MYLES Turner scored a season-high 33 points and collected eight rebounds to help lead the Indiana Pacers to a 133-111 win over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Sunday (Monday in Manila).
Tyrese Haliburton added 17 points and 10 assists for the Pacers, who won their third straight game. Andrew Nembhard and Ben Sheppard each tallied 15 for Indiana, followed by Bennedict Mathurin’s 14 points and 11 boards. Pascal Siakam and T.J. McConnell also scored 12 each.
Luka Doncic led Dallas with 33 points, while Kyrie Irving added 29. Josh Green scored 14 points for the Mavericks, who had their seven-game winning streak snapped. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 11 points off the bench.
Irving scored the first nine Dallas points of the fourth, and the Mavericks cut the deficit to just four with 8:56 left. However, that would be as close as Dallas would get as the Pacers answered with a 20-4 run, culminating with Haliburton’s layup to give Indiana a 124-104 lead with 4:15 left and cement the victory.
In other games, it was the Nuggets 119, Warriors 103; Bucks 119, Sixers 98; Thunder 123, Rockets 110; Suns 123, Lakers 113; Kings 123, Clippers 107; Bulls 114, Pelicans 106; Cavs 114, Wizards 105; Jazz 128, Spurs 109; Hawks 109, Magic 92; and Hornets 93, Blazers 80.
Nuggets 119, Warriors 103
Nikola Jokic set an NBA record en route to his third straight triple-double, Jamal Murray chipped in with 27 points and Denver rallied to defeat Golden State for the seventh consecutive time.
Jokic finished with 32 points, 16 rebounds and 16 assists en route to a record-setting third consecutive game with at least 14 points and 14 rebounds. Aaron Gordon aided the visitors’ cause with 17 points, six rebounds and three steals.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope did his usual masterful defensive job on Stephen Curry, who had 20 points despite going just 1 of 10 on 3-point attempts. Curry shot just 6-for-19 overall.
Klay Thompson was the driving force in the hosts’ early success with 23 first-half points, including five 3-pointers, but he went scoreless in the second half.
Bucks 119, Sixers 98
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists to lift Milwaukee past host Philadelphia.
Damian Lillard added 24 points and nine assists while Malik Beasley had 20 points and Bobby Portis scored 17 as the Bucks won their second in a row in coach Doc Rivers’ first game in Philadelphia against his former team. Brook Lopez contributed 11 points, seven rebounds and five blocked shots.
Tyrese Maxey led the Sixers with 24 points, De’Anthony Melton added 16 and Paul Reed had 13 points and eight rebounds. Kelly Oubre Jr. chipped in with 12 points and nine rebounds and Buddy Hield scored 11 points. — Field Level Media
