans snapped a three-game skid<\/p>\n
Minnesota took a brief one-point lead with 50 seconds remaining on a 3-pointer by Bones Hyland, but Williamson converted a three-point play to put the Pelicans up 117-115 with 35.5 seconds to play.<\/p>\n
Anthony Edwards\u2019 shot fell short and Bey grabbed the rebound and was fouled by Julius Randle with 10.8 seconds to play.<\/p>\n
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Edwards finished with 35 points in the loss, including 23 in the first half. Randle added 24 points, while Rudy Gobert grabbed 16 rebounds to go with his 12 points.<\/p>\n
Pelicans rookie Derik Queen scored 17 points and was 4 for 4 from 3-point range. He entered having made just 10 shots from deep all season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Daniss Jenkins scored 18 points in his last game as a two-way player and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17558,54660,54657,30468,54662,11943,54663,54659,7068,25459,1267,53525,9424,54658,4777,19718,7074,54656,17661,1555,54653,5546,14063,5800,54661,3686,9,11,10,32323,54664,6474,18755,54655,25455,17662,36031,27571,23941,54654,54665,54652,34506],"class_list":{"0":"post-126033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-andrew-nembhard","9":"tag-andrew-wiggins","10":"tag-ben-sheppard","11":"tag-bobby-portis","12":"tag-bones-hyland","13":"tag-celtics","14":"tag-daniss-jenkins","15":"tag-davion-mitchell","16":"tag-derik-queen","17":"tag-derrick-white","18":"tag-detroit-pistons","19":"tag-edwards","20":"tag-indiana","21":"tag-isaiah-stewart","22":"tag-jalen-brunson","23":"tag-jalen-duren","24":"tag-jaylen-brown","25":"tag-jericho-sims","26":"tag-julius-randle","27":"tag-karl-anthony-towns","28":"tag-kevin-porter-jr","29":"tag-miami","30":"tag-mikal-bridges","31":"tag-minnesota","32":"tag-myles-turner","33":"tag-new-orleans","34":"tag-new-york","35":"tag-new-york-headlines","36":"tag-new-york-news","37":"tag-nikola-vucevic","38":"tag-norman-powell","39":"tag-og-anunoby","40":"tag-pacers","41":"tag-pascal-siakam","42":"tag-payton-pritchard","43":"tag-rudy-gobert","44":"tag-ryan-rollins","45":"tag-the-knicks","46":"tag-timberwolves","47":"tag-tobias-harris","48":"tag-trey-murphy-iii","49":"tag-winning-streak","50":"tag-zion-williamson"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}