PELICANS114,
MAVERICKS 112
NEW ORLEANS -- Anthony Davis hit
a go-ahead, fall-away jumper with 43.9 seconds left and scored a season-high 48
points to outduel rookie Luka Doncic and
lift the New Orleans
Pelicans over the Dallas
Mavericks 114-112 on Friday night.
Davis was fouled on the shot and made the free throw for a
two-point lead. Dallas got two more possessions, but Doncic had a layup blocked
by Jrue Holiday, Dennis Smith
Jr. missed a 3-pointer and the Mavericks couldn't get off a shot on
a final possession with four seconds left.
Davis also grabbed 17 rebounds and New Orleans snapped a
five-game skid. The Pelicans dominated in the paint, scoring 70 points,
including 22 from Julius Randle.
Doncic scored 34 points and hit 7 of 10 3-pointers,
and Harrison
Barnes had 21 points.
CLIPPERS 118, LAKERS 107
LOS ANGELES -- Lou Williams scored
a season-high 36 points, and the Clippers scored 22 consecutive points during
the second half in a victory over the depleted Lakers.
Danilo
Gallinari added 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Clippers, who
held the Lakers without a field goal for more than six minutes late in the
first meeting of the season between the Staples Center co-tenants and Los
Angeles rivals. The Clippers have won 22 of their last 25 meetings with the
Lakers, yet still trail the 16-time NBA champions 146-70 in the overall series.
Kyle Kuzma scored
24 points and Lonzo Ball had
19 for the Lakers, who played without LeBron James, Rajon Rondo and JaVale McGee.
The remaining Lakers lost for the fifth time in seven games, including
back-to-back defeats for only the third time since October.
MAGIC 116, RAPTORS 87
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Nikola
Vucevic had 30 points and 20 rebounds and Orlando snapped a
four-game losing streak with a rout of Toronto.
D.J. Augustin had
17 points and six assists for Orlando, which had five players in double figures
and a 60-41 rebounding advantage.
The Magic, who had lost five straight to Toronto, outscored
the Raptors 51-16 over a 16-minute span of the middle periods and led by as
many as 31 points late in the third quarter.
Kawhi Leonard scored
21 points for the Raptors, who shot 29.5 percent in the final game of a
three-game trip. Serge Ibaka added
17 points and eight rebounds.
BULLS 101, WIZARDS 92
WASHINGTON -- Zach LaVine scored
24 points, including 11 straight in the third quarter, as Chicago defeated
Washington.
Wendell Carter, Jr. had 17 points and 13 rebounds, and Lauri
Markkanen added 14 points and 14 rebounds for the Bulls.
Bradley Beal led
Washington with 34 points.
The Wizards played without John Wall,
who was sidelined with a sore left heel. Washington coach Scott Brooks said
that he found out during the morning shootaround that Wall would be unable to
play, and said he would see a specialist.
HORNETS 100, NETS 87
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kemba Walker scored
29 points and made seven 3-pointers, Parker had 17 of his 19 points in the
fourth quarter and Charlotte avenged a double-overtime loss to Brooklyn earlier
this week.
Jeremy Lamb added
19 points and Cody Zeller had
14 points and 10 rebounds as Charlotte improved to 13-7 at home.
D'Angelo
Russell scored 33 points on 13-of-24 shooting for the Nets, who
lost for only the second time in the last 11 games.
The Hornets won despite an off night from their bench. Aside
from Parker, Charlotte's reserves were 3 of 21 from the field.
HEAT 118, CAVALIERS 94
MIAMI -- Justise
Winslow had 24 points and 11 rebounds, Bam Adebayo made
all eight shots and scored 18 points, and Miami beat Cleveland.
Josh
Richardson added 16 points and Rodney
McGruder chipped in 13 as seven players scored in double figures
for the Heat, who have won six of seven.
Jordan
Clarkson had 18 points for the Cavaliers, who have lost five
straight.
It was the 15th consecutive home win for Miami over Cleveland.
The Cavs' last win in Miami was Jan. 25, 2010 -- a game where LeBron James and
Shaquille O'Neal both started for Cleveland. The last time the Cavs won in
Miami without LeBron James was Dec. 21, 2001.
PACERS 125, PISTONS 88
INDIANAPOLIS -- Domantas
Sabonis got his league-leading 15th double-double as a
reserve, Darren
Collison scored 19 points and Indiana beat Detroit.
Sabonis had 19 points and 12 rebounds, and Thaddeus
Young and Myles Turner each
had 17 points. Bojan
Bogdanovic and Doug
McDermott each scored 12 points.
The Pacers capped a slow opening quarter with a strong
finish, leading Detroit 32-21 at the end of the period. Indiana worked with a
double-digit lead for the rest of the game and led by 37 during the fourth
quarter.
Detroit's two big men had quiet nights by their
standards. Blake Griffin had
18 points and six rebounds, and Andre
Drummond had 12 points and 12 rebounds.
HAWKS 123, TIMBERWOLVES 120 OT
MINNEAPOLIS -- Kent Bazemore scored
23 points, John Collins added
21 and Atlanta blew a big lead but outlasted Minnesota in overtime.
Trae Young and Kevin Huerter each
had big 3-pointers in the final minutes of overtime, after the Wolves erased a
22-point deficit only to be done in by missed free throws, dunks and layups.
The Hawks earned their fifth road win despite turning the
ball over 24 times to tie their season high.
Karl-Anthony
Towns led the Wolves with 31 points and 19 rebounds. Robert
Covington had 28 points.
THUNDER 118, SUNS 102
PHOENIX -- Russell
Westbrook scored 40 points, 15 in the game's final 6 + minutes,
and Oklahoma City pulled away to beat Phoenix.
Dennis
Schroder scored 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter and
the Thunder snapped a two-game skid despite the absence of Paul George,
who missed his first game of the season due to a right quad contusion. Abdel Nader scored
a career-high 18 for the Thunder.
Devin Booker had
25 points and 10 assists for the Suns, who had a three-point lead after three
quarters but were outscored 37-18 in the fourth. T.J. Warren scored
19 and Deandre Ayton 16
for Phoenix, which had won five of its previous seven games after opening the
season 4-24.
The Thunder swept the four-game season series from the Suns.
NUGGETS 102, SPURS 99
DENVER -- Jamal Murray scored
31 points, Monte Morris hit
two big free throws with 7.2 seconds remaining and Denver held off San Antonio
to extend its home winning streak to eight.
Nikola Jokic added
21 points; nine rebounds and nine assists before fouling out as the Nuggets
nearly squandered an 18-point, first-half lead.
Malik Beasley had
21 points, but also rolled his left ankle on a drive in the fourth quarter.
San Antonio, the top free throw shooting team in the league,
went 4 of 8 from the line over the final 1:48. LaMarcus
Aldridge finished with 24 points.
DeMar DeRozan added
15 points.
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