Luka Doncic sunk as time expired to hand the Dallas Mavericks a dramatic 114-113 win over the host Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.
Doncic scored 25 of his 29 second-half points and finished with nine assists to help Dallas end a two-game slump. Kristaps Porzingis added 21 Mavericks points.
Grayson Allen matched his best of six 3-pointers career and scored 23 points to lead the Grizzlies, but he missed two free throws with 2.2 seconds left to set the stage for Doncic’s winning shot.
Jonas Valanciunas had 19 points and 15 rebounds to stretch his Memphis double-double-string record to 16 consecutive games. Ja Morant added 17 points.
Clippers 100, 98.
Reggie Jackson hit a 20-foot go-ahead jumper with 2.8 seconds remaining, and Los Angeles rallied from an 11-point deficit in the final five minutes, extending its winning streak to seven games with a victory over host Detroit.
Jackson scored 29 points against his former team. Ivica Zubac had 18 points and 13 rebounds, adding 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Jerami Grant, who with a sore right knee missed the previous three games, led Detroit with 28 points. Saddiq Bey gave the Pistons 17 points, defeated on Sunday by the Clippers in Los Angeles 131-124.
147 Warriors, 109 Thunder
Stephen Curry scored 42 points in three-quarters action, guiding Golden State to a road victory over Oklahoma City.
Curry made 11 3-pointers, his second consecutive arc game of 10 or more. Curry’s eighth consecutive game was with at least 30 points. Draymond Green had his fourth season triple-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 16 assists.
The Thunder were led by Darius Bazley, who scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds.
130, Timberwolves 105
Khris Middleton led Milwaukee to a victory over Minnesota with 27 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists in just over 25 minutes.
Giannis Antetokounmpo, who missed his sixth consecutive game as he continued to struggle with a sore left knee, helped the Bucks persevere. Milwaukee’s 3-3 over that stretch.
The Bucks led wire-to-wire and by as many as 30 points as they won their second consecutive lopsided victory without the NBA Most Valuable Player. Anthony Edwards led the 24-point Timberwolves.
Wizards, Kings, 123
Within 11 triple-doubles of Oscar Robertson’s all-time high, Russell Westbrook recorded a sixth straight in Washington’s Sacramento victory.
Westbrook finished with 25 points, a game-high 15 rebounds, a game-high 11 assists, and four steals, while Bradley Beal poured in 31 points for the Wizards, who finished a six-game trip with a 4-2 record.
De’Aaron Fox topped 30 points this season with a game-high 33 for the Kings, who lost their eighth straight.
103 Cavaliers,90 Hornets
Taurean Prince scored 25 points off the bench and beat Charlotte on the game-clinching 3-point shots.
Kevin Love and Darius Garland each provided 17 points as they ended a two-game losing streak. They have won three in a row in road games. Jarrett Allen’s first outing since March, chipped in 15 points and eight rebounds. He was involved in the commotion procedure.
Charlotte guard Terry Rozier, who missed the game a night earlier versus the Los Angeles Lakers due to knee tendinitis, scored 22 points with eight assists and seven rebounds.
76ers 123, 117
Joel Embiid scored 39 points and had 13 rebounds to lift Philadelphia past Brooklyn.
Embiid shot 13 of 29 from the field and 10 of 11 from the free-throw line as the Nets continued a late-fourth-quarter rally. Tobias Harris added 26 points and Ben Simmons contributed 17 points, nine assists and three steals for the Sixers with their third straight victory in the Eastern Conference.
Without seven teams, the depleted Nets competed, including Kevin Durant (rest), Blake Griffin (rest), LaMarcus Aldridge (illness) and James Harden (hamstring). Kyrie Irving led the Nets with 37 points with nine assists.
Raptors 117, 112
OG Anunoby scored 22 points, and Pascal Siakam added 20 points and 11 rebounds as Toronto’s short-handed defeated visiting San Antonio in Tampa.
All five players scored in double figures. Malachi Flynn scored 16 points, Khem Birch scored 14, and Chris Boucher scored 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, while Yuta Watanabe added 11 points for Toronto.
Derrick White led the Spurs with 25 points, Patty Mills had 23, and DeMar DeRozan had 19 points and 11 assists.
116 Knicks,106 Pelicans
In New Orleans, Julius Randle scored 32 points and led a 3-point dam.Randle made five of his eight 3-point attempts, and the long-range Knicks sunk 17 of 33, winning their fourth consecutive game.
Alec Burks added 21 points for the Knicks, who are hosting the Pelicans on Sunday, including 14 in the fourth quarter.
Brandon Ingram scored 28, Zion Williamson had 25 and eight New Orleans rebounds. The Pelicans made 6 of 28 3-point attempts as their winning streak ended.
Pacers 132, 124 Rockets
Caris LeVert scored 27 points, including seven in a row in the fourth quarter, to help Indiana fend off host Houston and win their fourth game in the last five.
Malcolm Brogdon fell one assist short of his second triple-double career, finishing with 23 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists, leading the Pacers, who are trying to stay in the thick of the chase for one of the postseason play-in positions.
Houston’s John Wall led the team with 31 points and nine assists, but he shot 12-for-28 from the field and 0-for-7 from 3-point range.Kelly Olynyk (25 points, 10 rebounds) and Christian Wood (25 points, 13 rebounds) posted double-doubles each. Houston has lost 31 of the past 34 games.
Nuggets 123, 106
Michael Porter Jr. had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Nikola Jokic recorded his 15th season triple-double and host Denver beat Miami.
Jokic finished with 17, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. JaMychal Green scored 17 points off the Nuggets bench, ending a two-game slump after an eight-game winning streak.
Bam Adebayo scored 21 points, and Miami’s Kendrick Nunn added 16.
Magic 115, 106 Bulls
James Ennis III scored a team-high 22 points, Wendell Carter Jr. contributed 19 points and 12 rebounds, and a fourth-quarter Chicago rally in Orlando.
The Magic led in the early minutes for all but the game, stretching the lead to 23 points, with 10:38 remaining. The Bulls, however, roared back, pulling within six points at 3:48.
Orlando weathered Chicago’s 17-of-37 3-point shooting, including 5-of-8 from former Nikola Vucevic Magic Core. Vucevic ended his 11th game with 29 points and 11 rebounds after last month’s Bulls trade. Chicago’s Zach LaVine posted a 30-point game-high.
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