Patty Mills has helped the San Antonio Spurs claim another NBA win but there was no such joy for fellow Australians Matthew Dellavedova, Thon Maker and Joe Ingles.
Guard Mills had 11 points in 22 minutes, including two three-pointers, in San Antonio's 109-97 home victory over the Brooklyn Nets.
All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard scored 21 points in his most productive game of the season, which was delayed by injury, while LaMarcus Aldridge added 20 for the Spurs.
Playing with a full roster for the first time led to some indecision, as the Spurs scored just 19 points in the opening quarter while trying to involve all their scoring options.
"We went to being too careful," Mills said.
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"That caused us to turn the ball over."
San Antonio had nine of their 12 turnovers in the first half, but offset that by holding Brooklyn to 36 per cent shooting.
The Spurs are third in the western conference at 24-11.
In Milwaukee, Maker produced a huge block in the third quarter to deny Nikola Mirotic but the Chicago Bulls forward had the final say with 24 points in a 115-106 road win over the Bucks.
It was an eighth win for the Bulls in their past 10 games while the Bucks slipped to seventh in the east at 17-15.
Dellavedova contributed five points and five assists for the Bucks, who were led by Giannis Antetokounmpo's 28 points.
Joe Ingles has eight points and seven rebounds for the Utah Jazz in a 107-83 defeat at conference rivals the Denver Nuggets.
Elsewhere, the Dallas Mavericks ended the six-game winning streak of the Toronto Raptors 98-93.
The win for the worst team in the west knocked Toronto off top spot in the east.
Tobias Harris scored 30 points to help the Detroit Pistons rout the Indiana Pacers 107-83 and the Miami Heat saw off the struggling Orlando Magic 107-89.
Tyson Chandler dunked Dragan Bender's inbounds pass with 0.4sec remaining to give the Phoenix Suns a 99-97 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies while the Los Angeles Clippers humbled the Sacramento Kings 122-95.
