Basketball

DALLAS (AP) — Jarrett Allen and the Cleveland Cavaliers are counting the games until Donovan Mitchell returns from a longer-than-expected absence from an illness for a team short-handed well beyond the star guard.

MILWAUKEE — Herb Kohl, a former Democratic U.S. senator from Wisconsin and former owner of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks , has died. He was 88.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams each scored 36 points, and Williams hit a pair of clutch 3-pointers in the fourth quarter Wednesday night as the Oklahoma City Thunder held on to beat the New York Knicks 129-120.

HOUSTON (AP) — Kevin Durant had 27 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 16 assists for his 18th career triple-double, helping the Phoenix Suns beat the Houston Rockets 129-113 on Wednesday night to snap a three-game losing streak.

NEW YORK (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo listed off the names he knew, the ones he was preparing to guard on the Brooklyn Nets. If those guys were out there, it wasn't for long.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 23 points, Tobias Harris and De’Anthony Melton added 22 each ands the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Orlando Magic 112-92 on Wednesday night while playing without reigning NBA MVP Joel Embiid.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The 76ers didn't have their All-Star center Wednesday night, but they brought their defense.

WASHINGTON (AP) — OG Anunoby scored 26 points, Pascal Siakam had 22 points and 11 assists, and the Toronto Raptors eased past the Washington Wizards 132-102 on Wednesday night.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Lakers guard Gabe Vincent will be out for at least two more months after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. The Lakers announced that Vincent had the surgery Wednesday.

DALLAS (AP) — Mark Cuban sees a future of NBA ownership where the advantages will be in real estate.