MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cam Johnson scored 26 points and Cam Thomas had 24 as the Brooklyn Nets withstood a frantic Milwaukee comeback attempt down the stretch to beat the Bucks 113-110 on Thursday. Brooklyn led by as many as 24 and still owned a 111-90 advantage with less than seven minutes left before the Bucks scored 20 straight points. The Bucks had the ball with a chance to take the lead, but Giannis Antetokounmpo couldn’t finish on his drive to the basket. Brooklyn’s Ziaire Williams got the rebound and hit two free throws with 6.1 seconds left. Damian Lillard missed a potential tying 3-point attempt
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 33 points, nine assists and eight rebounds as the Boston Celtics beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 118-115. Derrick White scored 26 points for Boston, while Sam Hauser — filing in for the injured Jaylen Brown — hit five 3-pointers and scored 15 points.Julius Randle led Minnesota with 27 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. Naz Reid scored 20 off the bench, while Jaden McDaniels had 19 points and eight boards. The Timberwolves trailed by eight with two minutes to play but they had a chance to send it into overtime. However, Anthony Edwards’ 3-pointer fell short at the buzzer.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Fletcher Loyer scored 24 points on 8-for-10 shooting and Braden Smith had 20 points, 10 assists and six rebounds as No. 20 Purdue pulled away from Minnesota for an 81-61 victory. Loyer and Smith each hit four 3-pointers after halftime. Trey Kaufman-Renn added 17 points as the Boilermakers notched their first road win of the season after losing at Marquette and Penn State. Purdue has the best road record in conference play over the last three seasons. Dawson Garcia scored 20 points for the Gophers. Minnesota is last in the Big Ten in 3-point shooting and went 4 for 17 from long range.
Iowa comes into a matchup with Wisconsin as winners of three straight games. The teams play Friday for the first time this season. Wisconsin is 0-2 against the Big Ten, and Iowa is 1-1 against conference opponents.
Pregame at 5pm. Tipoff at 6pm on AM1240 & 96.5FM
HSBB
Cameron 69, Spooner 53
HSGB
Amery 51, St. Croix Falls 25
Ellsworth 42, Turtle Lake 31
HSBB tonight
Rice Lake hosting Chippewa Falls on 96.1FM
Barron hosting Amery on 99.1FM
Pregame at 7pm. Tipoff at 7:15pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Marco Rossi tied it in the third period, Matt Boldy scored the shootout winner and the Minnesota Wild rallied to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 after Alex Ovechkin moved one step closer to breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record. Rossi scored with 8:41 left in regulation, 15 seconds after a would-be goal by Tom Wilson was disallowed for directing the puck into the net with a high stick. The Wild have won three of four without leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Britta Curl-Salemme scored a goal with 13 seconds remaining in overtime to help the Minnesota Frost beat the Boston Fleet 4-3. After a Boston turnover, Kendall Coyne Schofield passed the puck ahead on the breakaway to Curl-Salemme, who beat goaltender Aerin Frankel over their outkicked leg in the closing seconds. Claire Butorac scored midway through the second period and Brooke Bryant added her first goal of the season 43 seconds later to give Minnesota (3-2-1-1) a 2-0 lead. Hilary Knight scored about 7 minutes into the third period for Boston (2-0-1-4), but Brooke McQuigge answered 90 seconds later to make it 3-1. Susanna Tapani flipped in a backhanded goal with 3:17 left in