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Australian guard Josh Giddey has registered a double-double to help Chicago to a victory over the Pistons, while the Knicks and Heat also scored NBA wins.
Josh Giddey has had arguably his most productive outing for Chicago in their latest NBA win at Detroit.
The 22-year-old Australian has 11 triple-doubles to his name from his three-season spell with Oklahoma City and fell just two rebounds shy of registering another during the Bulls' 122-112 win over the Pistons.
Off-season signing Giddey had 11 points, 10 assists and eight boards during his 28 minutes of court time on Monday night in Michigan as Chicago improved to 6-9 for the season.
The Boomers star proved perfect support for Nikola Vucevic, who led the Bulls with 29 points and 12 rebounds, while Coby White and Zach LaVine had 25 points apiece.
LaVine scored 16 of his haul in the fourth quarter. The game was tied at 95 with 8:46 left, but LaVine had nine points in a 13-2 run that put Chicago up by 11 with 5:45 to go. He hit six triples in the term after a slow start.
In New York, Jalen Brunson had 26 points and 11 assists as the Knicks rolled to a 134-106 victory that extended the Washington Wizards' losing streak to nine games.
Karl-Anthony Towns added 24 points and 12 boards in just 25 minutes for the hosts, who were playing for the second straight night. They ran up 40 points in the first quarter and added 36 more in the third, building the lead to 109-75 at the end of the period.
New York (8-6) went 20 for 40 from three-point range and finished with their highest points total of the season while just missing their largest margin of victory.
In Miami, Jimmy Butler scored a season-high 30 points in his return from a sprained ankle, Tyler Herro added 18 and the Heat erased an early 19-point deficit to beat Philadelphia 106-89.
Duncan Robinson scored 13 and Dru Smith added 10 for Miami (6-7).
Jared McCain scored 20 points, Paul George added 18 and former Heat forward Caleb Martin finished with 12 for the 76ers, who have lost 11 of 13 games to open the season.
Joel Embiid played for the third time this season, the 2024 Olympic gold medallist scoring 11 points in 31 minutes for the Sixers.
With the AP.
