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MILWAUKEE – One night after having to leave the game with a migraine headache, Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut was a pain for the Indiana Pacers.
Bogut returned to the lineup and had 21 points and eight rebounds, helping the Bucks hold off the Pacers 93-81 for their fifth win in six games.
Bogut said he still had a headache Saturday, but was able to play through it. He left the Bucks’ game Friday against the New York Knicks in the first quarter after his left side went numb and he “couldn’t feel the ball.”
“It is a pretty traumatic thing for me when I go through these migraines,” he said. “It was good to have a good start and hit my first three or four shots.”
T.J. Ford led the Pacers with a season-high 20 points and Danny Granger added 14. Ford played because the Pacers were without starting point guard Earl Watson, who missed his second straight game because of a death in his family.
For Ford, it was a rare opportunity to get on the court this season after not playing in 18 straight games until the Pacers’ Friday night win against Detroit.
“That’s what we get paid to do,” Ford said. “Whether you’re playing or not, it’s always be ready. I’m not trying to make any demands or cause a problem. Of course, I want to play. It’s up to the coach and what he feels is best for the team right now. “
BULLS 95, HEAT 91: Luol Deng scored 25 points, Derrick Rose added 24 and host Chicago snapped a three-game losing streak.
After blowing a fourth-quarter lead the previous night at Atlanta, the Bulls showed the poise that led to five straight wins before this skid and prevailed even though they were missing the injured Joakim Noah and suspended Tyrus Thomas.
CAVALIERS 113, KNICKS 106: LeBron James scored 47 points, including 24 straight in the first half, as host Cleveland won its 11th in a row.
James finished one point shy of his season high while adding eight rebounds and eight assists.
TIMBERWOLVES 109, GRIZZLIES 102: Al Jefferson rallied host Minnesota to its season-high fourth straight victory by scoring 16 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter.
Jefferson went 8 for 8 from the field in the fourth from all over the floor.
HORNETS 104, BOBCATS 99: Darren Collison scored a career-high 24 points filling in for Chris Paul, and David West added 21 points as New Orleans won in Charlotte.
In the first regular-season meeting since the July trade that sent Emeka Okafor to New Orleans for Tyson Chandler, the Hornets rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to snap a three-game losing streak since Paul was sidelined with a knee injury.
PISTONS 99, NETS 92: Jonas Jerebko scored 20 points on 9-for-9 shooting as Detroit snapped a five-game home losing streak.
Detroit has won only two of its last eight, both in the last five days over New Jersey. The Nets lost their 14th straight on the road and are 1-26 away from home this season.
76ERS 102, ROCKETS 95: Reserve Thaddeus Young scored 17 points, Willie Green added 15, and Philadelphia overcame a 13-point, fourth-quarter deficit in Houston to for its fourth straight victory.
The 76ers hadn’t won four in a row since last March 11-17.
Houston was in control much of the game, but the 76ers broke from a 60-47 deficit early in the third quarter and took the lead for good 90-88 with 4:42 to play on a basket by Andre Iguodala.
JAZZ 116, NUGGETS 106: Andrei Kirilenko had 22 points and five steals, and Carlos Boozer finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds in his return to the lineup as host Utah won its eighth straight.
The Jazz pulled within two games of the Nuggets in the Northwest Division and avoided a four-game sweep by Denver, which sat Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups for the second straight visit to Utah.
Deron Williams added 22 points, nine assists and three blocks for the Jazz. Ty Lawson led Denver with 25 points.
