World news – Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns together score 83 points in close Timberwolves wins against Suns

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Rookie Anthony Edwards hit a season high of 42 points and Karl -Anthony Towns added a season best of 41 to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 123-119 win against hosts Phoenix Suns on Thursday night, the first of two consecutive games, between the clubs.

The cities made five Three-point points and contributed 10 rebounds and eight assists as the NBA worst Timberwolves (10-31) won for the third time in their last five games. Edwards dropped four three-points and racked up seven rebounds as Minnesota improved to 5-17 on the road.

Devin Booker recorded 35 points and six assists for Phoenix, who lost only five times in their last 23 games. Mikal Bridges scored 17 points and eight assists, Chris Paul added 17 points, seven rebounds, five assists and four steals, while Deandre Ayton had 14 points and seven boards before the foul.

LeBron James greeted LaMelo Ball with a 37 -Points performance in Los Angeles and brought the Lakers to a 116-105 victory over the visiting Charlotte Hornets.

James shot for a third straight and a 100th triple-double in the career, carrying eight rebounds and six Assists for the Lakers’ fourth straight win at.

Ball, the former star at Chino Hills High, in the Los Angeles suburbs, put on a show on his NBA debut at the Staples Center. He led the Hornets with 26 points and found time for five rebounds and seven assists at the same time.

The 37-point performance was James’ ninth game with more than 30 points this season. His peak was on January 25th in Cleveland 46.

Schroder supported James with 22 points and seven assists at team level for the Lakers, who faced the Hornets for the first time this season.

Balls 26 points -Total was eight points behind his season best, which he scored against Utah Jazz on February 5. It was his 14th game with 20 or more points in his rookie season and his eighth game with at least 20 points and seven assists.

Terry Rozier added 20 points for the Hornets, who in Denver on Wednesday in a winning streak in had run four games.

Bradley Beal scored 43 points on 16-of-24 shooting and led the Washington Wizards to a 131-122 win over visiting Utah Jazz.

Russell Westbrook scored 35 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists for the Wizards, making his 13th triple double of the season. Rui Hachimura scored 12 points and seven rebounds, and Robin Lopez scored 11 points when Washington suffered a loss in five games.

Donovan Mitchell scored 42 points and Joe Ingles added 34 points for the Jazz. Ingles has compared a franchise record with eight 3-pointers made.

Utah, which lagged in double digits for much of the game, lost for the second time in three games and for the fifth time in eight games.

Damian Lillard scored 36 points when the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the visiting New Orleans Pelicans for the second time in three days and prevailed 101: 93.

Lillard, who two nights earlier had 50 points and 10 assists in a home win of 125 to Having 124 and 43 points as well as 16 assists in a win 126-124 on February 17 in New Orleans, the Blazers helped complete a three-game sweep of the season series.

Enes Kanter added 16 points and Added 13 rebounds, Carmelo Anthony scored 15, CJ McCollum had 11 points and Robert Covington added 10 points and 10 rebounds for Portland.

Zion Williamson had 26 points and 10 rebounds, Brandon Ingram 19 and Lonzo Ball 15 to get the To lead pelicans.

Bogdan Bogdanovic came off the bench to hit a season high of 23 points and help the Atlanta Hawks beat visiting Oklahoma City Thunder 116-93 on Thursday, extending their NBA-leading winning streak to seven games.

Bogdanovic shot 9 : 14 off the ground and made five three-point points in victory. It was only his second double-digit game since returning on March 2 after a right knee eruption that cost him 25 games. He added six rebounds and three assists.

It was the first time the Hawks have won seven games since 2016/17, and Nate McMillan’s record has been perfect since becoming head coach on March 1st.

Atlanta also got 23 points and nine assists from Trae Young, who was rested in the fourth quarter, and 19 points and three blocks from John Collins.

Oklahoma City got 19 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Reserve Ty Jerome scored a career high with three three-point points and finished the career with the top 18.

Reggie Bullock scored 20 points and scored a huge hit with 5.9 seconds left when the hosts New York Knicks a 94-93 -Scored victory over Orlando Magic.

Bullock saved the Knicks from total collapse after being 16 points ahead in the third quarter and five points behind twice in the fourth quarter.

The Knicks had one 94-90 ahead after Alec Burks hit a floater in the lane 31.5 seconds remaining, but Orlando pulled on Evan Fournier’s 3-pointer 27.6 seconds ahead of Evan Fournier’s 3-pointer within 94-93.

The Knicks had a chance to take the win, but Bullock was tied up by Fournier and lost a jump ball 19.5 seconds ahead. After Orlando called for time out, Aaron Gordon walked up to Fournier moving on a Nikola Vucevic screen, but Bullock followed Fournier and got past the three-point line with the clutch theft.

Burks led the Knicks with 21 points and added 10 assists. Julius Randle scored his third triple-double of the season with 18 points, a career high of 17 assists and 10 rebounds as the Knicks shot 43 percent and recovered from narrow defeats to Brooklyn and Philadelphia.

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