With 10 NBA games on the schedule, there was a lot to look forward to on Friday night.
The Utah Jazz extended their winning streak, the Brooklyn Nets snaps theirs, and the Milwaukee Bucks improved to a franchise-best start to a season.
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There was big individual performances, statement wins and more, in another action-packed night around the league.
Catch up on all the news, scores and highlights below.
Washington Wizards 111, Atlanta Hawks 101
Six players score in double figures, led by Jordan McRae's near triple-double of 29 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.
The Wizards improve to 3-3 with this win against the Atlanta Hawks.
Cheers to the weekend!
— Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) January 11, 2020
McRae 29p-8r
Brown Jr. 18p-10r
Bertans 14p-7r
Mahinmi 12p-8r#WizHawks | #RepTheDistrict pic.twitter.com/6SDkx5WyW1
New Orleans Pelicans 123, New York Knicks 111
Six players score in double figures for the Pelicans, led by the former Laker duo of Brandon Ingram (28p/9a/6r) and Lonzo Ball (15p/11a/6r). With this win at MSG without Zion Williamson, the Pelicans have now won 8 of their last 11.
Six players score in double figures for the Knicks as well but they lose their fifth straight.
🚨 AT THE BUZZER 🚨
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) January 11, 2020
BI leads all scorers with 17 points at the half! pic.twitter.com/hb02WV9ber
Brooklyn Nets 117, Miami Heat 113
Behind 26 points and 14 assists from Spencer Dinwiddie, the Nets come from behind to win and snap their 7-game losing streak. Jimmy Butler scores a game-high 33 in a losing cause.
The Nets held it down defensively on the Heat's penultimate possession:
Nets covered it well but this is a pretty clever play given the situation, giving Bam a screen going away from the ball to setup a DHO three. One to file away for later. pic.twitter.com/oJ3r8redrp
— Couper Moorhead (@CoupNBA) January 11, 2020
Indiana Pacers 116, Chicago Bulls 105
Zach LaVine's game-high 43 can't stop the Bulls from dropping their sixth straight game.
Meanwhile, the Pacers were led by Myles Turner's double-double of 27 points and 14 rebounds as they were missing Malcolm Brogdon and Domantas Sabonis.
Zach LaVine scored 20-straight points for the Bulls 🔥
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 11, 2020
Finished the game with 43 PTS on 8-13 3-PT pic.twitter.com/rQq05J7vMb
Memphis Grizzlies 134, San Antonio Spurs 121
Rookie Ja Morant scores 22 while recording career-highs in rebounds (7) and assists (14) as the Grizzlies beat the Spurs at home.
👀 the BEST of @JaMorant's (22 PTS) career-high 14 assists in the @memgrizz win! #NBARooks #GrindCity pic.twitter.com/d5XMSV01le
— NBA (@NBA) January 11, 2020
Phoenix Suns 98, Orlando Magic 94
The Suns close the game on an 8-0 run thanks to a couple of big 3-pointers by Devin Booker.
Booker finishes with 24 points and 5 assists in the win.
DEVIN BOOKER!!!
— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) January 11, 2020
⭐️ #NBAAllStar | https://t.co/Xh1UkuqcDS ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/LuFJ5M5Hxo
Utah Jazz 109, Charlotte Hornets 92
Rudy Gobert dominates with 15 points, 13 rebounds and 5 blocks in 29 minutes.
📹| @rudygobert27 ⤵
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) January 11, 2020
27 double-doubles for 2️⃣7️⃣ #TakeNote pic.twitter.com/0y3EKEg3pH
Los Angeles Lakers 129, Dallas Mavericks 114
The Lakers blew out the Mavericks from start to finish behind a dominant LeBron James performance. James finished with 35 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists, while Kye Kuzma had 26 points after replacing the injured Anthony Davis in the starting lineup.
Rebound: LeBron
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) January 11, 2020
Spin move: LeBron
Bucket: LeBron
(📺: @SpectrumSN) pic.twitter.com/tRCcr3zRgA
Milwaukee Bucks 127, Sacramento Kings 106
Giannis Antetokounmpo was held to a season low 13 points, but 27 and 11 rebounds from Khris Middleton and 24 from Eric Bledsoe helped the Bucks to a comfortable win on the road.
SHAKE 'EM OFF.#FearTheDeer pic.twitter.com/I6h1436qdC
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) January 11, 2020
Golden State Warriors 100, LA Clippers 109
Kawhi Leonard finished with 36 points, nine rebounds and five assists, while Lou Williams had 21 off the bench, as the Clippers rolled over the Warriors.
KAWHI. ANTHONY. LEONARD. 🤯
— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) January 11, 2020
👉 https://t.co/kw8BZudidp 👈 pic.twitter.com/sk63pndbzt
