Karl-Anthony Towns had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and the New York Knicks rolled to their seventh straight victory, 132-101 over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday…<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON(AP) \u2014 Karl-Anthony Towns had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and the New York Knicks rolled to their seventh straight victory, 132-101 over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Mikal Bridges scored 23 points and Jalen Brunson added 21 for New York, although the Knicks did lose Josh Hart to a sprained left ankle in the third quarter. Hart, who dealt with right ankle trouble earlier this season, walked gingerly to the tunnel immediately after leaving the game and did not play again.<\/p>\n
Will Riley scored 17 points and Bub Carrington added 14 for the Wizards. Washington has won three of its last five, but the two defeats were by 31 to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday and by the same margin to the Knicks four days later.<\/p>\n
New York has won 11 consecutive games against the Wizards.<\/p>\n
The Knicks went 2-9 from Dec. 31 to Jan. 19, but they\u2019ve rebounded impressively from that slump. During this seven-game run, they have wins by 54, 27, 30 and 31. They led by 41 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
New York was able to rest players ahead of Wednesday night\u2019s showdown with Denver, which also played Tuesday at Detroit. Only Brunson reached the 30-minute mark in this game for either team.<\/p>\n
The Knicks led by as many as 18 points in the first quarter and were up 72-45 at halftime.<\/p>\n
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Isaiah Collier had a career-high 22 assists \u2014 the most in the NBA this season and the most by a Utah player since John Stockton in 1992 \u2014 and the Jazz beat Indiana with just seven healthy players.<\/p>\n
Lauri Markkanen scored 27 points for the Jazz, who were short-handed after trading Georges Niang, Kyle Anderson, Walter Clayton Jr. and Taylor Hendricks to Memphis<\/a> earlier Tuesday for Jaren Jackson Jr., Jock Landale, John Konchar and Vince Williams Jr.<\/p>\n The last NBA player with 22 assists in a game was Denver\u2019s Nikola Jokic last March 7. Collier, who played the entire game, also scored 17 points as all seven Utah players had 14 points or more. Brice Sensabaugh scored 20, Ace Bailey had 19 and Kyle Filipowski had 16 points and 16 rebounds.<\/p>\n Quenton Johnson scored 24 points on 9-of-10 shooting and Jarace Walker also had 24 for the Pacers, who held out four regular starters \u2014 All-Star Pascal Siakam, Bennedict Mathurin, Andrew Nembhard and T.J. McConnell \u2014 for rest or because of minor injuries. All four played a night earlier, when Indiana lost 118-114<\/a> to visiting Houston.<\/p>\n Little-used Kam Jones, a healthy scratch on Monday, made his first career start for the Pacers and had 12 points.<\/p>\n NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 LeBron James scored 25 points, Luka Doncic had 24 and Los Angeles rolled to a victory over Brooklyn in Austin Reaves\u2019 first game since Christmas.<\/p>\n Reaves had 15 points in 21 minutes after missing the last 19 games with a strained left calf. He entered late in the first quarter with the Lakers already well in control and helped them continue to pour it on during their 20-for-25 shooting start to the game.<\/p>\n Jake LaRavia scored 18 points for the Lakers, who finished 5-3 on their road trip and play next against Philadelphia at home Thursday night, a few hours after the NBA\u2019s trade deadline has passed.<\/p>\n James had said it was difficult to evaluate the team\u2019s potential without Reaves, who was averaging 26.6 points before he was hurt. They looked potent Tuesday, though it\u2019s hard to judge much against the hapless Nets, who are only good at losing badly.<\/p>\n DETROIT (AP) \u2014 All-Star Cade Cunningham had 29 points and 10 assists and Detroit beat Denver.<\/p>\n All-Star Jalen Duren added 19 points and 13 rebounds, and Duncan Robinson scored 20 for the Pistons, who have won five of six, including a 109-107 win in Denver on Jan. 27. They came into the game following a record-setting win on Sunday<\/a>, beating the Brooklyn Nets 130-77 and setting a franchise mark with a 53-point margin of victory.<\/p>\n Jamal Murray led the Nuggets with 32 points and eight assists while Nikola Jokic had 24 points and 15 rebounds.<\/p>\n The Nuggets never led, but Jokic got them within two possessions, 112-107, with 2:33 to play. After a Detroit miss, Murray\u2019s 3-pointer made it a two-point game.<\/p>\n Tobias Harris answered with a 3-pointer on Detroit\u2019s next possession, and the teams traded baskets to make it 117-112 with 1:15 left.<\/p>\n Detroit finally got a stop with 33 seconds left and clinched the game from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n MIAMI (AP) \u2014 All-Star Jalen Johnson had 29 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, CJ McCollum added 26 points off the bench and Atlanta beat Miami to snap a two-game slide.<\/p>\n Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 19 for the Hawks, who led most of the way and spoiled Miami\u2019s celebration of the 20th anniversary<\/a> of its 2006 NBA championship. Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O\u2019Neal were sitting courtside, and most of the players from that first Heat title team were in attendance.<\/p>\n Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 21 points for the Heat. Pelle Larsson and Simone Fontecchio each had 18, and Bam Adebayo finished with 16 points and 14 rebounds for Miami.<\/p>\n Atlanta took the lead for good with 4:31 left in the opening quarter and answered every Miami rally attempt with a run of its own.<\/p>\n The Hawks took a 21-point lead in the second quarter; Miami quickly got within 11, but Atlanta had the margin out to 17 points again by halftime.<\/p>\n It was largely the same plot in the third quarter; Miami shaved 12 points off the deficit to get within five after just 4:57 of the second half, but the Hawks pulled away again and McCollum\u2019s 3-pointer to end the quarter gave Atlanta yet another 17-point lead going into the fourth.<\/p>\n MILWAUKEE (AP) \u2014 Kyle Kuzma matched a season high with 31 points and Milwaukee snapped a five-game skid, beating Chicago in a meeting of short-handed teams.<\/p>\n Milwaukee was missing its top two scorers due to injury, while the Bulls traded away three players earlier in the day.<\/p>\n The Bulls sent Kevin Huerter and Dario Saric to Detroit as part of a three-team deal<\/a> in which they acquired Mike Conley Jr. from Minnesota and Jaden Ivey from the Pistons. They also traded Nikola Vucevic<\/a> and a second-round pick to Boston for Anfernee Simons and a second-round selection.<\/p>\n Chicago was missing leading scorer Josh Giddey due to a strained left hamstring.<\/p>\n Milwaukee was again without two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo,<\/a> who strained his right calf<\/a> on Jan. 23. Antetokounmpo was on the court taking shots and working out before the game.<\/p>\n The Bucks improved to 4-15 without Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n CELTICS 110, MAVERICKS 100<\/p>\n DALLAS (AP) \u2014 Jaylen Brown had 33 points and 11 rebounds, and Boston beat Dallas, overcoming another stellar showing from Cooper Flagg and handing the Mavericks their season-worst fifth consecutive loss.<\/p>\n Flagg scored 36 points in the rookie No. 1 pick\u2019s first meeting with the team he grew up watching because Boston was the closest NBA city to his hometown, about 200 miles south of Newport, Maine. <\/p>\n It was Flagg\u2019s third consecutive 30-point game, five nights after the 19-year-old set the NBA scoring record for a teenager<\/a> with 49 against Charlotte. The former Duke standout had nine rebounds and six assists.<\/p>\n