CELTICS 130,
WIZARDS 125 (OT)
WASHINGTON -- Kyrie Irving scored
Boston's last 12 points, including back-to-back 3-pointers in the final 40
seconds of overtime to outduel John Wall in
a point-guard showdown, and the Celtics extended their winning streak to seven
games with a 130-125 victory over the Washington
Wizards on Wednesday night.
Irving finished with 38 points
and seven assists. Marcus Morris added
27 points and nine rebounds for Boston, which played without Al Horford, Gordon
Hayward and Jaylen Brown --
its Nos. 4-6 leading scorers.
Wall returned for the Wizards
after missing a game with an aching left heel and finished with 34 points with
13 assists. But his seven points in OT weren't enough to keep pace with fellow
All-Star Irving.
PACERS 113, BUCKS 97
INDIANAPOLIS -- Thaddeus
Young had 25 points, 11 rebounds and four assists, and Myles Turner added
23 points to lead Indiana to its fifth straight win.
Indiana pulled within a half-game
of the Central Division-leading Bucks.
Eric Bledsoe scored
26 points and Malcolm
Brogdon finished with 15 to lead Milwaukee. Giannis
Antetokounmpo had a season-low 12 points, grabbed 10 rebounds
and dealt out seven assists after missing Monday's game at Cleveland with a
sore neck.
Indiana's Victor
Oladipo wound up with 12 points, 10 rebounds and six assists
after missing 11 games with a sore right knee.
CAVALIERS 113, KNICKS 106
CLEVELAND -- Jordan
Clarkson scored 28 points and a basket by Rodney Hood in
the fourth quarter gave Cleveland a late lead as the Cavaliers dealt New York
its fifth straight loss.
Hood put the Cavaliers in front
107-106 with 23 seconds remaining after New York took a one-point lead on
rookie Kevin Knox's
fast-break dunk with 32 seconds left.
Hood added 23 points,
rookie Collin Sexton scored
19 and Matthew
Dellavedova, playing his first him game for Cleveland since being
re-acquired from Milwaukee, had 15 points.
Enes Kanter and
Tim Hardaway each scored 20 points for New York.
HORNETS 108, PISTONS 107
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Jeremy Lamb hit
a 22-foot jumper from the right wing with 0.3 seconds left, and Charlotte
Hornets rallied from a late 10-point deficit for a wild win.
Lamb's buzzer-beater came with
controversy. As he released the ball, Malik Monk ran
off the Hornets' bench and onto the floor early to celebrate the made basket.
Officials reviewed the play and
called one-shot technical on the Hornets for having six men on the court. The
basket counted. The Pistons made the technical free throw, but the ensuing
inbounds pass was intercepted.
Kemba Walker finished
with 31 points, nine assists and eight rebounds for the Hornets, who won their
third straight and moved into sixth place in the Eastern Conference -- a
half-game ahead of Detroit.
Blake Griffin had
26 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for the Pistons, who have lost six in
a row.
NETS 127, 76ERS 124
PHILADELPHIA -- Spencer
Dinwiddie scored a career-high 39 points off the bench
and Allen Crabbe had
20 to lead Brooklyn.
Joel Embiid had
33 points and 17 rebounds and Ben Simmons scored
22 for Philadelphia, which played without Jimmy Butler because
of a strained groin.
Joe Harris had
14 points for Brooklyn, which notched its second victory over Philadelphia in
three meetings.
GRIZZLIES 92, TRAIL BLAZERS 83
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Mike Conley scored
23 points and keyed a fourth-quarter outburst as Memphis snapped a two-game
losing streak.
Jaren Jackson Jr.
finished with 14 points, and MarShon
Brooks added 13 for the Grizzlies.
C.J. McCollum matched his season
high with 40 points, while Damian
Lillard was held to a season-low 14 points, connecting on only
4 of 18 shots.
The Trail Blazers' 83 points were
a season low.
PELICANS 118, THUNDER 114
NEW ORLEANS -- Anthony Davis had
44 points and 18 rebounds, and inconsistent New Orleans narrowly held on to
defeat Oklahoma City.
Jrue Holiday had
20 points and 10 assists, and Julius Randle added
22 for New Orleans, which has alternated wins and losses in its past 10 games.
Paul George had
25 points and 11 rebounds, and Dennis
Schroder scored 24 points for Oklahoma City, which came in
having won five of its previous six. Russell
Westbrook had 20 points and four steals but did not appear as
eager as usual to shoot, hitting 8 of 16 shots. Steven Adams also
scored 20.
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