JAYSON TATUM had 40 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists to help the Boston Celtics extend their winning streak to four games by beating the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 111-101 on Saturday night.

It was Tatum’s fourth game with at least 40 points this season. He was 12 of 28 from the field and played 45 minutes.

Jaylen Brown added 31 points and six rebounds for the Celtics, who also received 14 points and nine rebounds from Al Horford.

Luka Doncic led the Lakers with 34 points and eight rebounds. He made 5 of 10 3-point attempts.

LeBron James had 22 points and 14 rebounds, he but missed each of his six shots from behind the 3-point line. James left the game with a groin strain in the fourth quarter and did not return. Austin Reaves (16 points) was the only other Laker who scored in double figures.

The loss ended the Lakers’ eight-game winning streak. Los Angeles is 18-4 in its last 22 games.

Los Angeles trailed by 22 points in the second half but was within four points after two Doncic free throws made it 96-92 with 5:06 to play. The Lakers failed to get any closer, however, and Boston was able to pull away after that.

Boston’s Kristaps Porzingis (illness) missed his fifth straight game. Porzingis led the Celtics with 22 points in a 117-96 loss to the host Lakers on Jan. 23.

It was 33-33 after one quarter on Saturday, but the Celtics had a 58-54 halftime lead. Tatum led all scorers in the first half with 22 points.

The Celtics scored 19 of the first 21 points in the third quarter and led 77-56 after a Jrue Holiday basket capped a 15-0 run with 5:50 left in the third. The Lakers’ first field goal in the third came with 5:28 remaining in the quarter. Boston had an 87-67 advantage entering the fourth. — Reuters

INDIAN WELLS, California — Novak Djokovic was shocked by Botic van de Zandschulp 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in the second round of Indian Wells on Saturday as the Serbian suffered an early exit at the hands of a tournament lucky loser for a second consecutive year.

Djokovic fell to lucky loser Luca Nardi of Italy in the California desert last year and history repeated itself on Stadium One court a day after top seed Alexander Zverev also went out.

Twenty-four-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic got off to a horrid start, hitting 14 unforced errors and being broken twice in the first set. He regrouped to race out to a 3-0 lead in the second.

But giant killer Van de Zandschulp ran away with the decider, breaking Djokovic for a fourth time with a perfectly executed lob for a 3-1 lead and sealing the stunning upset.

“I started really well and then of course Novak came back,” said Van de Zandschulp, who secured a berth to the tournament upon the withdrawal of 47^th ranked Facundo Diaz Acosta.

“In the end and in the third set I was happy to get my level back.”

Van de Zandschulp was up a set and 3-0 on Nick Kyrgios in his first-round match on Stadium One on Thursday before the Australian withdrew with wrist pain.

Djokovic, 37, retired from his Australian Open semi-final against Alexander Zverev with a hamstring injury and lost in the Qatar Open first round last month.

He said the leg injury was behind him coming into the tournament and did not look hampered by it in his match of Saturday, where he was accompanied by coach Andy Murray.

Djokovic’s loss led a day of upsets that included seventh seed Andrey Rublev losing 6-4 7-5 to Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi and 17^th seed Felix Auger Aliassime falling to American Jenson Brooksby 6-4 6-2.

World number one Jannik Sinner is not playing at the tournament as he serves a doping suspension.

KEYS AND ALCARAZ CRUISE
Earlier, Australian Open champion Madison Keys crushed Anastasia Potapova 6-3, 6-0 in her first match as a Grand Slam champion, while Carlos Alcaraz began his bid for an Indian Wells three-peat with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Quentin Halys.

Alcaraz is looking to join tennis greats Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer as the only players to have triumphed three successive times in “Tennis Paradise.”

“I couldn’t wait to start the tournament, to get here again,” the Spaniard said on a sunsoaked Stadium One court after dispatching his French opponent.

“Outside my country, this is my favorite tournament by far. It’s a privilege.”

Alcaraz will play Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the third round.

Twelve months ago, a swarm of bees on Stadium One court stung Alcaraz and suspended play for nearly two hours during his quarter-final.

Lance Davis of Killer Bee Live Removal played the hero that day, removing the bees from a moving camera over the court without harming them and Alcaraz and Davis met at the net before Saturday’s match where they shook hands and shared a laugh.

While Alcaraz is already a four-time major champion at the age of 21, Keys had to wait a few weeks shy of her 30^th birthday before finally joining that exclusive club in Melbourne and that success seems to have energised her.

Keys broke Russian Potapova’s serve for a third time to clinch the first set and rolled through the one-sided second set under sunny skies in the California desert to extend her winning streak to 13 matches.

“I’m so happy to be here,” Keys said in an interview on centre court.

“Australia was obviously an amazing moment so it’s really nice to be playing at home for my first tournament back at a place I’ve played at so many times in front of some amazing people.”

Next up for world number five Keys is a third-round meeting with either 28^th seed Elise Mertens or Kimberly Birrell of Australia, who play later on Saturday.

American Taylor Fritz, who lifted the trophy here three years ago, struggled to close out Italian Matteo Gigante but ultimately prevailed 6-3, 7-5 in front of a full house on Stadium Two court.

Fritz was unable to serve out the match at 5-4 in the second set but broke back in the next game en route to the finish.

The third seed said he was being patient with himself as he was coming off an abdominal injury he suffered right after the Australian Open that kept him out of the tournament in Acapulco last month.

“There’s definitely things I could have done better in the match but overall it was a pretty solid match,” he said.

“I can’t expect to come back and play perfect tennis. I’ve been injured, so I didn’t have ideal prep coming into the tournament.”

Fritz will face 30^th-seeded Chilean Alejandro Tabilo for a spot in the round of 16. — Reuters

PAOLO BANCHERO scored 29 points and the Orlando Magic, after losing three straight games by one or two points, came away from Milwaukee a two-point winner with Saturday’s 111-109 defeat of the Bucks.

The Magic entered Saturday’s contest on a five-game losing skid, with defeats in six of the last seven. Four of those were by one possession, and Orlando could have suffered another such setback after the Bucks’ fourth-quarter rally gave them possession with 6.6 seconds remaining.

Taurean Prince and Damian Lillard trapped Cole Anthony along the sideline, forcing a turnover that gave Milwaukee the ball and Lillard a 3-point attempt at the buzzer. However, Franz Wagner got a hand in Lillard’s face to challenge the step-back attempt and the Magic survived after leading nearly wire-to-wire.

Orlando took over early in the first quarter and built a lead of as many as 17 points by the third quarter.

Milwaukee pulled to within two points midway through the final period with help from Giannis Antetokounmpo, who finished with 37 points — his 30^th game with 30-plus points this season.

Banchero responded with five consecutive points. Anthony also connected on a big 3-pointer to cap his 22-point game, giving Orlando an eight-point cushion in the final two minutes.

After Lillard hit a 3-pointer for the last of his 26 points, making the deficit 109-106, Lillard rebounded a Banchero miss in the final minute. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope came up big, however, first blocking Lillard’s layup attempt and forcing the deflection off of Lillard to give Orlando possession.

Wendell Carter Jr. then slammed home a dish from Anthony, one of Anthony’s nine assists, to give Orlando a two-possession lead it would need in the closing seconds.

Caldwell-Pope finished with nine points. Anthony Black added 11 points and Wagner finished with 18. Wagner also grabbed a team-high seven rebounds and dished five assists.

Banchero pulled down six rebounds, while Anthony snared four and blocked three shots. Antetokounmpo completed a double-double with a game-high 11 rebounds in the loss, while Kyle Kuzma added 11 points and eight rebounds for the Bucks. — Reuters