Former Chicago Bulls forward Bob Love, a three-time All-Star who spent 11 years in the NBA, died Monday after a long battle with cancer. He was 81.

Love averaged 21.3 points and 6.8 rebounds during his nine seasons with the Bulls.

The 6-foot-8 Love, who grew up in northern Louisiana, starred at Southern University in Baton Rouge before he was selected by Cincinnati in the fourth round of the 1965 NBA draft. He played for the Royals for two seasons before he was taken by Milwaukee in the expansion draft in 1968.

Love and Bob Weiss were traded to Chicago in November 1968 for Flynn Robinson. With the Bulls, Love developed into one of the NBA’s best forwards.

He was an All-Star for three straight seasons from 1970-73. He averaged a career-best 25.8 points during the 1971-72 season.

KNICKS 134, WIZARDS 106 >> Jalen Brunson had 26 points and 11 assists, and New York extended visiting Washington’s losing streak to nine games.

Karl-Anthony Towns added 24 points and 12 rebounds for the Knicks, who rang up 40 points in the first quarter and put up 36 more in the third.

RAPTORS 130, PACERS 119 >> RJ Barrett scored 39 points, Jakob Poeltl had 30 points and 15 rebounds for his third straight double-double and host Toronto snapped a seven-game losing streak by beating Indiana.

Toronto came in with the NBA’s worst record at 2-12 and won for the first time since beating Sacramento in overtime on Nov. 2.

Barrett shot 13 for 21, going 4 for 8 from 3-point range. He finished with nine rebounds.

The Pacers’ Benedict Mathurin scored 17 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter and Pascal Siakam had 25 points and 10 rebounds against his former team.

HEAT 106, 76ERS 89 >> Jimmy Butler scored a season-high 30 points in his return from a sprained ankle, Tyler Herro added 18 and host Miami erased an early 19-point deficit to beat Philadelphia.

The 76ers’ Joel Embiid played for the third time this season and scored 11 points in 31 minutes.

BULLS 122, PISTONS 112 >> Zach LaVine scored 16 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter and Chicago pulled away for a win at Detroit.

The game was tied at 95 with 8:46 left, but LaVine had nine points in a 13-2 run that put the Bulls up by 11 with 5:45 to go. He hit six 3-pointers in the quarter after a slow start.

Nikola Vucevic led the Bulls with 29 points and 12 rebounds while Coby White scored 25.