UNDATED (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks were able to win on Wednesday without two of their top players.
The Bucks leaned on Jrue Holiday and had a 21-0 fourth-quarter run to beat the Pacers, 114-99. Holiday had 26 points and 14 assists for Milwaukee, which was tied before opening the fourth quarter on a 25-5 run. Pat Connaughton and Jordan Nwora each scoring eight points during the run and finished with 20 points apiece.
The Bucks were without Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton. Antetokounmpo was placed in COVID-19 protocol on Tuesday and Middleton was out with a hyperextended left knee.
Checking out Wednesday’s other NBA schedule:
— The Jazz are owners of an eight-game winning streak after Donovan Mitchell scored 19 of his 27 points in the second half of their 124-103 romp over the Clippers. Bojan Bogdanovic made six 3-pointers, scored 20 points and helped the Jazz shoot 53%. Jordan Clarkson scored 21 in the victory, while Rudy Gobert added 20 with 17 rebounds.
— Gabe Vincent scored 26 points and hit a key 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter of the Heat’s 101-96 win over the 76ers. Duncan Robinson added 21 points and Kyle Lowry added 14 for the Heat, whose 10 available players included seven that were undrafted. Philadelphia center Joel Embiid had 17 points and 14 rebounds in his return after missing Monday’s 126-91 loss at Memphis due to right rib soreness.
— It’s now a five-game winning streak for the Cavaliers after their 124-89 rout of the Rockets. Darius Garland dropped in 21 points and Isaac Okoro added 20 in Cleveland’s largest margin of victory this season. Dean Wade scored 16 points for Cleveland, which led 84-39 midway through the third quarter and had 100 points entering the fourth.
— Desmond Bane had 23 points and the Grizzlies stretched their winning streak to four games with a 113-103 verdict over the Trail Blazers. Dillon Brooks added 22 points. Steven Adams had 10 points and 14 rebounds to help Memphis win for the ninth time in 10 games. Norman Powell had 25 points in Portland’s seventh straight loss.
— The Timberwolves beat the Nuggets for the first time in their last 13 meetings as Anthony Edwards made 10 3-pointers and scored 38 points in Minnesota’s 124-107 victory. Karl-Anthony Towns scored 32 points and D’Angelo Russell added 16 for the Wolves, who shot 23 for 48 from beyond the arc. Denver’s Nikola Jokic had 27 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists for his sixth triple-double of the season and the 63rd of his career.
— Rookie Austin Reaves nailed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the Lakers past the Mavericks, 107-104 in overtime. Reaves’ game-winner was his fifth from beyond the arc and the only bucket in OT scored by someone other than the team’s Big Three. LeBron James scored 24 points, Russell Westbrook added 23 and Anthony Davis had 20 points and 12 rebounds for L.A.
— Gordon Hayward poured in a season-high 41 points and the Hornets never trailed in a 131-115 victory versus the Spurs. Hayward was 15 for 19 from the field and matched a season-high with five 3-pointers on six attempts. Cody Martin scored 21 points and Miles Bridges had 19 as Charlotte won for only the third time in its last nine games.
— Devonte’ Graham’s 61-foot heave at the buzzer gave the Pelicans a 113-110 win over the Thunder. The bucket came after Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hit an off-balance 30-footer to tie the score for Oklahoma City with 2.3 seconds remaining. Brandon Ingram scored 34 points and Jonas Valanciunas added 19 points and 16 rebounds for the Pelicans.
— Trae Young played through a minor neck injury to score 28 points in the Hawks’ first win in three games, 111-99 against the Magic. Young left for the locker room late in the third quarter after Cole Anthony hit him with a shoulder in the face on an offensive foul. John Collins had 21 points and 10 rebounds for Atlanta, which has won five straight on the road but owns a five-game skid at home.
— De’Aaron Fox scored 28 points and the short-handed Kings beat the Wizards, 119-105. Harrison Barnes delivered 15 of his 19 points in the final period, when he had a pair of three-point plays and a 3-pointer to help Sacramento end a three-game skid. Tristan Thompson and Buddy Hield scored 15 points apiece as the Kings handed Washington its sixth loss in seven games.
