Toronto — Pascal Siakam scored a career-high 23 points, Jonas Valanciunas had 19 points and 10 rebounds and the Toronto Raptors beat the New York Knicks, 128-112, on Saturday, improving their league-leading record to 12-1.
OG Anunoby scored 16 points and Kawhi Leonard, Serge Ibaka and Delon Wright each had 12 as the Raptors won their sixth straight home meeting with the Knicks and improved to 7-0 at home this season. Toronto has won six straight overall.
Toronto’s Nick Nurse became the first coach to win 12 of his first 13 games since Lawrence Frank started 13-0 with the New Jersey Nets in 2004.
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 27 points and Enes Kanter had 15 points and 15 rebounds for the Knicks, who have lost 16 of their past 19 against the Raptors.
Clippers 128, Bucks 126 (ot)
Los Angeles — Lou Williams hit a jumper with .3 seconds remaining in overtime, lifting Los Angeles to the victory.
Boban Marjanovic intercepted Giannis Antetokounmpo’s inbounds pass as time expired, sending Milwaukee to just its third loss in 12 games.
Montrezl Harrell led the Clippers with 26 points off the bench. Patrick Beverley added 21 points and Tobias Harris had 20 points and 11 rebounds.
Harrell led Los Angeles with 26 points off the bench. Patrick Beverley added 21 points and Tobias Harris had 20 points and 11 rebounds.
Antetokounmpo had 27 points and 18 rebounds for Milwaukee.
Former Clipper Eric Bledsoe’s 3-pointer tied it at 119 with six seconds remaining. Danilo Gallinari’s 3-point try for Los Angeles bounced off the rim at the buzzer, sending both teams to their first overtime of the season.
Pelicans 119, Suns 99
New Orleans — Anthony Davis had 26 points and 12 rebounds as New Orleans defeated Phoenix.
Davis led four Pelicans in double figures. New Orleans never trailed in winning its second straight game after a six-game losing streak.
Julius Randle also had a double-double, finishing with 22 points and 16 rebounds. Jrue Holiday scored 19 points and E’Twaun Moore had 17.
T.J. Warren led the Suns with 25 points, Deandre Ayton scored 20 and grabbed 12 rebounds and Devin Booker scored 12 points.
It was the first time in 10 games that New Orleans had a victory by a margin of 10 or more points.
The Pelicans dominated on the boards, outrebounding the Suns, 53-37.
The Pelicans scored the first seven points of the game and maintained a comfortable margin for the most part, but couldn’t put away the Suns until midway through the fourth quarter.
New Orleans, which led 61-53 at halftime, scored its first seven points of the third quarter on free throws and increased its lead to 72-58.
The Pelicans led by as many as 18 during the third quarter, but saw the lead shrink to 91-82 after three quarters.
New Orleans began the fourth quarter on a 9-2 run for a 100-84 lead. It continued to extend the lead, even after coach Alvin Gentry took out his starters.
The Pelicans took advantage of free throw opportunities in the first quarter, as well. They led 33-26 after the opening period as Davis scored 10 points, despite making just one field goal. He made all eight of his foul shots.
New Orleans led by as many as 13 points in the second quarter but Phoenix scored the final five points of the period to trim the lead to 61-53 at halftime.
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