NBA Roundup: Trae Young’s late 3-pointer lifts Hawks past Lakers in OT

Trae Young hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 7.4 seconds left in overtime, helping the Atlanta Hawks beat the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 134-132 on Friday.

Young had 31 points and 20 assists, while De’Andre Hunter scored 26 off the bench, as Atlanta won its sixth straight. Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 20, Onyeka Okongwu had 15, while Jalen Johnson chipped in 12 points and 10 rebounds. Zaccharie Risacher and Dyson Daniels each added 11.

LeBron James led Los Angeles with 39 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, while Anthony Davis tallied 38 points, 10 boards and eight assists. Dalton Knecht had 14, followed by Rui Hachimura and Gabe Vincent, who each had 12. The Lakers dropped their third straight.

With 1:44 left in overtime, Vincent’s 3-pointer gave Los Angeles a 130-127 lead. Daniels and Davis then traded baskets, before Johnson’s two free throws pulled Atlanta within one with 36.9 seconds left. After Young’s game-winning triple, James’ 3-pointer rimmed out as time expired.

With the score tied at 64 at halftime, Young opened the third quarter with a layup, before Knecht’s triple sparked an 11-0 Lakers’ scoring run.

Trailing by nine, the Hawks then pulled within a point as Young’s 3-pointer capped an 8-0 run with 6:58 left in the third quarter. After Knecht’s layup pushed the Lakers lead to 85-82, Young’s floater was followed by Bogdanovic’s 3-pointer that swung the lead back to Atlanta.

Russell hit a deep 3-pointer to give Los Angeles a 97-92 lead with 29.4 seconds left in the third, before Young’s free throws trimmed Atlanta’s deficit to three entering the final quarter.

An 11-5 Atlanta run to start the fourth quarter was capped with Bogdanovic’s 3-pointer, forcing a Lakers’ timeout with 7:58 left. After another Bogdanovic triple gave Atlanta a 108-104 lead, Davis’ mid-range jumper and James’ 3-pointer flipped the lead back to the Lakers at the 4:12 mark.

Davis’ dunk gave the Lakers a 117-116 lead with 1:14 left, before Hunter’s 3-pointer on the ensuing possession. James’ layup with 12 seconds remaining sent the game to overtime.

Trailing 29-26 after the first quarter, Atlanta began the second with a 12-5 scoring run, punctuated with three straight baskets from Okongwu.

Back-to-back baskets from Davis gave the Lakers a 61-59 lead with 51.3 seconds left in the first half. Johnson’s floater with 3.3 seconds remaining knotted the halftime score at 64.

Jayson Tatum pours in 34 as Celtics beat Bucks

Jayson Tatum scored a game-high 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Boston Celtics extended their home winning streak to seven games by beating the Milwaukee Bucks 111-105 on Friday.

Boston used a 10-2 run to take a 105-101 lead with 1:29 left, and Jrue Holiday hit a jump shot that put the Celtics up 107-102 with 25.6 seconds to play. Holiday, who finished the game with 20 points, also made two free throws that handed Boston a 109-105 lead with 14.9 seconds remaining.

Jaylen Brown added 25 points for Boston, which was outrebounded 51-41 and shot 32.1 percent from 3-point range (17 of 53). Derrick White was 0-for-8 from 3-point territory, 1-for-10 overall, and scored six points.

Damian Lillard tossed in a team-high 31 points for Milwaukee, which received 30 points and 11 rebounds from Giannis Antetokounmpo. Bobby Portis finished with nine points and 18 rebounds.

Khris Middleton came off the bench and made his season debut for the Bucks, amassing 11 points, five assists and three steals in 23 minutes. He had been sidelined after undergoing offseason surgery on both ankles.

Milwaukee’s Taureen Prince was scoreless in nine minutes during the first half and did not play in the final two quarters. Gary Trent Jr. started for Prince in the second half, and he wound up with 11 points.

Boston’s Kristaps Porzingis (injury management) did not play in the win. Porzingis is averaging 21.0 points and 7.8 rebounds in four games this season.

Boston led 29-27 after one quarter, but Milwaukee had a 57-53 halftime lead. The Bucks trailed throughout the first half until Trent hit a 3-pointer that gave them a 46-45 advantage with 3:33 remaining in the second quarter.

Lillard scored 20 points in the first half. Boston missed each of its 12 3-point attempts in the second quarter.

Milwaukee closed the third quarter on a 5-0 run and had an 82-78 lead with 12 minutes to play.

It was the third and final regular season meeting between the teams. Boston won all three games.

Kings’ balanced attack too much for short-handed Spurs

DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points and Domantas Sabonis added 22 points and 16 rebounds as the visiting Sacramento Kings rolled to a 140-113 win over the slumping, short-handed San Antonio Spurs on Friday.

