Bucks set NBA record for 3s with 29 in 114-97 romp over Heat

Milwaukee Bucks me an NBA-record 29 3-pointers in ir 144-97 romp over Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat on Tuesday night.

Milwaukee shot 29 for 51 from beyond arc, two nights after going 7 for 38 in a loss to New York.

Bucks used 13 players and 12 me at least one 3 — two-time reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo was only one who didn’t. Khris Middleton h four 3s and scored 25 points, Jrue Holiday me six during his 24-point effort and Donte DiVincenzo was 5 for 6 from deep to finish with 17 points.

Antetokounmpo h only nine points.

record-breaking shot was me by Sam Merrill, who got 28th 3-pointer with 6:07 remaining, giving Bucks a 131-86 le.

previous record for 3s in a game was 27, set by Houston against Phoenix on April 7, 2019.

Tyler Herro scored 23 points for Heat. Jimmy Butler missed game with a sprained right ankle.

It was biggest ro win in Bucks history, and it matched second-worst loss in Heat history.

76ERS 100, RAPTORS 93

PHILELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid h 29 points, 16 rebounds and one scare when he briefly left game with an injury, leing Philelphia past winless Toronto.

Embiid h Philelphia holding its breath when big man left with some sort of leg injury. He went down early in third quarter and grabbed back of his lower right leg as he stood up. Embiid, who missed Sunday’s loss against Cleveland with back stiffness, walked gingerly to locker room.

All-Star center returned a few minutes later and checked back in game with Sixers down 11. He sank 14 of 16 free throws — as many makes as Toronto attempted (12 of 14) to keep 76ers in this one.

Tobias Harris h 26 points and 11 rebounds to help Embiid on a night Sixers shot only 38% from floor.

Kyle Lowry scored 24 points for Raptors. Pascal Siakam and OG Anuby each h 20.

CELTICS 116, PACERS 111

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 27 points and Boston rallied from 17 down in third quarter to beat Indiana.

Jaylen Brown h 20 points for Celtics, who outscored Pacers 33-18 in final period.

Indiana led 88-71 in third and was still ahe by 11 entering fourth, when Tatum scored 14 points and Celtics surged to a 109-100 le.

Victor Olipo, who sat out previous game, scored 20 of his 24 points through three quarters for Pacers.

BULLS 115, WIZARDS 107

WASHINGTON (AP) — Zach LaVine scored 23 points, including nine straight in third quarter, and Coby White ded 18 to le Chicago past winless Washington for its first victory of season.

Bulls improved to 1-4 while Wizards fell to 0-4, ir worst start since beginning 2012-13 season with 12 straight losses.

Russell Westbrook, who sat out Sunday’s game, h his third straight triple-double with 21 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists for Washington.

Brley Beal scored 29 points and Davis Bertans ded 20 for Wizards, who shot just 10 for 37 (27%) from 3-point range.

KNICKS 95, CAVALIERS 86

CLEVELAND (AP) — Julius Randle h 28 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists for his first triple-double in two years, leing New York over Cleveland.

Randle, who scored 18 in first half as Knicks built a 16-point le, completed his seventh career triple-double with an assist on Elfrid Payton’s 3-pointer in fourth quarter. It was power forward’s first triple-double since v. 19, 2018, with New Orleans.

Reggie Bullock scored 17 points and Payton h 14 points, eight boards and seven assists for Knicks (2-2), who won ir second in a row.

Andre Drummond tched his fourth double-double for Cavaliers (3-1) with 18 points, 17 rebounds and a season-high six blocked shots.

WARRIORS 116, PISTONS 106

DETROIT (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 31 points and Andrew Wiggins ded 27 to lift Golden State over winless Detroit.

injury-plagued Warriors have won two in a row after dropping ir first two games by a combined 65 points. decisive stretch Tuesday came with Curry on bench. Rookie big man James Wiseman h a dunk and Wiggins followed with a 3-pointer to cap a 12-0 run that put Golden State up 98-89 in fourth quarter.

Jerami Grant led Pistons with 27 points.

Warriors are without stars Klay Thompson (right Achilles tendon) and Draymond Green (right foot), but w Detroit has injury problems of its own. Blake Griffin ended up in concussion protocol and did t play in second half, and rookie guard Killian Hayes left with a sprained right ankle.

MAGIC 118, THUNDER 107

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Nikola Vucevic h a season-high 28 points and 10 rebounds as unbeaten Orlando topped Oklahoma City.

Magic, who are 4-0 for first time in franchise’s 31-season history, are one of only two undefeated teams in NBA, along with Atlanta. y started 3-0 just three previous times before this season.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander h 23 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Oklahoma City, which lost its second home game in two nights after winning its opener at Charlotte. Thunder h won ir last five games (and 15 of 18) against Magic.

Dwayne Bacon went 9 of 10 from field and scored 18 points to go with eight rebounds for Orlando, which surpassed 110-point mark for fourth straight game. After Thunder tied score at 87 early in fourth quarter, Bacon scored six points in a 10-4 spurt that gave Orlando le for good.

Im credits: AP