MILWAUKEE (AP) — Damian Lillard scored 28 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo had 23 points and 16 rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks used a strong fourth quarter to rally past the Miami Heat 120-113 for their fourth consecutive victory. Lillard, who sat out Friday night’s win over Washington with a hamstring strain, also had eight assists. Brook Lopez added 17 points, Kyle Kuzma and Gary Trent Jr. each scored 16, and Kevin Porter Jr. finished with 11. Tyler Herro had 40 points, matching a season high, and 11 assists for Miami. Bam Adebayo scored 24, Andrew Wiggins had 20 and Kel’el Ware provided 12 points and 12 rebounds.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 37 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and three steals to help the West-leading Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 130-123 on Sunday night to open a home-and-home set. The teams will play again Monday night in Oklahoma City. Chet Holmgren added 19 points for the Thunder, who shot a season-best 54% (19 for 35) from 3-point range. Gilgeous-Alexander re-entered the game with eight minutes left and sparked an 18-4 spurt over the next 5:16 after his cousin, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, hit a 3-pointer that put the Timberwolves up 110-105. Anthony Edwards had 29 points and 10 rebounds for Minnesota.
In Women’s College Basketball…
Wisconsin 73, Northwestern 68
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jesse Compher one-timed a shot from between the face-off circles to beat Minnesota’s Maddie Rooney with the game-winning goal as the Toronto Sceptres beat the Frost 2-1 to take over sole possession of second place in the Professional Women’s Hockey League. The teams came into the game tied for second place in the PWHL with 29 points, five points behind league-leading Montréal and one ahead of fourth-place Boston. With the win the Sceptres now have 32 points, two behind league-leading Montréal.
PHOENIX (AP) — Manuel Margot has signed a minor league deal with the Milwaukee Brewers that includes an invitation to major league camp. The move gives the Brewers some more outfield depth as they deal with an injury to Blake Perkins that likely will keep him out until May. Perkins has a fractured shin. The 30-year-old Margot batted .238 with a .289 on-base percentage, four homers, 31 RBIs and five steals in 129 games with the Minnesota Twins last season.
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Christopher Bell edged Carson Hocevar and Kyle Larson in overtime Sunday in another close NASCAR Cup Series finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Bell led only the final lap in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota and had a slight edge on the outside when the caution light came on in overtime following a wreck by Josh Berry. The 30-year-old Oklahoma driver has 10 career Cup victories. Austin Cindric led in his Team Penske Ford before he and William Byron, the Daytona 500 winner last week, wrecked with three laps remaining, setting up the overtime. Kyle Busch finished seventh, ending his hopes of snapping a winless streak on the Cup Series. Busch won the Atlanta Truck Series race Saturday.