Trae Young scores 50 points to lead Hawks past Heat 129-124

Trae Young h a career-high 50 points and Atlanta Hawks scored last 10 points to beat Miami Heat 129-124 on Thursday night.

Young me 18 of 19 free throws and 8 of 15 3-pointers to set his scoring high in his first game after starting in NBA All-Star Game. Bam ebayo h 28 points and a season-high 19 rebounds for Miami. ebayo, NBA All-Star skills champion, ded seven assists.

Miami couldn’t hold a late 124-119 le. After De’Andre Hunter’s tying 3-pointer, Cam Reddish scored with 31 seconds remaining following his steal from Goran Dragic to give Hawks a 126-124 le. Young’s two free throws increased le to four points.

Miami has lost five of its last six games.

Kevin Huerter and Hunter each scored 17 points for Atlanta.

76ERS 112, NETS 104, OT

Joel Embiid h 39 points and 16 rebounds, Alec Burks and Shake Milton ded big baskets in overtime and Philelphia beat Brooklyn.

Playing without All-Star point guard Ben Simmons because of lower back tightness, Philelphia improved its record at Wells Fargo Center to 26-2 on season. 76ers are 9-19 on ro. Tobias Harris ded 22 points and 12 rebounds boards for 76ers. Burks h 19 points, including a pair of layups in overtime that gave Philelphia le for good.

Caris LeVert scored 25 points for Brooklyn, which anunced before game that Kyrie Irving would have season-ending surgery on his right shoulder.

BUCKS 126, PISTONS 106

Giannis Antetokounmpo h 33 points and 16 rebounds to help Milwaukee rout Detroit.

Bucks led 70-41 at halftime and by 34 points in second half. Detroit could never get eugh stops to mount any significant rally in final two quarters.

Former Piston Khris Middleton ded 28 points for Bucks, who won for 15th time in 17 games. Eric Bledsoe h 19 points and Brook Lopez 18. Pistons have lost five straight since tring Andre Drummond to Cleveland on Feb. 6 and were playing for first time since buying out Reggie Jackson’s contract. Christian Wood, one of seven players in game who has played for both teams, h 18 points and 11 rebounds. Bruce Brown finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

HORNETS 103, BULLS 93

Malik Monk scored 25 points, Miles Bridges ded 22 and Charlotte hung on to beat cold-shooting Chicago.

Hornets let a 21-point le in third quarter shrink to two. But y regrouped to win ir third in a row after losing five straight and 13 of 14.

Bulls missed ir first 17 3-pointers before Zach LaVine me one in third quarter and 7 of 31 from beyond arc in losing ir seventh straight game.

Thdeus Young led Chicago with season highs of 22 points and 11 rebounds. LaVine scored 19 points.