Lillard and Bucks overcome travel issues, beat Heat

NBA ROUNDUP

The Bucks’ Damian Lillard tries to get past the Heat’s Haywood Highsmith during the second half on Thursday. MORRY GASH — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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MILWAUKEE >> Damian Lillard had 29 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame travel issues to beat the Miami Heat 125-96 on Thursday for their fifth straight victory.

Lillard had appeared to get his fourth career triple-double before leaving with 3:57 remaining, but the 10th rebound that had been credited to Lillard was changed.

The start was pushed back an hour due to the Bucks’ troubles getting out of New Orleans, which had a historic snowstorm Tuesday. The Bucks’ scheduled Wednesday game with the Pelicans was postponed, and their plane arrived in Milwaukee less than three hours before the start Thursday.

Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo had 25 points and 12 rebounds. Gary Trent Jr. scored a season-high 21 points and shot 7 of 10 on 3-point attempts.

Kel’el Ware had 22 points and 10 rebounds for Miami. Tyler Herro had 21 points and nine assists.

Miami’s Jimmy Butler began serving a two-game suspension for what the Heat described as a “continued pattern of disregard of team rules, insubordinate conduct and conduct detrimental to the team.”

Nuggets 132, Kings 123 >> Nikola Jokic had his fifth straight triple-double before the fourth quarter, finishing with 35 points, 22 rebounds and a season-high 17 assists to help Denver beat Sacramento.

Jokic has an NBA-leading 20 triple-doubles this season, 14 before the fourth quarter. He had 20 points and 20 rebounds before the end of the third quarter.

Mavericks 121, Thunder 115 >> Spencer Dinwiddie scored 28 points and Dallas beat Oklahoma City.

P.J. Washington had 22 points and 19 rebounds

Raptors 122, Hawks 119 >> Scottie Barnes had 25 points, including a key basket in the final minute, and Toronto picked up its second road win of the season.

Bruce Brown had 18 points, while Jacob Poeltl and Chris Boucher each had 17 in the opener of a two-game series in Atlanta.

Blazers 100, Magic 79 >> Anfernee Simons scored 21 points and Portland extended a winning streak to three with a victory over Orlando, spoiling the return of Magic forward Franz Wagner.

Toumani Canara added 16 points and six rebounds for Portland.

Spurs 140, Pacers 110 >> Victor Wembanyama scored 30 points in his first NBA game on his native French soil, Devin Vassell added 25 and San Antonio beat Indiana.

Wembanyama finished with 11 rebounds, six assists and five blocks for the Spurs. Harrison Barnes scored 20 for San Antonio, which won for only the second time in its last eight games.