ATLANTA (AP) — Luka Doncic had 32 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists and the Los Angeles Lakers extended their winning streak to six games with a 124-114 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night.
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Walker Kessler had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Collin Sexton had 18 points and six assists off the bench.
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The Lakers were without guard Austin Reeves, who missed the game due to illness one day after scoring 43 points at Detroit.
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Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 23 points and was 5 of 8 from 3-point range.
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The Lakers as a team shot 43% from beyond the arc (15 of 35).
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CJ McCollum led the Hawks with 21 points off the bench.
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Nickeil Alexander-Walker had 20 points and Oneka Okongwu had 16 for Atlanta, which saw its winning streak end at four games.
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Dyson Daniels was the primary defender on Doncic, and he also had 10 points, eight assists, four steals and a rare 3-pointer.
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The Hawks cut the Lakers lead to 115-111 on a Daniels bucket with 3:30 to play, but a 6-0 burst by the Los Angeles put the game out of reach.
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Doncic had a driving layup and an assist during the run.
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HORNETS 124, CAVALIERS 112
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Grayson Allen scored 27 points, Naz Reid added 25 points and 13 rebounds and Charlotte beat Cleveland to snap a six-game losing streak.
Tidjane Salaun added 14 points off the bench and Ryan Kalkbrenner had 15 rebounds for Charlotte, which shot 23 of 46 from 3-point range.
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Charlotte built a 33-point lead in the third quarter then hung on to win after the Cavaliers cut the lead to 118-110 with four minutes left.
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Meleek Thomas led the way for the Cavaliers with 18 points.
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The Hornets came into the game ranked second to last in the league in 3-point field goal percentage at 28.8%, but hit 12 of 24 from deep in the first half to build a 16-point halftime lead.
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Allen, Reid and Salaun combined for 52 of Charlotte’s 69 points before the break.
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Eager for their first win since Oct. 26, the Hornets stayed hot in the third quarter and extended the lead to 33 with Sion James knocking down three key 3s.
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He finished with 11.
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Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson chose to play his reserves the entire fourth quarter even after his team trimmed the lead to single digits.
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team → choose → digits
PISTONS 122, WIZARDS 111
DETROIT (AP) — John Collins had 24 points and 10 rebounds as Detroit beat Washington.
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The Pistons overcame a 44-point, 13-rebound performance from Anthony Davis, who had been a game-time decision because of an ankle issue.
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Daniss Jenkins finished with 22 points and eight assists after moving into the starting lineup.
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Jenkins scored a career-high 31 points in Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Duncan Robinson scored 22 for Detroit.
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AJ Dybantsa scored 21 points for Washington, which lost its fourth straight.
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Trae Young had 20 points and seven assists.
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The Pistons led by 10 at the half and shot 63.2% from the floor in the third quarter.
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Jenkins had 13 points in the quarter as Detroit extended the lead to 103-87.
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Cade Cunningham didn’t return until midway through the fourth quarter after picking up a fifth personal foul in the third, but the Pistons had built a comfortable 115-99 lead.
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GRIZZLIES 118, RAPTORS 102
TORONTO (AP) — Ty Jerome scored 27 points, Cameron Boozer added 22 and Memphis improved to 5-0 on the road this season by beating short-handed Toronto.
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They’ve also won at Golden State, Sacramento, Utah and Portland.
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Jerami Grant scored 17 points and Jaylen Wells had 14 as the Grizzlies snapped a three-game losing streak and won for the fifth time in six trips to Toronto.
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Boozer had seven rebounds and eight assists.
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Zach Edey had eight points and nine rebounds in his lone regular-season visit to his hometown.
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Grizzlies center Quinten Post left in the first quarter after being elbowed in the face while defending Jamison Battle’s drive to the basket.
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Jamal Shead had 20 points and 11 assists for the Raptors, who played without three starters.
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ROCKETS 110, NUGGETS 100
HOUSTON (AP) — Kevin Durant had 23 points and Alperen Sengun added 20 to lead Houston to a win over Denver that snapped a two-game skid.
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Denver’s Jamal Murray made two free throws to cut the lead to six points with about five minutes left.
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Murray → make → minutes
But Christian Braun missed a pair of free throws after that and Houston got baskets from Sengun and Amen Thompson to push the lead to 100-90 with four minutes remaining.
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Houston → miss → minutes
The Rockets got back on track after losing to Minnesota and Phoenix following a 7-1 start to the season.
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Murray had 38 points in his fourth game this season with at least 34 points as Denver’s two-game winning streak ended.
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…and 19 more, not listed.
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