Luka Doncic scored 32 points and tied 15 assists for the season to help the Dallas Mavericks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 118-112 on Sunday.
Top of the Bucks is Giannis Antetokounbo with 28 points and ten assists. The Milwaukee were virtually complete on Sunday, having rested all their usual players in the 153-119 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday.
Doncic flirted with a hat-trick before finishing with eight rebounds. In six career games against the Bucks, Doncic averaged 26.8 points, 11.3 assists and 9.2 rebounds along with three triple-doubles.
Dallas’ Dwight Powell added 22 points and 13 rebounds – a high level of career.
Embiid dominates. hat-trick for Harden
Joel Embiid and James Harden dominated the floor and gave the 76ers a significant 112-108 victory over the Cavaliers.
Embiid scored 44 points and added an impressive 17 rebounds.
It is already the 11th time this season that Embiid has collected at least 40 points and 10 rebounds in one match.
Meanwhile, James Harden scored a second hat-trick since joining the 76ers with 21 points, ten rebounds and ten assists.
Tobias Harris and Tyrese Maxey added 11 points to the game.
At the Cavs camp, Darius Garland scored 23 points and teammates Caris LeVert and Lamar Stevens supported him with 18 points each.
Kiss It is therefore guaranteed to retain 4th place in the East for now ahead of the Raptors.
Washington 102 – Boston 144
Jalen Brown had 32 points, Jason Tatum had 22 and Boston had beaten the Washington Wizards in their last home game of the season for the Celtics, who won 144-102.
Boston recorded its 13th win in 16 games with three games remaining for the regular season.
Derrick White added 17 points, Grant Williams 16 and Payton Pritchard 14 for the Celtics, who finished 28-13 at TD Garden. Tatum had seven assists and six rebounds, while Brown added seven rebounds with five assists.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Kristaps Porzingis had 17 points each for Washington and Ish Smith finished with 16.
Elsewhere in the NBA:
Denver 129 – Los Angeles Lakers 118
NEST: Hattrick for Nikola Jokic with 38 points, 18 rebounds and eight assists
ALL: Anthony Davis had 28 points and eight assists
Detroit 121 – Indiana 117
TED: Sadiq Bay had 31 points and nine assists
IND: Oshae Brissett had 20 points and ten rebounds
New York 118 – Orlando 88
New York: 27 points, five rebounds and six assists for RJ Barrett
ENT: Mo Baba scored 13 points and 12 rebounds
Minnesota 139 – Houston 132
MIN: Anthony Edwards had 33 points
HOO: Jalen Green scored 31 points
Phoenix 96 – Oklahoma City 117
PHO: Mikal Bridges scored 18 points
CCO: A triple of Alexei Pokushevsky with 17 points, ten rebounds and 12 assists
Portland 92 – San Antonio 113
ORP: Keon Johnson scored 18 points
THIS: Keldon Johnson scored a total of 28 points
Golden State 109 – Sacramento 90
GS: 25 points in the victory for Andrew Wiggins
BAG: Harrison Barnes had 18 points and 10 rebounds
New Orleans 100 – Los Angeles Clippers 119
NO: CJ McCollum scored 19 points
LAKE: Ivica Zubac had 16 points and 14 rebounds
