Giannis Antetokounmpo had 36 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists as the visiting Milwaukee Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 116-104 on Tuesday to become the NBA’s first team to reach the 50-win mark.

Brook Lopez had 21 points and 10 rebounds for Milwaukee, which won for the 21st time in its last 23 games and clinched a playoff spot for the seventh consecutive season. Jrue Holiday scored 12 points, while Jae Crowder and Bobby Portis Jr. had 11 apiece.

Devin Booker scored 20 of his 30 points in the second half for Phoenix. Deandre Ayton added 16 points and eight rebounds, Cameron Payne scored 13, Jock Landale had 12, and Chris Paul had 11 points and eight assists.

The Suns have lost three straight following a four-game winning streak.

After Phoenix tied the game at 97, Pat Connaughton and Joe Ingles each hit 3-pointers during an 11-2 run to help Milwaukee move ahead 108-99 with 4:45 remaining.

Paul scored on the next possession to cut the deficit to seven before Milwaukee scored eight straight points to secure its 12th win in its last 13th road games.

Ayton was limited to 25 minutes while battling foul trouble throughout the game. Ayton picked up two fouls in the first five minutes for Phoenix, which trailed 29-24 at the end of the first quarter.

Milwaukee stretched its lead to 51-35 with five minutes left in the half after Holiday’s jumper capped a 22-9 run. Phoenix battled back and cut the deficit to 57-48 at the break.

Antetokounmpo had 20 points, nine rebounds and five assists in the first half for Milwaukee, which completed a two-game season sweep of the Suns.

Phoenix outscored Milwaukee 36-28 in the third quarter behind Booker, who scored 17 points in the period. Phoenix ended the quarter down 85-84 after Booker hit a pull-up jumper at the buzzer.

The Suns took their first lead since late in the first quarter at 90-87 when Payne scored with 10:47 remaining in the contest.

Booker has scored at least 30 points in six of the last seven games for Phoenix, which shot 14 of 16 (87.5 percent) from the foul line, compared to 24 of 37 (64.9 percent) for Milwaukee.

–Field Level Media

Immanuel Quickley tallied 26 points and 10 rebounds, and the visiting New York Knicks overcame a 16-point deficit to notch a 123-107 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.

Julius Randle added 24 points and 10 rebounds, and RJ Barrett scored 22 points for New York, which has won 11 of its past 14 games. Miles “Deuce” McBride scored a career-best 18 points and Josh Hart added 16 for the Knicks, who are in fifth place in the Eastern Conference with just 11 games left.

Damian Lillard recorded 38 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Portland, which lost its fourth straight game and ninth in its past 12. Anfernee Simons scored 22 points and Matisse Thybulle added 15 for the Trail Blazers.

Portland resides in 13th place in the Western Conference and is three games behind the final play-in spots with just 13 games remaining.

New York played without Jalen Brunson (foot) for the fifth time in six games. Portland’s Jerami Grant (quadriceps) also missed the contest.

The Knicks shot 51.9 percent from the field, including 15 of 35 from 3-point range (42.9 percent). Obi Toppin added 11 points for New York.

The Knicks scored 42 third-quarter points and outscored the Trail Blazers 74-52 in the second half.

Jusuf Nurkic had 10 points and 10 rebounds and Trendon Watford also scored 10 for the Trail Blazers, who shot just 38.4 percent from the field and were 17 of 45 from behind the arc (37.8 percent).

New York trailed by 16 early in the second quarter and finally caught the Trail Blazers at 55-55 on a Randle dunk with 10:20 left in the third. The Knicks moved ahead for the first time at 75-74 when Randle converted a three-point play with 3:54 left in the period.

Quickley capped a quarter-ending 20-7 surge with a jumper with four seconds left as New York took a 91-81 lead into the final stanza.

McBride scored the first five points of the fourth quarter to boost the Knicks’ lead to 15. Two-plus minutes later, Toppin buried a 3-pointer to make it 104-86 and New York cruised the rest of the way.

Lillard scored 18 points to help Portland lead 55-49 at the break.

Shaedon Sharpe of the Trail Blazers opened the second with a trey to make it 36-20 before the Knicks later used a 16-5 burst to get back into the game.

–Field Level Media