Thursday night had a handful of exciting basketball matchups.
Trae Young helped the Atlanta Hawks snag a clean win against the Cleveland Cavaliers by scoring 30 points in the final 131-107 matchup.
The Detroit Pistons managed to pull ahead of the Philadelphia 76ers with their 102-94 win, thanks to Saddiq Bey scoring 10 of his 20 points in the final five minutes of the game.
With a close 120-119 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, Giannis Antetokounmpo officially passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the Milwaukee Buck’s career scoring leader with his two free throws within the final seconds of the game.
DeMar DeRozan had a 50-point night with the Chicago Bulls that included a major dunk during overtime in their 135-130 win against the Los Angeles Clippers.
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