CLEVELAND — Blake Griffin scored 13 points and passed for a season-high 11 assists as the Los Angeles Clippers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 113-94 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday.
DeAndre Jordan grabbed 15 rebounds, while Chris Paul recorded 16 points and nine assists on a night Los Angeles registered a season-high 33 assists. It was the type of performance coach Doc Rivers was hoping for following an embarrassing double-overtime loss at the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday.
The Cavaliers’ struggles, meanwhile, continue. Kyrie Irving scored 28 points and LeBron James scored 16 points, but Cleveland had only 12 assists while committing 18 turnovers. It was their most lopsided loss of the season and marked their biggest deficit of the year after they trailed by 27 in the second half.
Grizzlies 95, Orlando 94
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis rallied from a 14-point, fourth-quarter deficit and Marc Gasol scored the winning points at the free-throw line.
Gasol finished with a team-high 25 points and added five blocks and three assists. He hit the foul shots with 12.2 seconds left, giving the Grizzlies their first lead of the quarter.
Evan Fournier led the Magic with 28 points and handed out four assists. He also stopped the Grizzlies’ 13-0 run in the fourth quarter when he hit a 3-pointer to hike the Magic’s lead back to 88-84 with 3:04 to play.
Bucks 111, Nets 93
NEW YORK — Giannis Antetokounmpo totaled 23 points, eight rebounds and eight assists as Milwaukee took control in the third quarter and pulled away.
Jabari Parker added 22 for the Bucks, who beat Brooklyn for the 13th time in 17 meetings and won for the fourth time in five games since a three-point loss to the Golden State Warriors on Nov. 19.
Brook Lopez led the Nets with 15 points but misfired on 8 of 12 shots. Sean Kilpatrick followed up his career-high 38-point night against the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday by adding 14 but missed five of his last six shots.
Hornets 97, Mavericks 87
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kemba Walker scored 18 points with two clutch 3-pointers down the stretch and Charlotte never trailed.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist added 14 points for the Hornets. Lamb and Nicolas Batum finished with 12 apiece, and Roy Hibbert scored 11.
Dallas (3-15) lost for the 10th time in 11 games. The Mavericks own the NBA’s worst record and are off to the worst start through 18 games in franchise history. Harrison Barnes led Dallas with 17 points and Justin Anderson scored 15.