ATLANTA (AP) — CJ McCollum scored 30 points, Jalen Johnson had his 12th triple-double of the season and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 122-99 on Saturday for their ninth straight victory.
Johnson finished with 23 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds as Atlanta extended the longest current winning streak in the NBA. McCollum made seven 3-pointers and moved ahead of Paul Pierce into 16th place on the career list with 2,147.
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Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson (1) shoots against Milwaukee Bucks' Myles Turner (3) and Bobby Portis (9) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Atlanta Hawks forward Onyeka Okongwu (17) drives against Milwaukee Bucks center Jericho Sims (00) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Milwaukee Bucks guard Andre Jackson Jr. (44) dunks against the Atlanta Hawks during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Atlanta Hawks guard CJ McCollum (3) celebrates a basket against the Milwaukee Bucks during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker had 20 points for the Hawks, who led 60-52 after a first half with six lead changes and four ties. The Hawks then broke it open in the third quarter by outscoring Milwaukee 35-26, with McCollum scoring 11.
Ryan Rollins scored 22 points for the Bucks, who were without Giannis Antetokounmpo after he sprained his left ankle during Milwaukee’s 112-105 loss to Miami on Thursday. Kevin Porter Jr. added 18 points, seven rebounds and seven assists.
Dyson Daniels had eight points, seven rebounds, four assists and three steals in his first game back after a one-game absence due to a toe sprain. Jonathan Kuminga was ruled out with a knee injury that has kept him sidelined for three of the past four games for the Hawks, whose winning streak began with a 115-104 victory over Brooklyn on Feb. 22.
The Hawks host the Magic on Monday night.
The Bucks host the Pacers on Sunday afternoon.
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Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson (1) shoots against Milwaukee Bucks' Myles Turner (3) and Bobby Portis (9) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Atlanta Hawks forward Onyeka Okongwu (17) drives against Milwaukee Bucks center Jericho Sims (00) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Milwaukee Bucks guard Andre Jackson Jr. (44) dunks against the Atlanta Hawks during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Atlanta Hawks guard CJ McCollum (3) celebrates a basket against the Milwaukee Bucks during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Arsenal strengthened its grip on the Premier League title race on the day its 16-year-old wonderkid, Max Dowman, scored a brilliant solo goal to become the competition’s youngest ever scorer.
After Arsenal relied on late goals by Viktor Gyokeres and Dowman to snatch a 2-0 home win over Everton, second-place Manchester City could only draw 1-1 at West Ham a few hours later Saturday.
The lead grew to nine points on what might prove to be a defining day in Arsenal's bid for a first English league title since 2004.
It will certainly never be forgotten by Dowman, the school kid and surely a future superstar in English soccer.
At 16 years, 73 days, he changed the game after coming on in the second half for his third Premier League appearance in a breakthrough season that has already seen him become the youngest player in Champions League history.
It was his cross from the right that was missed by Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and struck the midriff of Arsenal substitute Piero Hincapie. The ball bounced across the goalmouth and Gyokeres applied the finishing touch from close range.
Then, in the seventh minute of stoppage time, Dowman collected the ball midway in his own half after a corner was cleared, dribbled around two players, and raced clear to tap into an empty net. Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was stranded upfield having gone up for the corner in search of an equalizer.
City couldn't match Arsenal, surrendering the lead given to Pep Guardiola's team by Bernardo Silva in the 31st minute. Four minutes later, Konstantinos Mavropanos headed home the equalizer at a corner.
It wraps up a tough week for City, which was beaten 3-0 by Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League's round of 16 on Wednesday.
Across London, Chelsea lost 1-0 to Newcastle thanks to an 18th-minute goal by Anthony Gordon.
Chelsea stayed in fifth place but could be overtaken by Liverpool, which hosts struggling Tottenham on Sunday.
Burnley is running out of time and hope in the Premier League.
A 0-0 home draw with Bournemouth on Saturday left next-to-last Burnley — one of the many U.S.-owned teams in England’s top division — eight points from safety with just eight games remaining this season and facing an immediate return to the Championship.
Burnley has won just four of its 30 league games.
Sunderland, another promoted team, appears to be safe from relegation but is limping toward the end of the season after a third straight home loss – this time to Brighton 1-0.
The only goal was a bizarre one, with Yankuba Minteh’s mis-hit cross from the byline somehow squeezing in at the near post in the 58th minute at the Stadium of Light.
Sunderland hadn’t lost at home until a defeat to Liverpool on Feb. 11. Since then, it has lost to Fulham and now Brighton.
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Newcastle United's Anthony Gordon scores their side's first goal of the game during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Newcastle, in London, Saturday March 14, 2026. (John Walton/PA via AP)
West Ham's Konstantinos Mavropanos celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham United and Manchester City in London, England, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Dave Shopland)
Manchester City's Erling Haaland grimaces in pain during the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham United and Manchester City in London, England, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Dave Shopland)
Arsenal's Max Dowman celebrates after scoring during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Everton in London, England, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Everton's Dwight McNeil shoots during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Everton in London, England, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Arsenal's Viktor Gyoekeres, left, and Max Dowman celevrate after a goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Everton in London, England, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Sunderland's Omar Alderete, left, and Brighton and Hove Albion's Danny Welbeck battle for the ball during the Premier League match in Sunderland, England, Saturday March 14, 2026. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)
Sunderland's Lutsharel Geertruida, left, and Brighton and Hove Albion's Yankuba Minteh fight for the ball during the Premier League match in Sunderland, England, Saturday March 14, 2026. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)
