


Luka and the Mavericks outlast LeBron and Lakers in 2OT.ĭallas leads the season series 2-0, including a double-overtime win on Jan. Sunday on ABC: Los Angeles Lakers at Dallas (3:30 p.m. The Suns are 11-14 in 25 games featuring clutch time this season and 3-8 in games decided by a single possession. The Bucks have a league-best 22-6 record in games featuring clutch time – score within five points in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime – and are a perfect 5-0 in games decided by three points or less. Khris Middleton, who has appeared in just 18 games this season, has yet to play without Giannis. Bobby Portis (16.8 ppg, 11.1 rpg), Brook Lopez (15.9 ppg, 5.6 rpg) and Jevon Carter (12.2 ppg, 3.5 apg) have appeared in all 11 of Giannis’ missed games. If Giannis is unable to play, which players from the Bucks will help fill the void left by the former Kia MVP? Jrue Holiday has posted team highs of 23.9 points and 10.0 assists while appearing in seven of the 11 games that Giannis missed. The Bucks are 36-12 on the season with a scoring average of 116 points per game with Giannis Antetokounmpo in the lineup they are 6-5 with a scoring average of 111 points per game when he’s out. Milwaukee enters Sunday with the second-best record in the Eastern Conference at 42-17, just a half-game back of Boston. Phoenix is 13-5 (114.5 ppg) this season with both Booker and Paul in the lineup, 3-4 (110.1 ppg) with both out, 8-12 (108.3 ppg) with Paul but without Booker and 9-7 (117.9) with Booker and no Paul.

The Suns are 22-12 this season with Booker (and his team-high 26.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg and 5.6 apg) in the lineup and 11-16 in the 27 games he’s missed. 7 (4-1 in the five games Booker has played). While Phoenix awaits the debut of Kevin Durant – the marquee acquisition of the 2023 trade deadline is expected to make his Suns’ debut Wednesday at Charlotte in the second stop of Phoenix’s four-game road trip that begins in Milwaukee – the Suns have gone 4-2 since Devin Booker returned to the lineup on Feb.
