Joel Embiid made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 41.4 seconds left and the 76ers rallied to beat Milwaukee 133-130 on Saturday night, snapping the Bucks’ 16-game winning streak. Not even the fact they were facing the NBA’s hottest team on the road. Not an 18-point deficit late in the third quarter. MILWAUKEE - Nothing could faze the Philadelphia 76ers. The Mavs are 2-3 on a six-game homestand, their longest of the season. Phoenix is 3-0 with Durant, while Dallas dropped to 3-6 since Irving joined the club. Phoenix two-way player Ish Wainwright, who was a role player 100 miles down the road from Dallas at Baylor before a brief stint as a tight end for the Bears, went 4 for 5 from 3-point range in the second half for 12 points.ĭurant was 12 of 17 from the field and 10 of 11 from the line in his first 30-point performance in three games since joining the Suns in a blockbuster deal with the Nets that came days after the Mavs acquired Irving. vN2lXTOYegĬhris Paul scored eight of his 11 points in the fourth quarter for one of several tiebreaking or go-ahead buckets for both teams. The first Suns duo to drop 35+ points in the same game since 2017. Phoenix’s win left the teams tied in the season series, with playoff seedings in the Western Conference wide open below top-seeded Denver.ĭevin Booker and KD went OFF in the Suns W □ Irving scored 30 points exactly four years to the day since the last time he faced Durant, when his Boston Celtics blew out Durant and his Golden State Warriors 128-95. It was the 14th technical of the season for Doncic, two shy of the threshold for a one-game suspension. Luka Doncic had 34 points for Dallas, but his point-blank shot for a tie rimmed out before he fouled Durant after the rebound with 3.5 seconds remaining.Īfter the play was over, Doncic and Devin Booker, who scored 36 points, ended up nose-to-nose and both were issued technical fouls before Durant hit two free throws to clinch the victory. and Irving for the lead.īig-time bucket from KD □ /B7elPIMnTV The first meeting between Durant and Dallas’ Kyrie Irving since they were traded by Brooklyn before the deadline last month was even when Durant pulled up over Tim Hardaway Jr. Pippen and Barkley will probably still be going back-and-forth in 2043.ĭALLAS (AP) - Kevin Durant scored 37 points, including the tiebreaking jumper with 11 seconds to go, to lift the Phoenix Suns to a 130-126 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday in a thrilling showcase of stars for both teams. But I’m damn sure tougher than Scottie Pippen. I might not be the toughest guy in the world. But I can promise you one thing: I’m tougher then Scottie Pippen. I don’t walk around saying I’m Billy Badass. Did I apologize to him? I told him to get me the hell out of there. I ain’t never seen him fight a Black man unless there were referees around. I never apologized to him, but I’ll tell you what: He only got arrested for throwing some little white guys out of a window. So, if I get arrested for murder, ya’ll will know he didn’t apologize. I’m going to go to my truck and get my gun and see. But, as you know, I always carry a gun with me. If anything, he owes me an apology for coming to play with his sorry fat butt. “I wouldn’t give Charles Barkley an apology at gunpoint,” Pippen said, never raising his voice. ![]() The Rockets traded a disgruntled Pippen to the Trail Blazers after the season. Scottie Pippen and Charles Barkley spent one miserable season together with the Rockets in 1999.ĭespite having those two legends and Hakeem Olajuwon, an old Houston team didn’t even win a playoff series.
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