DAMIAN LILLARD ‘PHENOMENAL’, GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO RETURNS FROM INJURY AS

The Milwaukee Bucks bounced back from their defeat to the Boston Celtics with victory over the Brooklyn Nets in the NBA. The Bucks, who are 10.5 games behind the Eastern Conference leading Celtics, got big showings from Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard to win. Nikola Jokic scored his 22nd triple-double of the season as the Denver Nuggets beat the New York Knicks.

The game was tied at 96-96 with five minutes remaining before Lillard twice stole the ball to set up three-point plays, and then netted a three-pointer himself.
“Dame, defensively, was phenomenal – all game,” said Milwaukee head coach Doc Rivers.
“He’s a very competitive guy and you could see that tonight.
“I like how we kind of gathered ourselves. They took the lead, we came back and got stops. We didn’t play well the beginning of the third.

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“The first half, the ball was hopping. It was beautiful. And then we kind of went back to that hold-the-ball, no-movement style. We had to play ourselves through that.”
Nikola Jokic scored his 22nd triple-double of the season as the Denver Nuggets won 113-100 against the New York Knicks.

Luka Doncic starred in a 113-97 win for the Dallas Mavericks over the Utah Jazz.
Doncic scored 34 points with nine rebounds and eight assists as the Mavericks won their third straight game.
The Orlando Magic won their fifth consecutive match with Paolo Banchero scoring 20 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists for his second career triple-double in a 121-106 victory over New Orleans Pelicans.
The Phoenix Suns beat the Atlanta Hawks 128-115.
Devin Booker led the scoring with 30 points and Eric Gordon added 21 off the bench