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The short-handed Milwaukee Bucks shook off a slow start and dominated in the second half to beat Boston 116-101 on Thursday and halt the Celtics’ five-game NBA winning streak.

Milwaukee’s two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo was again sidelined by a calf injury.

But Kyle Kuzma stepped up with 31 points, Kevin Porter Jr. Added a triple-double of 18 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists, and Bobby Portis Jr. Chipped in 27 points off the bench for a Bucks team that had lost 10 of their prior 12 games.

Jaylen Brown scored 30 points and Jordan Walsh added 20 for the Celtics, who led by as many as 14 on the way to a 67-60 halftime lead.

But the Celtics went cold in the second half, connecting on just three of 26 from three-point range after the break. Milwaukee out-scored Boston 27-13 in the pivotal third quarter to seize control.

“You know, they jumped on us at the beginning of the game,” Bucks coach Doc Rivers said. “We got right back in. We came out in the third quarter, I thought our defense was phenomenal.

“We basically took away their threes, and that’s what they kept hunting and we kept taking them away – and I thought it was great.”

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The Oklahoma City Thunder staved off a ferocious Golden State Warriors fightback to bag their 13th consecutive win on Tuesday, pulling away 124-112 in their heavyweight NBA showdown.
 
Reigning Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points to steer the reigning NBA champions to a win that leaves them on 21-1 at the top of the Western Conference standings.
 
Oklahoma City had looked poised to deliver a crushing win after romping into a 63-44 half-time lead at the Chase Center in San Francisco.
 
The Warriors were missing the injured Stephen Curry while Jimmy Butler limped out at half-time.
 
But Golden State exploded for 44 points in the third quarter to turn the game on its head, and even edged into the lead in the fourth quarter.
 
Oklahoma regrouped in the final period and Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren combined for 16 points down the stretch to get the Thunder over the line.
 
“Games are gonna look different every night,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “(Sometimes) we’re gonna win big, sometimes we’re gonna have to gut something out. But regardless we stayed in the moment and did whatever it took to get the W (win).” Jaylen Brown finished with 42 points as the Boston Celtics came from behind to defeat the New York Knicks 123-117.
 
A Celtics team struggling to find their best form with a new-look roster appeared headed for a rocky evening at their TD Garden after the Knicks opened up a 14-point lead early in the second quarter.
 
Boston came roaring back to outscore their Eastern Conference rivals 37-20 in the second, grabbing a 58-52 lead at half-time.
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