Royce O’Neale scored on a tip-in with 0.7 seconds left to finish a triple-double and provides the Brooklyn Nets a 109-107 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday evening.
Kevin Durant led the Nets with 35 factors, and O’Neale had 11 factors, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Yuta Watanabe added 20 factors off the bench and Ben Simmons scored a season-high 15 factors earlier than fouling out with 24 seconds left.
Damian Lillard had 25 factors and 11 assists for Portland.
With 3:28 left, the Blazers started deliberately fouling Simmons. The profession 59% free-throw shooter went 3 of 4 in the course of the essential sequence to protect a 103-99 lead for Brooklyn.
Durant cut up a pair of free throws to make it 106-103. Jusuf Nurkic was fouled by Durant on a layup with 6.5 seconds left and Nurkic transformed the 3-point play to tie it at 107.
Clippers 96, Pistons 91
Reggie Jackson scored 23 factors and Los Angeles rallied to beat Detroit with Kawhi Leonard within the beginning lineup for the primary time this season.
Paul George and Marcus Morris added 16 factors every and Ivica Zubac tied his profession excessive with 18 rebounds.
Leonard completed with six factors on 2-of-8 taking pictures and had 5 rebounds and 4 assists in 24 minutes. He had missed 12 straight video games since coming off the bench in two of the primary three video games to start the season. Leonard had been coping with stiffness in his proper knee, which was surgically repaired in July 2021. He missed all of final season whereas rehabbing.
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 26 factors for Detroit.
Kings 130, Spurs 112
De’Aaron Fox had 28 factors and eight assists and Sacramento beat San Antonio for its fifth straight victory.
Sacramento’s final five-game win streak got here in the course of the 2020-21 season. The fifth win of that streak additionally got here in opposition to the Spurs.
The Kings haven’t had a six-game profitable streak because the 2004-05 season. Sacramento has gained eight of 10 video games after opening 0-4.
Devin Vassell scored 29 factors for San Antonio. The Spurs have misplaced 9 of 10 after beginning the season 5-2.
