NBA roundup: Davis' 29, Randle's triple-double lead Pelicans

Davis, who scored a combined 83 points in his previous two games, finished the
Monday game six points shy of 10,000 points for his seven-year career. The
Pelicans, who improved to 8-1 at home, swept a three-game homestand in which
they averaged 131 points. They have won six of their last seven games.

Randle finished with 21 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists. E'Twaun Moore
scored 24 points, and Jrue Holiday scored 21 for New Orleans.

DeMar DeRozan scored 21 points to lead San Antonio. Bryn Forbes had 20 and
former Pelican Dante Cunningham scored 19 for the Spurs, who lost for the
sixth time in eight games.

Kings 117, Thunder 113

Buddy Hield scored 25 points, hitting 3-pointers on three consecutive
possessions late in the fourth quarter, to help lift Sacramento past visiting
Oklahoma City.

Hield's late treys helped the Kings overcome a strong finish from the
Thunder's Russell Westbrook, who scored 13 of his game-high 29 points in the
fourth quarter. Westbrook, who missed six consecutive games because of a
sprained ankle and the birth of twin daughters over the weekend, also had 13
rebounds and seven assists.

Iman Shumpert scored 23 points for the Kings, all in the first half. Bogdan
Bogdanovic scored 16 points, and Marvin Bagley III had 15 points and 13
rebounds for Sacramento. Paul George added 27 points for Oklahoma City.

Bucks 104, Nuggets 98

Giannis Antetokounmpo finished with 29 points, 12 rebounds and six assists to
lead host Milwaukee past Denver.

Eric Bledsoe added 23 points on 8-of-10 shooting, and Malcolm Brogdon and
Khris Middleton added 13 points apiece for the Bucks, who have won consecutive
games for the first time since a 7-0 start.

Nikola Jokic scored 20 points and Jamal Murray had 17 points, eight rebounds
and nine assists for the Nuggets.

Hornets 117, Celtics 112

Kemba Walker scored 43 points, and host Charlotte rallied from a 10-point
deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Boston.

Walker scored 21 of his points in the fourth quarter, singlehandedly leading
the comeback until Tony Parker hit two clutch baskets in the final two
minutes. Walker's 3-pointer with 33.3 seconds left gave the Hornets a
six-point lead and all but settled the outcome.

In the process, Walker reclaimed his spot as the league's leading scorer. He
came into the night averaging 28.7 points per game, behind LeBron James' 28.8,
but now holds a slight edge over James. Kyrie Irving led the Celtics with 27
points and 11 assists.

76ers 119, Suns 114

Joel Embiid scored 33 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead host Philadelphia
past Phoenix. It was Embiid's 11th game this season with at least 30 points
and 10 rebounds.

The Sixers improved to 9-0 at home and secured their 19th straight home win
dating to last season. This is their longest home winning streak since
tallying 24 straight from Nov. 27, 1982, to March 23, 1983.

Ben Simmons added 19 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists for the Sixers, who
have won three in a row. Devin Booker led the Suns with 37 points, while TJ
Warren added 21 and rookie DeAndre Ayton chipped in with 17.

Pacers 121, Jazz 94

Bojan Bogdanovic scored 21 points and Domantas Sabonis just missed recording a
triple-double as host Indiana cruised past Utah. Sabonis finished with 19
points, nine rebounds and a career-high nine assists in 26 minutes off the
bench.

The win was the third straight for the Pacers, who completed a sweep of a
three-game homestand that also included games against Miami and Atlanta.

The Pacers were playing without leading scorer Victor Oladipo, who missed his
first game of the season because of a sore right knee. Ricky Rubio led the
Jazz with 28 points, six assists and three steals.

Grizzlies 98, Mavericks 88

Mike Conley scored a game-high 28 points, which included seven 3-pointers, as
host Memphis cooled off Dallas.

The Grizzlies won for the seventh time in eight home games, while Dallas saw
its season-best, four-game winning streak come to an end while losing for the
seventh time in eight road games. The Mavericks' 88 points marked a season
low.

Conley's seventh 3-pointer with 4:26 to go in the game came on the heels of
Garrett Temple's second 3-pointer for a 90-84 lead. Marc Gasol, who finished
with 17 points, 15 rebounds, four assists and four blocks, then splashed a
jumper to give Memphis the largest lead of the game, 92-84 with 3:01 to go.

Clippers 127, Hawks 119

Tobias Harris and Montrezl Harrell combined to score 49 points and lead Los
Angeles to its fifth straight win at the expense of host Atlanta.

Harris scored 24 points and was 4-for-8 on 3-point attempts while adding eight
rebounds and two blocks. Harrell came off the bench to score 25 points and
made a career-best 15 free throws while adding 11 rebounds, five steals and
two blocks.

Atlanta lost its eighth straight game and the 12th of its last 13. The defeat
came despite 25 points and a career-high 17 assists from rookie Trae Young.
Young broke out of a three-game scoring slump that saw him limited to single
digits, including only four points in a Nov. 13 loss at Golden State. He
scored 19 in the first half Monday to pace the Hawks to a 64-61 halftime lead.

Pistons 113, Cavaliers 102

Andre Drummond had 23 points, 16 rebounds and three blocks to boost host
Detroit past Cleveland.

Blake Griffin had 21 points, 12 rebounds and five assists, and Reggie Bullock
contributed 21 points and four assists for the Pistons, who led by as many as
30 points. Reggie Jackson added 13 points, and Ish Smith tossed in 11 off the
bench.

The Cavaliers had six players in double figures, led by rookie Collin Sexton's
18 points and four assists. Jordan Clarkson had 16 points, four rebounds and
four assists off the bench.

--Field Level Media