NBA On a great Monday day in the NBA
Reuters
LMonday’s day at NBA left three great individual performances. To start, Luka Doncic shone with a triple-double in the victory of the Dallas Mavericks over the Houston Rockets, in the same way Giannis Antetokounmpo led the victory of the Milwaukee Bucks and finally Jayson Tatum had no mercy on the Raptors from Toronto.
Luka Doncic finished with 33 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists, and Tim Hardaway Jr. contributed 30 points as reserve, while the Dallas Mavericks took advantage of a great last quarter to defeat the Houston Rockets 113-100 on Monday night.
Luka posts triple-double in W! @ luka7doncic tallies 33 PTS, 16 REB, 11 AST for the @dallasmavs vs. Houston! #MFFLpic.twitter.com/VSIlJJ9SJx
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Dallas was up by three with about seven minutes left before mounting a 14-3 attack, with seven points from Hardaway, to increase the margin to 106-92 with 2 1/2 minutes left. Houston couldn’t keep up the offensive rhythm and gave control to the Mavericks. The Rockets missed five shots and had two turnovers in that span.
Both Doncic and Harden reappeared after missing their respective teams’ last game due to injury. Doncic returned after missing Sunday’s loss to Chicago with cudriceps discomfort. Harden played after seeing no action Saturday against the Kings with an ankle injury.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 43 points and the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Detroit Pistons 125-115 on Monday night to move above .500 for the first time of the season.
Giannis goes for season-high! @ Giannis_An34s 43 PTS on 17-24 shooting propels the @Bucks! #FearTheDeerpic.twitter.com/1Rxq5iz28M
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The current MVP made 30 points in the first half, made 17 of 24 shots from the field and finished with nine rebounds.
The Bucks have won their last eight regular season games against the Pistons, representing the longest streak for any team in series history.
Jayson Tatum scored 40 points to lead the Boston Celtics to a comfortable 126-114 win over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night.
Playing without three of their main point guards, the Celtics bounced back from a bad start and held up 26 points in the second half.
@jaytatum0 pours in 40 PTS to guide the @celtics W! #BleedGreenpic.twitter.com/8OKZXS0V5T
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Rookie point guard Payton Pritchard had 23 points and eight assists for the Celtics, while Jaylen Brown had 19 points. Robert Williams III contributed 11 points and 13 rebounds as a substitute.
Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown become the first @celtics teammates to both score 200+ points in the first 8 games of a season since Larry Bird and Kevin McHale in 1986-87. pic.twitter.com/invaxZ3ewS
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Fred VanVleet led the Raptors with 35 points and eight rebounds.
In other results: Warriors 137-106 Kings, Mexican Juan Toscano saw no action; Pelicans 116-118 Pacers, Heat 118-90 Thunder, Hawks 108-113 Knicks, Magic 103-83 Cavaliers, 76ers 118-101 Hornets.
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