MAVERICKS 107, ROCKETS 104
DALLAS -- Luka Doncic shrugged
off a rough shooting night with 11 straight points to erase an eight-point
deficit late in the fourth quarter and the Dallas
Mavericks went on to their ninth consecutive home victory,
107-104 over the Houston
Rockets on Saturday.
Doncic was 3 of 13 before
hitting back-to-back 3-pointers to get Dallas within two. After Chris Paul missed
two free throws, Doncic hit a floater in the lane for a tie, and then followed
an air-ball 3 from James Harden with
another from long range for a 105-102 lead. It was 26th lead change.
The Slovenian rookie had 21
points along with Wesley
Matthews, who missed two free throws with a chance to put the game
away in the final seconds. Eric Gordon missed
a potential tying 3-pointer for Houston at the buzzer. Harden overcame foul
trouble to finish with 35 points, and Paul had 23.
CAVALIERS 116, WIZARDS 101
CLEVELAND -- Rookie Collin Sexton matched
a career high with 29 points, Thompson had 23 points and 19 rebounds and
Cleveland beat Washington.
Wizards guard John Wall was
held to a career low one point in 26 minutes -- a free throw early in the third
quarter with Cleveland holding a 74-48 lead. Wall returned after missing
Washington's victory Wednesday night over Atlanta because of personal reasons.
The five-time All-Star, who
didn't participate in the shootaround Saturday because he was under the
weather, missed all five shots and had six assists. Wall was taken out late in
the third quarter and didn't return. Bradley Beal scored
27 points for Washington.
CELTICS 133, BULLS 77
CHICAGO -- Jaylen Brown scored
23 points, Daniel Theis added
a career-high 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Boston routed Chicago for
its fifth straight victory.
The 56-point loss was the
worst in Bulls' history, eclipsing a 53-point (127-74) defeat at Minnesota on
Nov. 8, 2001.
Jayson Tatum had
18 points and Terry Rozier added
15 as the Celtics used a 17-0 start and a balanced attack to roll their second
straight lopsided win. Shaquille
Harrison came off the bench to score a career-high 20 points
for the Chicago.
LAKERS 111, GRIZZLIES 88
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- LeBron James had
20 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, Kyle Kuzma
added 20 points and nine rebounds, and Los Angeles dominated Memphis.
Kentavious
Caldwell-Pope and Josh Hart added
16 points apiece, and JaVale McGee had
10 points and 10 rebounds. Wayne Selden led
Memphis with 17 points.
PACERS 107, KINGS 97
INDIANAPOLIS -- Thaddeus
Young had a season-high 20 points and nine rebounds, and Bojan
Bogdanovic added 18 points to help Indiana beat Sacramento.
Playing their 10th straight
game without injured All-Star Victor
Oladipo, the Pacers relied on defense and scoring balance. Myles Turner contributed
nine points, 13 rebounds and four blocked shots, while Domantas
Sabonis and Darren
Collison each scored 14 points.
Buddy Hield scored
20 points for the Kings.
HEAT 121, CLIPPERS 98
LOS ANGELES -- Dwyane Wade scored
25 points in his 1,000th career game, leading Miami past the Clippers.
Wade was 8 for 21 from the
field and 5 for 10 from 3-point range. The veteran guard will play his final
regular-season game in Los Angeles on Monday against the Los Angeles
Lakers.
Tobias Harris scored
20 points and Lou Williams added
18 for the Clippers, who were just 7 of 29 from 3-point range and 33 for 89
from the field.
Miami was without guard Josh
Richardson, who was a late scratch because of a shoulder
impingement. They also lost guard Tyler Johnson early
in the first with a left hip contusion.
HAWKS 106, NUGGETS 98
ATLANTA -- John Collins scored
a career-high 30 points and reserves Vince Carter and DeAndre'
Bembry fueled a third-quarter rally to help Atlanta beat
Denver.
Collins also had 12 rebounds
and five assists.
Nikola Jokic had
24 points and 11 rebounds for Denver.
NETS 112, KNICKS 104
NEW YORK -- Spencer
Dinwiddie scored 25 points and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson added
20 in Brooklyn's victory over New York.
Allen Crabbe scored
17 points, and Jarrett Allen added
14 points and 12 rebounds.
Enes Kanter led
the Knicks with 23 points and 14 rebounds.
TRAIL BLAZERS 113, TIMBERWOLVES 105
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Damian
Lillard and CJ McCollum each
hit 3-pointers in the final minute to give Portland a victory over Minnesota.
Lillard finished with 28
points and eight assists, while McCollum added 19 points. Jusuf Nurkicmatc
had his season-high with 22 points and 11 rebounds.
Andrew
Wiggins had 22 points for Minnesota, which had won two straight
and six of its last seven games. All five of the Timberwolves' starters were in
double figures.
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