Kyrie Irving hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer on the buzzer and the visiting Brooklyn Nets defeated the Toronto Raptors 119-116 Friday evening.
Irving completed with 32 factors and Kevin Durant added 28 for the Nets, who’ve received 5 straight and 9 of 10.
Yuta Watanabe had 17 factors for the Nets, who swept the four-game season collection with the Raptors. Nic Claxton had 15 factors and 10 rebounds and Ben Simmons and. T.J. Warren every scored 10 factors.
Fred VanVleet scored 39 factors for the Raptors, who’ve misplaced 4 straight and 5 of six. Scottie Barnes scored 26 factors, Pascal Siakam had 17 factors and Malachi Flynn had 13 factors.
Mavericks 130, Trail Blazers 110
Luka Doncic scored 33 factors and Christian Wood added a season-high 32 factors and 12 rebounds as Dallas used a dominant third quarter to beat visiting Portland.
Tim Hardaway Jr. had 17 factors and Spencer Dinwiddie scored 13 for Dallas, which led by 9 on the half earlier than outscoring the Blazers 38-22 within the third quarter. Doncic added six rebounds and 9 assists.
Damian Lillard led Portland with 24 factors, whereas Trendon Watford tallied 16 factors, 11 rebounds and 6 assists off the bench. Jusuf Nurkic additionally chipped in 16 factors, Keon Johnson added 13, and Shaedon Sharpe had 10.
Timberwolves 112, Thunder 110
Austin Rivers’ nook 3-pointer with 11.8 seconds remaining helped snap a three-game shedding skid for Minnesota and prolonged host Oklahoma City’s swoon to 5 video games.
The final of Rivers’ 20 factors prolonged a one-point Timberwolves result in 4 within the closing seconds, capitalizing on a monster defensive play from Anthony Edwards, who completed with 19 factors and 11 rebounds for Minnesota. Edwards blocked Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s go-ahead shot try with 29.6 seconds remaining.
Gilgeous-Alexander posted a game-high 35 factors. Naz Reid emerged to steer the Timberwolves with 28 factors on 11-of-18 capturing from the ground and grabbed 9 rebounds.
Lakers 126, Nuggets 108
LeBron James scored 30 factors and Russell Westbrook had a triple-double with 15 factors, 11 rebounds and 12 assists as Los Angeles overcame a first-half damage to Anthony Davis and earned a victory over visiting Denver.
Thomas Bryant scored 21 factors for the Lakers, who performed your entire second half with out Davis after the All-Star ahead injured his proper foot within the first quarter and nonetheless performed eight minutes within the second interval. Davis completed with 10 factors and 4 rebounds in 17 minutes.
Nikola Jokic scored 25 factors with 11 rebounds and eight assists and Jamal Murray added 23 factors because the Nuggets noticed their three-game successful streak come to an finish. The loss got here in Denver’s solely highway contest of a seven-game stretch.
Hawks 125, Hornets 106
Trae Young poured in 31 factors and Bogdan Bogdanovic had 28 factors as Atlanta received for simply the second time in its final seven video games by defeating host Charlotte.
AJ Griffin scored 13 factors and ex-Hornet Frank Kaminsky added 12 factors to tempo the reserves for the Hawks, who shot 54.7 p.c from the sphere.
Charlotte’s LaMelo Ball, in his second sport again from his newest damage absence, scored a season-high 27 factors. He made seven 3-pointers, one shy of his profession excessive, nevertheless it did not stop a seventh consecutive loss for the Hornets.
Kings 122, Pistons 113
De’Aaron Fox had 24 factors and 9 assists as visiting Sacramento rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit to defeat Detroit.
Domantas Sabonis equipped 23 factors, 13 rebounds and 7 assists. Keegan Murray contributed 20 factors and Harrison Barnes tossed in 19 with seven rebounds. The Kings, who opened the second half with a 17-2 run and by no means regarded again, completed off a six-game highway journey with a 3-3 document.
Bojan Bogdanovic led the Pistons with 22 factors. Jalen Duren had 15 factors and 14 rebounds and Saddiq Bey scored 14 factors off the bench. Marvin Bagley III and Isaiah Stewart added 13 factors apiece and Killian Hayes chipped in 11.
76ers 118, Warriors 106
Joel Embiid had 34 factors, 13 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals, James Harden added 27 factors and 9 assists and host Philadelphia defeated depleted Golden State.
De’Anthony Melton contributed 17 factors whereas Georges Niang and Shake Milton chipped in with 11 apiece for the Sixers, who received their fourth in a row.
Jordan Poole led the Warriors with 29 factors, Donte DiVincenzo added 17 factors and 10 rebounds and Kevon Looney had 14 factors, 11 rebounds and a career-high 9 assists. Steph Curry (shoulder), Andrew Wiggins (thigh), Draymond Green (quad) and Andre Iguodala (hip) have been all sidelined for the Warriors, who fell to 2-14 on the highway.
Cavaliers 118, Pacers 112
Donovan Mitchell scored 18 of his 41 factors within the fourth quarter to assist host Cleveland overcome a 13-point deficit within the fourth quarter and put up a victory over Indiana.
Mitchell drained eight 3-pointers for Cleveland, which made 50.0 p.c from the sphere (38 of 76) and 45.2 p.c from past the arc (14 of 31). Darius Garland collected 20 factors and 10 assists for the Cavs, who received the opener of their season-high six-game homestand and improved to 13-2 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Indiana rookie Bennedict Mathurin scored 22 factors off the bench and Tyrese Haliburton recorded 17 factors and 14 assists. Buddy Hield scored 14 factors on the eve of his thirtieth birthday and Myles Turner had 12 factors and 11 rebounds for the Pacers, who’ve misplaced seven of their final 10 video games.
Knicks 114, Bulls 91
RJ Barrett scored 27 factors and Jalen Brunson and Quentin Grimes chipped in 22 apiece as visiting New York routed Chicago to comb a back-to-back and prolong its successful streak to 6 video games.
New York drilled 17 3-pointers. Brunson swished six treys and Grimes added 5. Julius Randle added a pair of threes whereas notching a double-double of 19 factors and 12 rebounds. The Bulls shot 46.8 p.c from the ground in comparison with 40.2 p.c for the Knicks, however inconsistency in the end doomed Chicago, which dedicated 20 turnovers.
Chicago suffered its third straight defeat and has misplaced six of eight total to fall to a season-low six video games beneath .500. Zach LaVine scored 10 of his 17 factors within the third quarter to steer Chicago.
Magic 117, Celtics 109
Moritz Wagner scored 25 factors and Paolo Banchero added 20 as Orlando earned a highway win over NBA-leading Boston.
Banchero was 3-for-6 from 3-point vary and added 5 rebounds, 5 assists and one steal because the Magic prolonged a season-long win streak to 5 and received for simply the second time on the highway. Franz Wagner scored 19 factors, Cole Anthony had 14 and Markelle Fultz 12 and Mo Bamba pulled in 12 rebounds. Orlando shot 46.2 p.c.
Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with a game-high 31 factors and Jaylen Brown dropped 26 for the Celtics, who returned from a 4-2 highway journey to start a protracted homestand.
