LOS ANGELES — Guard Klay Thompson scored 32 points and forward Draymond Green recorded his NBA-leading 11th triple-double, allowing the Golden State Warriors to bounce back from their worst showing of the season with a 115-112 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday at Staples Center.
Stephen Curry had 23 points and nine assists as the Warriors returned to their winning ways following a 137-105 beat down by the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night.
Green finished with 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists as Golden State defeated the Clippers for their fifth straight time. Forward Harrison Barnes also had 18 points.
Bucks 117, Hawks 109 (2OT)
ATLANTA — Jabari Parker is starting to come into his own.
Parker scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, lifting Milwaukee past Atlanta in double overtime.
Michael Carter-Williams scored six straight points to open the second overtime, putting the Bucks up 111-105 with 3:21 to play. Atlanta didn’t score in the first four minutes of the second overtime, as the Milwaukee lead grew to 10.
Heat 114, Wizards 94
MIAMI — Luol Deng scored 27 points to lead the Miami past Washington.
The Heat, playing without their top two scorers forward Chris Bosh and guard Dwyane Wade for the second consecutive game, never trailed after scoring 11 unanswered points for a 15-5 lead with 6:54 remaining in the first period. Goran Dragic keyed the run with five points.
Hassan Whiteside returned from a one-game suspension and scored a career high 25 points and had 22 rebounds for the Heat.
Knicks 103, Timberwolves 95
MINNEAPOLIS – After playing almost 41 minutes on the second night of a back-to-back,Carmelo Anthony still found a reason to smile. It might have been one of relief.
He scored 30 points and had 11 rebounds, Robin Lopez tied season highs with 26 points and 16 rebounds and New York Knicks beat Minnesota.
“I didn’t even know I played that many minutes to be honest with you, but we needed it tonight, every minute of it,” said Anthony, who became the 30th player in NBA history with at least 22,000 points. His total now stands at 22,008.