Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 23 points in 24 minutes when he returned from injury while the Milwaukee Bucks beat Los Angeles 116-110 clippers in the NBA.
Antetokounmpo, 30, missed a match by knee pain and five other games – including the stars weekend – with a tense left calf.
The most useful double player of the NBA was rested for a large part of the fourth quarter because its minutes were limited.
Milwaukee was without attacker Bobby Portis Jr, who was Suspended for 25 games without salary by the NBA for failing a drug test.
Brook Lopez scored 22 points, Damian Lillard added 15 and Taurean Prince 14 for the Bucks.
Elsewhere, Nikola Jokic took 29 points, 17 rebounds and nine assists while the Denver Nuggets beat the Charlotte Hornets 129-115.
Jamal Murray led the scoring with 34 points while Denver won a ninth consecutive victory.
Payton Pritchard came out of the bench to score 28 points and Jayson Tatum recorded a triple-double while the Boston Celtics won 124-104 at the Philadelphia 76ers.
The defending champions Celtics, second in the Eastern Conference, won seven games on the road this season.
LeBron James scored 40 points for the second time since his 40 years in December to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 110-102 victory against the Portland Trail Blazers.
Austin Reaves added 32 points and seven passes. disappointing defeat by Charlotte Hornets.