The Kings led by 10 points at halftime and used a 19-4 run over the middle of the third to go up by 18 on the way to a 14-point margin heading to the final quarter. Sacramento never allowed the Spurs to get closer than 14 points in the fourth period and captured its second win in three games.

Both teams were playing the second contest of a back-to-back set.

Malik Monk and De’Aaron Fox also scored 22 points each for Sacramento, while Keegan Murray had 17 and Kevin Huerter hit for 16 off the bench.

Julian Champagnie scored a career-high 30 points to lead San Antonio, which dropped a season-worst third straight game. Stephon Castle had 15 points, Keldon Johnson and Jeremy Sochan tallied 14 apiece, and Chris Paul racked up 11 points and 13 assists in the loss.

The Spurs were without star center Victor Wembanyama, who missed his second straight game with a bruised back, and guard Devin Vassell, sidelined due to right foot injury management. San Antonio also lost Zach Collins to an ejection three minutes into the second quarter.

San Antonio came out firing, building a 13-point lead when Paul canned a pull-up jumper with 2:37 left in the first quarter. The Kings responded, finishing the period with a 14-1 run to pull even at 33 after 12 minutes of play.

Sacramento kept the momentum into the second quarter, leading by a dozen when Huerter hit a running layup with 5:51 to play in the period. The Spurs sliced the deficit to 59-53 on Sandro Mamukelashvili’s 3-pointer with 3:24 left, but that’s as close as they would get. The Kings led 69-59 at the break.

Champagnie led all scorers with 19 points before halftime. DeRozan paced Sacramento with 16 points in the first half.

The Spurs pulled within three points when Castle poured in a 3-pointer with 8:29 to play in the third quarter. But that charge only focused Sacramento, which led 93-76 with 4:14 left in the period after a Sabonis layup.

Haliburton helps Pacers top Bulls, end 4-game skid

Tyrese Haliburton scored 23 points and Pascal Siakam added 21 as the Indiana Pacers snapped a four-game skid with a 132-123 win over the host Chicago Bulls on Friday.

Haliburton hit 5 of 9 3-pointers and finished with eight assists. Siakam hit 3 of 5 from beyond the arc for the Pacers, who had lost eight in a row on the road.

Obi Toppin and T.J. McConnell contributed 17 points apiece off the bench in the win.

Zach LaVine scored 32 points, including 5 of 9 from 3-point range, and Coby White chipped in 19 points and nine assists for Chicago.

The Bulls hit 21 of 50 from the 3-point range — the fifth time this season they have taken at least 50 attempts in a game.

Indiana took control in the second quarter, outsourcing Chicago 36-19 before holding off Chicago in the second half.

White, Ayo Dosunmu and Matas Buzelis each hit a pair of 3-pointers as Chicago knocked down 9 of 17 from beyond the arc and led 35-31 after the first quarter.

The Pacers seized the upper hand in the second quarter, dominating the Bulls at both ends.

Indiana went on an 18-3 run, hitting eight shots without a miss during the stretch, to turn a 41-38 deficit into a 56-44 lead with 5:09 left in the first half.

The Pacers increased their cushion to 72-56 in the third quarter before LaVine got on a roll.

The two-time All-Star poured in 16 points in the quarter to fuel Chicago’s revival.

Indiana’s advantage was slashed to 103-100 when the Bulls began the fourth quarter with a 7-0 rush in less than a minute. Dosunmu capped the run with a steal and he assisted on Julian Phillips’ acrobatic slam. The Pacers called a timeout and restored control through Haliburton, who scored eight points on 3-of-4 shooting from the floor in the final quarter.

Paul George, 76ers handle Magic to split two-game set

Paul George scored 21 points and handed out nine assists Friday as the 76ers topped the Orlando Magic 102-94 to earn a split of the teams’ two-game home series in Philadelphia.

The Sixers dropped a 106-102 decision to the Magic on Wednesday in the absence of George (knee), but they authored a crisper effort in this one despite once again playing without Joel Embiid (knee).

KJ Martin provided a lift with a season-high 20 points on 9-of-10 shooting off the Philadelphia bench, while Tyrese Maxey and Guerschon Yabusele each pitched in 16 points.

Franz Wagner led Orlando with 30 points, while Jalen Suggs recorded 22 points. Moritz Wagner chipped in 12 points and nine rebounds for the Magic, who shot just 13-for-46 (28.3 percent) from 3-point range and committed 21 turnovers.

The Sixers led 59-57 with about three minutes left in the third quarter before closing the period on a 12-2 run.

Kelly Oubre (13 points, 10 rebounds) began the surge with a 3-pointer, and Martin’s dunk made it a seven-point game. Maxey and Jared McCain combined for Philadelphia’s final seven points of the run, and the Sixers led 71-59 heading into the final quarter.

Philadelphia extended its lead to 78-61 on George’s contested 3-pointer with 10:25 to go, but Orlando responded with 10 consecutive points, highlighted by consecutive 3-pointers from Moritz Wagner and Cole Anthony.