STEPHEN Curry led a balanced scoring attack with 29 points and the Golden State Warriors rebounded from a humiliating loss in Boston with a 125-90 romp over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night (Thursday in Manila) in San Francisco.
Golden State rookie Trayce Jackson-Davis squashed a Milwaukee rally with two blocks on Giannis Antetokounmpo in a five-second highlight reel in the third quarter. He added 15 points and four blocks for the Warriors, who were last seen getting swamped 140-88 by the Celtics on Sunday.
Returning to action after missing a home win over the Los Angeles Clippers with Achilles soreness, Antetokounmpo paced the Bucks with 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
Damian Lillard wound up with 20 points and six assists for Milwaukee, which had a six-game winning streak end.
In other games, it was the Magic 119, Wizards 109; Bulls 119, Jazz 117; Hawks 112, Cavs 101; Clippers 122, Rockets 116; Thunder 128, Blazers 120; Kings 130, Lakers 120; and Grizzlies 115, Sixers 109.
Magic 119, Wizards 109
Franz Wagner scored 28 points and Paolo Banchero added 25 points and 10 assists as Orlando rallied from a 21-point, first-half deficit to hand host Washington its franchise-record-tying 16th consecutive loss.
Jalen Suggs made five 3-pointers and scored 19 points for Orlando, which has won five straight games and 14 of its past 18. The game featured 12 ties and 16 lead changes.
Jordan Poole scored 26 points off the bench to lead Washington, while Kyle Kuzma added 25. The 16-game skid matches the Wizards’ record set in March 2010.
Bulls 119, Jazz 117
DeMar DeRozan scored 29 points and hit the game-winning free throws with nine seconds remaining in Chicago’s victory over Utah in Salt Lake City. The decisive free throws followed moments after a sequence in which a fracas led to three technical fouls.
Utah had two subsequent chances to win the game, but Jordan Clarkson and Collin Sexton missed 3-point attempts in the final seconds. John Collins led the Jazz with 25 points and 13 rebounds. Sexton chipped in 24 points and seven assists.
Coby White finished with 25 points and Nikola Vucevic totaled 23 points and 12 rebounds as the Bulls improved to 2-0 on their four-game Western trip.